Surname: A'Court, First Names : Edward Henry (E H a'C Repington 1847)
Birth Date : 10 Dec 1783 Date Died: 22 Sep 1855

Date promoted :
Rear Adm: 06/08/1847
Captain: 29/03/1811
Commander: 10/06/1808
Lieutenant: 13/02/1804

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 06/08/1847

Notes:
A'COURT (CAPTAIN, 1811. F-P., 17 ; H-P., 34.)

EDWARD HENRY A'COURT, born 10 Dec. 1783, is second son of the late Col. Sir Wm. Pierce Ashe A'Court, Bart., M.P., by his second wife, Letitia, daughter of Henry Wyndham, Esq., of Salisbury; brother of Lord Heytesbury, late Viceroy of Ireland, and of Col. Chas. Ashe A'Court, K.H., one of the Poor-law Commissioners; brother-in-law of the Earl of St. Germans, and of the Hon. Philip Pleydell Bouverie, the brother of the Earl of Radnor and of Rear-Admiral Bouverie; and uncle of Hon. W. H. A. A. Holmes, M.P. for the Isle of Wight.

This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in Jan. 1796, and embarked, in Jan. 1800, as Midshipman, on board the CLYDE 3S, Capt. Chas. Cuningham. After serving for some time in the Channel and off the Western Islands, he became successively attached to the ENDYMION 40, Capt. Henry Garrett, lying at Portsmouth - FALCON Sloop, Capt. Henry Manaton Ommanney, off Newfoundland - and PLUTO, Capt. Henry Barwell, on the same station. In Jan. 1803, he was appointed Master's Mate of the ISIS 50, Capt. Wm. Grenville Lobb, in the North Sea - then, of the BRITANNIA 100, Capt. Lord Northesk, at Portsmouth - and, in June of the same year, of the BLANCHE 36, Capt. Zachary Mudge. In Nov. following he acquired great distinction by a gallant exploit off St. Domingo, where, in command of a boat with only five hands, he succeeded, after a severe struggle, in capturing a French schooner, with a detachment on board, besides other passengers, of between thirty and forty soldiers. Being shortly after that event appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the THESEUS 74, Capts. John Bligh and Edw. Hawker, the subject of this memoir, in conjunction with Lieut. Rich. Henry Muddle, took command, 31 Jan. 1804, of a body of seamen who were landed at Curacoa, and participated in the gallant but unsuccessful attack on that island. His promotion meeting with official sanction 13 Feb. following, he subsequently joined, 9 Oct. 1805, 15 July, 1806, and 21 Jan. 1808, the MEDIATOR 44, Capts. John Seaton and Wm. Furlong Wise, VETERAN 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, and, as Lieut.-Commander, the SANDWICH schooner - all on the Jamaica station, where he was confirmed in the command, 10 June, 1808, of the SHARK sloop. In Oct. of the same year he removed to the PELICAN 18; and in Oct. 1810, he next joined the HARPY 18, at the Cape of Good Hope; whence on his advancement to Post-rank, 29 March, 1811, he returned home in temporary command of the OWEN GLENDOWER 36. He afterwards officiated as Captain, from Feb. 1813 to Sept. 1815, of the PERSEUS 22, on the Mediterranean, Newfoundland, and Halifax Stations. Since the latter date, with the exception of a brief command, in 1835, of the JUPITER 38, he has been unemployed.

Capt. A'Court, in 1820, was returned to Parliament as member for Heytesbury, which he continued to represent until 1831. He has sat, since 1837, for the borough of Tamworth, in conjunction with Sir Robert Peel. On 30 Nov. 1841, he was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen.
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Retd 1851: retd v.a. 11 Sep 1854

Surname: A'Court, First Names : Henry Holmes (Hon)
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 06/02/1872
Lieutenant: 22/02/1861
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 27/06/1860

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 260 - Inconstant 11 Aug 69
June 1879 : 358 - Osprey 19 Apr 77

Surname: Abbott, First Names : Jonas Archer

Date promoted :
Captain: 05/02/1858
Commander: 23/11/1841

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Notes:
ABBOTT. (COMMANDER, 1841. F-P., 21; H-P., 7.)

JONAS ARCHER ABBOTT is son of the late Alderman Abbott, of Dublin; and nephew, maternally, of Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, K.C.B., who died Commander-in-Chief on the North America and West India station, 11 Nov. 1832.

This officer entered the Navy, 2 March, 1819, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the NEWCASTLE 60, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, bearing the flag of his uncle, the late Sir E. G. Colpoys, on the North America station, where he successively removed, as Midshipman, to the NIEMEN 28 Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibly, and BELLETTE 18, Capt. Geo. Rich. Pechell. After an attachment of two years, in that capacity, to the VICTORY 104, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Martin, and BLONDE 46, Capt. Lord Byron, under whom he escorted from this country the remains of the late King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands, Mr. Abbott passed his examination in April, 1826 ; between which period and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 Oct. 1830, he further served, as Mate, on board the MELVILLE 74, Capt. Henry Hill, guardship at Portsmouth, and MAIDSTONE 42 bearing the broad pendant at the Cape of Good Hope of Commodore Wm. Skipsey, and afterwards commanded by Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg. His subsequent appointments were, on the North America and West India, Mediterranean, Lisbon, and Home stations - on the date of his promotion, as above, to the RANGER 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole - 28 Sept. 1831, to the SPARROWHAWK 18, Capt. Thos. Maitland - for a short time in 1833, to the WINCHESTER 52, Capt. Hon. Wm. Wellesley - 15 Oct. in the same year, to the THUNDERER 84, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise - 8 May, 1838, to the TRINCULO 16, Capt. Henry Edw. Coffin - and, 7 Sept. 1841, to the DIDO 18, Capt. Hon. Wm. Keppel. Since his advancement to his present rank, which took place on 23 Nov. in the latter year, Commander Abbott has been on half-pay.

He married, 20 Feb. 1844, Mary Ellis, eldest daughter of Commander Jas. Agnew Stevens, R.N. AGENTS - Messrs. Chard.
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Surname: Abbott, First Names : Matthew William

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/06/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 262 - Indus 1 Apr 70

Surname: Abbott, First Names : Thomas Francis

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/01/1876
Midshipman: 28/01/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 443 - Scylla 14 Jun 69 addl
June 1879 : 448 - Shah 14 Aug 76 addl

Surname: Abbs, First Names : Edward Cooper

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 25/01/1866

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 180 - Excellent13 Jul 69 addl

Surname: Abdy, First Names : Robert Burlton

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 14/10/1875

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 160 - Druid 18 Feb 79

Surname: Abell, First Names : Sydney Haffenden

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 18/09/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 415 - Rinaldo 22 Jun 69

Surname: Abercrombie, First Names : George Kennedy

Date promoted :

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Notes:
Obtained Naval Cadetship by competition at the Examination in June, 1870, but will not be entered in the Britannia till 15th July, 1870

Surname: Abercromby, First Names : Robert William Duff

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 05/01/1856

Surname: Absolon, First Names : William
Birth Date : 17 Jul 1789

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 09/06/1810

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 06/07/1850

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 15 Mar 21
June 1844 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 15 Mar 21

Notes:
ABSOLON. (LIEUT., 1810. F-P., 36 ; H-P. 8.)

WILLIAM ABSOLON was born 17 July, 1789, at Yarmouth, co. Norfolk. This officer entered the Navy, 26 Oct. 1803, as Ordinary, on board the ROMULUS 36 Capts. Woodley Losack and Thos. Burton, of which ship, stationed off Harwich, he soon became Master's Mate.

Removing, in Jan. 1805, to the CIRCE 32, commanded successively by Capts. Jonas Rose, Joseph Spear, and Hugh Pigot, he assisted at the reduction of the Danish West India islands in Dec. 1807, and was the first to hoist the British colours on the fort at the capture of Marie-galante, 2 March, 1808. On 26 Nov. in the latter year, Mr. Absolon was transferred with Capt. Pigot to the LATONA 38; and in Feb. 1809, having chased the French frigate La Junon into the Saintes, was placed in command of the pinnace, with 10 men, for the purpose of reconnoitering the enemy. Finding it impossible, in fulfilment of his instructions, to avoid landing, he fell in, when on the point of re-embarking, with a strong body of militia, and after a sharp engagement, in which one man was killed, and a midshipman and three men wounded, was forced to surrender, and was sent a prisoner to Guadeloupe. In the ensuing May, however, having been exchanged, he rejoined the LATONA ; and on the occasion of the capture, on 18 June, of La Fιlicitι French frigate, pierced for 42 guns, but laden with colonial produce, was made second in command of the prize. After a subsequent attachment of three months to the THISBE 28, and BARFLEUR 98, flag-ships in the rivers Thames and Tagus of Hon. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope and Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, he obtained an Acting-Lieutenancy, 5 Feb. 1810, in the MYRTLE 24, Capt. Thos. Innes, to which vessel commanded afterwards by Capts. Clement Sneyd and Henry Bourchier, he was confirmed by commission, dated 9 June in the same year. He continued to serve off the coast of Portugal, in the MYRTLE, until Nov. 1813 ; and being then appointed pointed under Capt. Bourchier to the First Lieutenancy of the MEDINA 20, sailed for Newfoundland, whence he returned in Jan. 1815. From 15 March, 1821, until the early part of 1845, he officiated as an officer of the Coast Guard. He, has since been unemployed.

Lieut. Absolon married, first, in 1819, Anne Hansen, daughter of H. H. Dearsley, Esq., of Essex ; and, secondly, 24 March, 1824, Isabella, daughter of P. Webster , Esq., of Craig, in the co. of Forfar, N. B., by whom he had issue seven children. He is again a widower.
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Surname: Achmuty, First Names : Robert Ross

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 13/07/1819

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Admiralty Agent Contract Mail Steam Vessel - 27 Dec 41
June 1844 : Admiralty Agent Contract Mail Steam Vessel - 27 Dec 41

Notes:
ACHMUTY. (LIEUT., 1819. F-P., 17 ; H-P., 20)

ROBERT ROSS ACHMUTY died 30 Dec. 1844. He was son of Robt. Achmuty, Esq., of Dublin ; grand-son of the late Thos. Achmuty, Esq., of Brianstown, co. Longford; and a near relative of Lieut.-General the gallant Sir Sam. Achmuty, G.C.B.

This officer entered the Navy, 30 Jan. 1808, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the DICTATOR 64, Capt. Donald Campbell; attained the rating of Midshipman 6 March following; and continued to serve in the Baltic until transferred in March, 1809, with the same Captain, to the AUDACIOUS 74, one of the ships employed in the ensuing expedition against Flushing. After further participating in the co-operations with the British army in the Tagus, Mr. Achmuty, in Nov. 1811, joined the WARRIOR 74, Capts. Hon. Geo. Byng and John Tremayne Rodd, under the former of whom we find him escorting the Prince of Orange to Holland in Nov. 1813 ; and, in the year following, a fleet of merchantmen to the West Indies. He next served, between July, 1815, and March, 1817, as Acting-Lieutenant, on the latter station, of the SABINE 16, Capts. Wm. Hall and A. Campbell, and BRISEIS 10 ; Capt. Geo. Domett ; then returned home in the LADY HAMILTON transport ; and was subsequently attached, for short periods, as Admiralty-Midshipman, to the BLOSSOM 20, Capt. Fred. Hickey, and HYACINTH 20, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe, on the Brazilian station ; and, again as Acting-Lieutenant, to the SALISBURY 58, flag-ship in the West Indies of Rear-Admiral Donald Campbell, where he was officially promoted to the RALEIGH 18, Capts. Wm. Augustus Baumgardt and Geo. Blackman, 13 July, 1819. Mr. Achmuty returned to England, and was paid off towards the close of 1821 ; from which period he remained on half-pay until appointed, 27 Dec. 1841, Admiralty-Agent in a Contract Mail Steam-vessel. In this capacity he appears to have been employed until the date of his death.

He married, 27 Aug. 1822, Alicia Jane, eldest daughter of Arthur Auchmuty, Esq., M.D., of Kilmore House, Roscommon, a magistrate for that county, by whom he has left issue. AGENTS - Hallett and Robinson.
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Surname: Ackerley, First Names : Charles Henry

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 20/11/1822

Notes:
ACKERLEY. (LIEUT., 1822. F-P., 19 ; II-P.,18.)

CHARLES HENRY ACKERLEY is second son of the late John Hawkesley Ackerley, Esq., barrister-at-law, by Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. John Chamberlayne, of Maugersbury House, co. Gloucester; younger brother of Joseph Chamberlayne Chamberlayne, Esq., of Maugersbury House, who assumed that name on inheriting the large estates of his ma-ternal uncle, Edmund John Chamberlayne, Esq.; and cousin of Commander John Chamberlayne, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1810, as Fst.-Cl. Vol., on board the SHELDRAKE 16, Capt. John Thicknesse. In Sept. following he became Midshipman of the ADAMANT 50, bearing the flag at Leith of Rear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway, and in that ship and the DAPHNE 22, commanded in the Baltic by Capt. Jas. Green, he continued to serve, until the conclusion of hostilities in 1814. During t the first three years of the peace he appears to have been employed in the East Indies on board the IPHIGENIA 36, Capts. Andrew King and John Han-cock ; after which (with the exception of an attachment of three months as Acting-Lieutenant, during the year 1821, to the DRAKE Sloop, Capt. Baker) he served, until March, 1823 on board the SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, flag-ship at Newfoundland of Sir Chas. Hamilton. Having been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 20 of the previous Nov., Mr. Ackerley afterwards joined - 21 June, 1824, the WELLESLEY 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, employed on particular service - 23 Dec. 1825, the SPARTIATE 76, Capt. Fred. Warren - and, 23 March, 1827, the OCEAN 80, Capt. Patrick Campbell, guard-ship at Plymouth, but afterwards charged with the conveyance of the British forces to Portugal, and finally attached to the squadron in the Mediterranean. He was placed on half-pay in May, 1830, and has not since been afloat.

Lieut. Ackerley was presented, 2 June, 1828, with the large silver medal of the "Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce," for his safety rods for ships' boats.
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Surname: Ackland, First Names : Edward

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 17/02/1815

Notes:
ACKLAND. (LIEUT., 1815. F-P., 15; H-P., 26.)

EDWARD ACKLAND entered the Navy, 22 July, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ORESTES 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. Poulett, under whose successor, Capt. John Richards Lapenotiere, he took part in the expedition against Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807, and was subsequently employed in the blockade of Elsineur, as likewise in affording protection to the trade passing through the Sound. In Dec. 1807, he joined the THALIA 36, Capts. Thos. Manby and Jas. Giles Vashon, with the former of whom he proceeded in supposed pursuit of two French frigates to Davis Strait ; and then, after a fruitless exposure of several weeks to many severe hardships, and a prolonged stay on the coast of Labrador, returned to Europe. Continuing to serve in the THALIA, Mr. Ackland took part in the expedition to Flushing in 1809, and eventually visited the West Indies, whence we find him, in May 1812, escorting home a very numerous convoy. In the following August, immediately on passing his examination, he joined the IMPREGNABLE 98, successive flag-ship on the Home station of Admiral Wm. Young, and of H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, under the latter of whom he brought over to England the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia. While, next serving in the INSOLENT 14, Capt. Wm. Key, he was promoted to the rank he now holds, by commission dated 17 Feb. 1815. Since that period, with two intervals, from 15 June, 1820, to 19 Oct. 1821, and from 15 Jan. 1831 to 1834, when he held a command in the Coast Guard, he has been on half-pay.
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Surname: Acklom, First Names : Edwin Dalzell
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 24/04/1860

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/10/1873

Surname: Acland, First Names : Benjamin Dyke

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 21/09/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 323 - Minotaur 2 Aug 69 addl
June 1879 : 163 - Duncan 14 Jul 77 for duties in the Naval Barracks at Sheerness

Surname: Acland, First Names : William Alison Dyke
Birth Date : Jul 1844

Date promoted :
Commander: 31/03/1879
Lieutenant: 21/09/1868
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 17/09/1863

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 287 - Liverpool 4 May 69
June 1879 : 503 - Triumph 30 May 79

Surname: Adair, First Names : Charles Henry

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 15/06/1874
Midshipman: 18/12/1865

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 532 - Warrior 25 Jul 67

Awards and Qualifications: : G ; ;

Surname: Adair, First Names : George Lloyd William
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 23/04/1872
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 20/09/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 419 - Rosario 20 Sep 69

Surname: Adair, First Names : Henry

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 23/05/1877

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 003 - Achilles 23 May 77

Surname: Adair, First Names : Thomas Benjamin Stratton

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 22/07/1876

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 460 - Spartan 8 Aug 77

Awards and Qualifications: : ; I ;

Surname: Adair, First Names : William Robert

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 22/12/1845

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 554 - Spartan 5 Oct 47 (act)

Surname: Adam, First Names : Charles (KCB1835)
Birth Date : 6 Oct 1780 Date Died: 16 Sep 1853

Date promoted :
Adm: 08/01/1848
Vice Adm: 10/01/1837
Rear Adm: 27/05/1825
Captain: 12/06/1799
Commander: 16/05/1798
Lieutenant: 08/02/1798

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 27/05/1825

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 CinC, WI & NA - 17 Aug 41
June 1844 : CinC, WI & NA

Notes:
ADAM, K.C.B. (VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE RED, 1837. F-P., 33; H-P., 24.)

SIR CHARLES ADAM, born 6 Oct. 1780, is eldest surviving son of the late Right Hon. Wm. Adam, of Blair Adam, co. Kinross, Lord Chief Commissioner of the Scotch Jury Court, by Eleanor, second daughter of Charles, tenth Lord Elphinstone; brother of General Sir Fred. Adam, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Colonel of the 21st foot, Governor of the Ionian Islands, and late Governor of Madras, and nephew of Admiral Lord Keith.

This officer entered the Navy, 15 Dec. 1790, as Captain's Servant, on board the ROYAL CHARLOTTE yacht, Capt. Sir Hyde Parker, lying at Deptford ; and on removing, in 1793, to the ROBUST 74, commanded by his uncle, the Hon. Geo. Keith Elphinstone, was present, as Midshipman, at the investment and subsequent evacuation of Toulon. In the GLORY 98, Capt. John Elphinstone, which ship he next joined, Mr. Adam bore a warm part in Lord Howe's ion, 1 June, 1794. he appears to have been the successively transferred to the BARFLEUR 98, and MONARCH 74, bearing each the flag of his relative, the Hon. Sir. G. K. Elphinstone, whose official approbation he elicited for his signal services as Acting Lieutenant in command of the SQUIB gun-brig, at the carrying of the important pass of Maysenbergh, during the operations which led to the surrender if the Cape of Good Hope in 1795.* In Oct. of the latter year, being appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the VICTORIOUS 74, Capt. Wm. Clark, he proceeded to the East Indies, and on 9 Sept. 1796, participated, in company with the ARROGANT 74, in a long conflict of nearly four hours with six heavy French frigates under M. Sercey, which terminated in the separation of the combatants, after each had been much crippled, and the VICTORIOUS occasioned a loss of 17 men killed, and 57, including her Captain, wounded. Mr. Adam, whom we subsequently find officiating as Acting Commander and Captain, from Aug. 1796 to Aug. 1797, of the SWIFT sloop, and CARYSFORT frigate, was at length, on his return to England in the POLYPHEMUS 64, Capt. Geo. Lumsdaine, confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 8 Feb. 1798, in his old ship, the BARFLEUR. Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres. On 16 May following, he obtained official command of the FALCON fire-ship, but was soon afterwards transferred to the ALBATROSS 18, and ordered with despatches to the Cape of Good Hope, whence he ultimately accompanied an expedition sent to the Red Sea for the purpose of intercepting the French in their meditated descent upon India. Being advanced to the command, 12 June, 1799, of LA SYBILLE, of 48 guns and 300 men, Capt. Adam, while in that ship, assisted at the capture and destruction, 23 Aug. 1800, of 5 Dutch armed vessels and 22 merchantmen, in Batavia Roads - made prize, in Oct. following, of 24 Dutch proas, four of which mounted 6 guns each - and on 19 Aug. 1801, off Mahι, the principal of the Seychelle islands, took, with the loss only of two men killed and a midshipman slightly wounded, after a gallant action of 20 minutes, amidst rocks and shoals, and under fire from a battery on shore, the French frigate La Chiffonne, of 42 guns and 296 men, of whom 23 were killed and 30 wounded. † On arriving with his trophy at Madras, he was presented by the Insurance

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* Vide Gaz. 1795, p. 1113.
† V. Gaz. 1802, p. 165.

Company at that place with an elegant sword, valued at 200 guineas, and the merchants at Calcutta also subscribed to him a sword and piece of plate. Having at length returned to England, and been appointed to the command, 23 May, 1803, of LA CHIFFONNE, which had been added to the navy as a 36-gun frigate, Capt. Adam cruized with success in the North Sea and Channel until the summer of 1805, and on 10 June in that year, with the FALCON Sloop, CLINKER gun-brig, and FRANCES armed cutter, under his orders, after a chase of nine hours, during which the British suffered some loss from the incessant fire of the forts along shore, drove under the batteries of Fιcamp a division of the French flotilla, consisting of 2 corvettes and 15 gun-vessels, carrying in all 51 guns, 4 eight-inch mortars, and 3 field-pieces, accompanied by 14 transports.

While next in command, from 27 Aug. 1805, to 6 Apr. 1810, of the RESISTANCE 38, he witnessed Sir John Warren's capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Ma-rengo 80, flag ship of Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule - brought a considerable quan-tity of freight home from Vera Cruz in Feb. 1807- - took, 27 Dec. following, L'Aigle privateer, of 14 guns and 66 men - conveyed a large body of general officers to the coast of Portugal in 1808 - afterwards bore the present king of the French from Port Mahon to Palermo - and was otherwise actively and usefully employed.

On removing from the RESISTANCE to the INVINCIBLE 74, Capt. Adam com-menced a series of very effectual co-operations with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, where, and on other parts of the coast of Spain, he carried on for a considerable time the duties of Senior Officer, and greatly annoyed the enemy.* In particular, at the defence of Tarragona, in May and June, 1811, he highly distinguished himself under Sir Edw. Codrington ; and in May, 1812, he directed with characteristic zeal and ability the operations which led to the capture of the town of Almeria, where the castle of San Elmo, situated upon an almost inac-cessible rock, and all the sea defences and batteries which protected the anchorage of the place, were blown up. †

In June, 1813, after a siege of five days, Capt. Adam took, with the assistance of Lieut.-Col. Prevost of the 67th regiment, the fort of St. Philippe, in the Col de Balaguer, near Tortosa, armed with 12 pieces of ordnance, including 2 ten-inch mortars and 2 howitzers, with a garrison of 101 officers and men. ‡‡ He likewise, while in the same ship, acquired the approval of Sir Edw. Pellew, the Commander-in-Chief, and of the Board of Admiralty, for the successful manner in which he conducted an important negociation with the Dey of Algiers, having for its object a cessation of the depredations which been for some time carried on by that potentate on the subjects of the Spanish government. Shortly after the paying off of the INVINCIBLE, Capt. Adam, on 16 May, 1814, assumed the special and temporary command of the IMPREGNABLE 98, bearing with the flag of H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, in which ship he landed the Emperor of Russia and the king of Prussia at Dover on the evening of the 6 June, and was afterwards present at the grand naval review held at Spithead. He left the IMPREGNABLE on the 29th of the latter month, but was nominated 15 Dec. following, Acting-Captain of the ROYAL SOVEREIGN yacht, in which he continued until 7 Feb. 1816. Being re-appointed to that vessel, 20 July, 1821, he accompanied George IV. on his visits to Ireland and Scotland, and was occasionally engaged in attendance on other Royal personages. He was superseded in the ROYAL SOVEREIGN on his promotion to Flag-rank, 27 May, 1825 ; and, attaining the rank of Vice-Admiral 10 Jan. 1837, was subsequently employed as Commander-in-Chief in North America and the West Indies, with his flag on board the ILLUSTRIOUS 72, from 17 Aug. 1841, until May, 1845. He has since been on half-pay. Sir Charles Adam was nominated a K.C.B. 10 Jan. 1835. He represented in parliament from 1831 to 1841 the conjoined counties of Clackmannon and Kinross; was First Naval Lord of the Admiralty from April, 1835, until Aug. 1841 ; ** obtained the Lord Lieutenancy of Kinross 1 April, 1839 ; was appointed in 1840 one of the Elder Brethren o the Trinity House; and since July, 1846, has beet again employed as First Sea Lord of the Admiralty. He married, 14 Oct. 1822, Elizabeth daughter of the late Patrick Brydone ; Esq., and sister of the Countess of Minto. AGENT- John P Muspratt.

** Sir Chas. Adam was appointed a Commissioner of the Admiralty in Oct. 1834, but was prevented by illness from taking his seat.
* Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1587 ; Gaz. 1812, p. 563.
† V. Gaz. 1812, p. 1277.
‡‡ V. Gaz. 1813, p.p. 1301-1465.
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Surname: Adams, First Names : Charles James

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 06/03/1815

Notes:
ADAMS. (LIEUT, 1815. F-P., 7; H-P., 33.)
CHARLES JAMES ADAMS is cousin of Capt. John Adams, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy 8 May, 1807, a: Fst.-cl. Vol. on board the PORCUPINE 24, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, with whom he continued to serve in the MERCURY 28, and IMPERIEUSE 38, or the Mediterranean station, until the conclusion of hostilities in 1814. During his attachment to the PORCUPINE, Mr. Adams was instrumental to the cutting out, on the night of 10 July, 1808, of a large polacre ship of 8 guns and upwards of 20 men, moored close to the beach on the coast of Romania, within pistol shot distance of two batteries and a tower, and of three heavy gun-boats, to whose conjoined fire, as well as that of a body of troops, he was for a considerable time exposed. † He subsequently, when in the MERCURY, in the spring of 1809, assisted at the capture of Capo d'Istria, a town near Trieste, and in an attack made in company with the SPARTAN 38, on Pesaro and Ceseratico, where the fortifications were destroyed, and 25 sail of merchantmen taken.

While in the IMPERIEUSE, Mr. Adams further participated in the gallant capture and destruction, 2 Nov. 1811, in conjunction with the THAMES 32, of 10 gun-boats and 22 richly-laden feluccas, defended by a strong tower and two batteries in the harbour of Palinure, on the coast of Calabria, at which place the British were opposed by a land force of 700 men. He next contributed, 27 June, 1812, to the destruction of a French convoy, and of the batteries at Languelia and Alassio - was also present, on 17 Aug. in the same year, in a spirited skirmish with a powerful Neapolitan squadron in the Bay of Naples - and, in 1813-14, witnessed the capture of Port D'Anzo, and the operations against Leghorn and Genoa. He then returned home on board the APOLLO 38, Capt. Edwards Lloyd Graham, and since his promotion, 6 March, 1815, has been unemployed. AGENT - Joseph Woodhead.

† Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 1439.
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Surname: Adams, First Names : George Curtis
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 27/11/1846
Lieutenant: 21/02/1837

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 01/07/1864

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Albion - 9 Nov 43
June 1844 : Albion - 9 Nov 43

Notes:
ADAMS. (LIEUTENANT, 1837.)

GEORGE CURTIS ADAMS, born in 1807, is second son of the late Henry Cadwallader Adams Esq., of Anstey Hall, co. Warwick, by Emma, eldest daughter of the late Alderman Sir Wm. Curtis, Bart., M.P. ; brother. of Henry Wm. Adams, now of Anstey, Lieut.-Colonel of the 49th foot, and of Capt. Frank Adams of the 28th; nephew of the present Sir Wm. Curtis, Bart.; and cousin of Lieut. A.J. Curtis, R.N.

This officer passed his examination in 1830, and obtained his commission 21 Feb. 1837. His appointments have since been - 16 April, 1838, to the MADAGASCAR 44, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, on the North America and West India station - 24 Feb. 1840 to the MAGICIENNE 24, Capts. Wm. Burnett, Fred. Thos. Michell, and Rich. Laird War-ren, in the Mediterranean - 9 Nov. 1843, to the ALBION 90, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, employed for some time off Lisbon - and, 2 Feb. 1846, to the ST. VINCENT 120, bearing the broad pendant in the Channel of Sir Francis Augustus Collier. AGENTS- Hallett and Robinson.
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Surname: Adams , First Names : Horace Reid

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 23/09/1873
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 12/01/1870

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 173 - Endymion 12 Jan 70 (act) (Flying Squadron - World Cruise)
June 1879 : 512 - Vernon 30 Sep 78 Qualifying as a Torpedo Lieutenant

Surname: Adams, First Names : John

Date promoted :
Captain: 18/12/1843

Notes:
ADAMS (CAPTAIN, 1843. F-P., 32; H-P., 9.)

JOHN ADAMS is cousin of Lieut. Chas. Jas. Adams, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 8 June, 1806, as a Volunteer, on board the SCOUT 18, Capt. Wm. Raitt, under whom, during a period of three years and a half; he saw much active service, bore a part in many gun-boat actions, and, among other vessels, assisted in destroying, after a sharp engagement, a notorious privateer, the Fort of Gibraltar. He was also present, as Midshipman, in a very gallant en- counter off Genoa between the boats of the SCOUT and a French squadron, consisting of a brig of 20 guns, one of 18, and seven gun-boats, protected by a heavy fire from several batteries on shore, in face of which the largest of the enemy's vessels was sunk, and the remainder beaten off, with a loss, however, to the British of the Master and 11 men killed, and upwards of 30 wounded. On the night of 31 Oct. 1809, Mr. Adams further served in the boats of the SCOUT, and of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour, at the capture and destruction, after a fearful struggle and a loss to the assailants of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, of the armed store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grondeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a con-voy of seven merchantmen, defended by numerous strong batteries, in the Bay of Roses. Removing next in succession to the VOLONTAIRE and CAM-BRIAN frigates, both commanded by Capt. Chas. Bullen, he joined in various other cutting-out affairs ; witnessed the reduction of the island of Pomιgue, near Marseilles ; and co-operated in the defence of Tarragona in May and June, 1811. Until the receipt of his first commission, dated 16 Feb. 1815.

Mr. Adams afterwards served in the Channel and Mediterranean, on board the BULWARK 74, Capts. Sir Rich. King and Thos. Browne, CHRISTIAN VII. 80, Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball, and GRASSHOPPER 18, Capts. Henry Robt. Battersby and Sir Chas. Bur-rard. His subsequent appointments were - 31 May, 1815, to the AJAX 74, Capt. Geo. Mundy - 17 April, 1819, to the HIND 20, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard - 24 Sept. 1822, to the WINDSOR CASTLE 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, of the tender belonging to which ship he was for some time intrusted with the command - 12 Jan. 1824, as First Lieutenant, to the GRASSHOPPER 18, Capt. John Geo. Aplin - 3 Nov. 1824, to the command, on the Newfoundland station, of the PELTER gun-brig - 1 March, 1826, to the RAMILLIES 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, by whom he was also invested with the charge of a tender - 20 Oct. 1826, and 17 Sept. 1828, as Senior, to the HARRIER and CHILDERS sloops, both commanded by Capt. Wm. Morier, for his exertions in saving the latter- of which, when nearly wrecked in a violent gale off Yarmouth, he received the approbation of the Ad-miralty - 4 May, 1829, in a similar capacity, to the ATHOLL 28, Capt. Alex. Gordon, on the coast of Africa - 6 Jan. 1830, to the command of the PLUMPER 12, on the same station, where, in a small gig with only five men, he gallantly effected the capture, 7 Nov. following, of the Maria, of 6 guns and 44 men, having on board 512 slaves and was otherwise very successful - 23 July, 1831, as First, to the ALFRED 50, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, in the Mediterranean - and, 17 Nov. 1834, to the com-mand of the WATERWITCH 10, in which vessel he served under the orders of Lord John Bay on the north coast of Spain, and was again successful in his anti-slavery exertions on the African station. Attaining the rank of Commander, 10 Jan. 1837, Capt. Adams was next, on 19 Jan. 1839, appointed to the ACORN 16, destined for the same service as was latterly the WATERWITCH. Returning, therefore, to the coast of Africa, he renewed his operations against the negro traffic, and during a prolonged servitude of four years and eight months, during part of which period he had charge of the station and squadron at Mozambique, cruized with won-derful activity and good fortune. Among the pro-digious number of prizes made by the ACORN, we may instance the capture, 6 July, 1841, after a running fight, of the Gabriel, a piratical slave brig, notorious for its injury to commerce and the frequency of its insults to the British flag. Capt. Adams' long, arduous, and highly useful services were at length rewarded, on his return to England, with a Post-commission, dated 18 Dec. 1843. He has since been on half-pay. Capt. Adams at present holds the civil appointment of Slave Commissioner at Loango. Having lost his first wife in Sept. 1843, he married, secondly, in 1846, Elizabeth Hurst, daughter of Henry Ellis, Esq., of the city of Dublin. AGENT- Joseph Woodhead.
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Surname: Adams, First Names : John (a)

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 02/02/1815

Notes:
ADAMS. (LIEUT., 1815: F-P., 13 ; H-P., 31.)

JOHN ADAMS (a) was born 26 Dec. 1781.

This officer entered the Navy, 9 July, 1803, as a Volunteer, on board the SALVADOR DEL MUNDO, Capt. John Dilkes, flag-ship at Plymouth of Admi-rals John Colpoys and Wm. Young. From Dec. 1805, until May, 1811, he served as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the Channel, Mediterranean, and Baltic stations, of the FORMIDABLE 98, Capts. Fras. Fayerman and Jas. Nicoll Morris; and he then suc-cessively joined the QUEEN CHARLOTTE 100, IMPREGNABLE 98, and TIGRE 74. Of the latter ship, commanded in the West Indies by Capt. John Halliday, he was confirmed a Lieutenant 2 Feb. 1815.

He was placed on half-pay 26 Aug. following, and has not since been employed.
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Surname: Adams, First Names : Richard

Date promoted :
Commander: 11/04/1866
Lieutenant: 31/10/1855

Surname: Adams, First Names : Robert Percival

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 19/09/1875

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 437 - Sapphire (due to pay off 9 Jul 79) 19 Sep 75

Surname: Adams, First Names : William (b)

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 25/04/1829

Notes:
ADAMS. (LIEUTENANT, 1829.)

WILLIAM ADAMS (b) entered the Navy 6 March 1810 ; passed his examination in 1817 ; and obtained his commission 25 April, 1829. He has since been on half-pay.
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Surname: Adamson, First Names : Bryan John Hirthwaite

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/02/1875
Midshipman: 27/07/1866

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 173 - Endymion 25 May 69 addl (Flying Squadron - World Cruise)

Awards and Qualifications: : G ; ;

Surname: Adamson, First Names : Henry Horace
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 19/03/1872
Midshipman: 18/06/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 387 - Prince Consort 1 Apr 68

Surname: Adamson, First Names : John
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 07/03/1853
Lieutenant: 06/07/1811

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : NP - 12 Dec 1861

Notes:
ADAMSON. (LIEUT., 1811. F-P., 23; H-P., 21.)

JOHN ADAMSON entered the Navy, 21 June, 1803, as Midshipman, on board the BRITANNIA 100, Captain, afterwards Rear-Admiral, the Earl of Northesk, under whom he fought as Master's Mate at Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and on the completion of the victory was sent to assist in navigating the Berwick, one of the captured 74's. While next attached, from 1806 until 1809, to the LAVINIA 40, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, on the Channel and Mediterranean stations, he witnessed the surrender of a frigate and store-ship - assisted on different occasions in cutting seven merchantmen from under the enemy's batteries - was once sent to Malta in combined charge of two prizes - and for upwards of two years had charge of a watch. Being invested with the command, in July, 1809, of a gun-boat mounting a long 24-pounder forward and a carronade abaft, with a complement of 37 men, Mr. Adamson, who did not pass his examination until some months afterwards, took an active part in all the operations connected with the expedition to the Walcheren, and was particularly praised by the present Sir Geo. Cockburn for the precision of his fire during the bombardment of Flushing.

After a further servitude in the FORMIDABLE 98, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, and VICTORY 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez (to a Lieutenancy in which ship he was confirmed 6 July, 1811), he joined, early in 1812, the HANNIBAL 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, with whom he continued actively to serve, in the CHRISTIAN VII. 80, and BULWARK 74, on the Home station, until Nov. 1813. He was then successively appointed Senior of the ELK 20, Capt. John Curran, lying at Portsmouth, and FAVORITE 18, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, in which latter vessel we find him returning home from America with the ratification of the treaty concluded at Ghent between Great Britain and the United States, and subsequently employed in the East Indies in co-operation with the army against the province of Cutch. The FAVORITE being paid off in June, 1817, Mr. Adamson remained unemployed until Nov. 1825, when he obtained an appointment as Agent for Transports afloat. He continued in that service, commanding successively the VIBILIA, HOPE, CATO, and NEVA transports, in every quarter of the globe, until again placed on half-pay, 22 May, 1832, on which occasion he received a very flattering, unsolicited letter of approbation from the Commissioner at the head of the Transport department. He has not been since able to procure employment.
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Surname: Adderley, First Names : Arden

Date promoted :
Captain: 19/07/1814

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Vice Adm: 14/05/1857

Notes:
ADDERLEY. Captain, 1814. F-P., 15; H-P., 36.)

ARDEN ADDERLEY, whose family is of great antiquity in the co. of Stafford, is third son of the late Ralph Adderley, Esq., of Coton, by Dorothy, daughter of Thos. Kynnersley, Esq., of Loxley Park, and widow of Thos. Byrche Savage, Esq., of Elmley Castle, co. Worcester. He is next brother of the present Ralph Adderley, Esq., of Barlaston and Coton Halls; and uncle of Chas. Bowyer Adderley, Esq., M.P. for North Staffordshire.

This officer entered the Navy 4 June, 1796, and afterwards served as Midshipman, on the Irish, West India, Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the RUSSELL 74, Capts. Sir Henry Trollope and Herbert Sawyer, JUSTE 80, Capts. Sir H. Trollope, Rich. Dacres, and Sir Edm. Nagle, CULLODEN 74, Capt. Henry Lane, TONNANT 80, Capt. Edw. Pellew, and VICTORY 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson. Being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 6 April, 1804, in .the MADRAS 54, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, he next, in that capacity, joined the SUPERB 74, Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, and had an opportunity of sharing in the action off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806.

While afterwards serving in the HIBERNIA 110, flag-ship in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent, he was advanced to the rank of Commander, by commission dated 4 Aug. in the latter year. His subsequent appointments appear to have been - 24 Aug. 1809, to the GOLDFINCH sloop, on the north coast of Spain - 22 Oct. 1810, to the ECHO 18, on the Downs station, where, on 21 Feb. 1811, he took La Confiance, French privateer, of 16 guns and 62 men - and 14 Aug. 1814, to the CROCUS 14, in which vessel he further captured, in the Mediterranean, 4 Sept. 1812, the Formica settee, of 2 guns and 25 men. Capt. Adderley, who was posted, 19 July, 1814, into the SWIFTSURE 74, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Vice-Admiral John Laugharne,. left that ship on her return home in the. following October, and did not again go afloat. He took the retired half-pay 1 Oct. 1846.

He married Anne, only daughter of W. R. Bishton, Esq., of Shakerley House, co. Salop. AGENTS- Coplands and Burnett.
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Surname: Addington, First Names : Francis Charles Bathurst (Hon)

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 21/10/1876

Surname: Addington, First Names : William Silvester

Date promoted :
Commander: 22/07/1830

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 01/04/1856

Notes:
ADDINGTON. (COMMANDER, 1830. F-P., 16; H-P., 32.)

WILLIAM SILVESTER ADDINGTON entered the Navy, 27 Jan. 1799, as A.B., on board the PENELOPE 36, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, with whom, an at intervals with Capts. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, Geo. Mundy, and Edw. Durnford King, he continued to serve, as Midshipman and Master's Mate of the BRILLIANT, HYDRA, ENDYMION, and EGYPTIENNE frigates, until Feb. 1807; during which period he was very actively employed off Newfoundland, and in the Channel and Mediterranean, in cruizing against the enemy, from whom he assisted in taking a large number of privateers and other armed vessels, and, on one occasion, several richly laden Spanish merchantmen. On 12 March, 1807, he was promoted (from the HIBERNIA 110, flag-ship in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent) to a lieutenancy in the MAIDA 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, part of the force employed in the ensuing expedition against Copenhagen. In the course of 1808, Mr. Addington joined the LEVIATHAN and REVENGE 74's, both commanded by his old Captain, Hon. C. Paget, under whom we find him witnessing, in the REVENGE, the destruction of French shipping in Basque Roads, and also attending the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809. In Oct. 1810, he sailed in command of the ORION transport, with combustibles intended for the destruction of the Toulon fleet; and from April to Sep. 1811, he next had charge of the DELFINE fire-brig, in the Adriatic. From the latter date he remained unemployed until at length appointed, 2 Aug. 1827, to the PRINCE REGENT 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, in which ship he continued until shortly previous to his advancement to the rank of Commander, 22 July, 1830. He has since been on half-pay. AGENTS-Hallett and Robinson.
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Surname: Addington, First Names : William Wells

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 08/06/1846
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 04/07/1845

Notes:
ADDINGTON. (LIEUTENANT, 1846.)

THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM WELLS ADDINGTON, born 25 March, 1824, is second son of the present Viscount Sidmouth, by Mary, daughter of the Rev. John Young; and grandson of the Right Hon. Henry Addington, who, on resigning the office of Prime Minister, was elevated to the peerage as first Viscount Sidmouth.

This officer passed his examination 20 July, 1843 ; was appointed Mate, 4 July, 1845, of the HIBERNIA 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Wm. Parker; and obtained his commission 8 June, 1846. He has not since been employed.
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Surname: Addis, First Names : Edward Brown

Date promoted :
Commander: 28/07/1851
Lieutenant: 09/08/1811

Notes:
ADDIS. (LIEUT., 1811. F.P., 19 ; H-P., 25.)

EDWARD BROWN ADDIS entered the Navy, 13 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the EXCELLENT 74, Capt. Frank Sotheron, employed in the defence of the Bay of Naples; removed as Midshipman, in July, 1806, to the ZEALOUS 74, Capt. John Okes Hardy; and on next joining the ATHENIENNE 64, Capt. Robt. Raynsford, was wrecked, on the Esquerques Rocks, near Sicily, 8 Oct. following, on which occasion the Commander and 396 of the crew were lost. He then became attached to the SATURN 74, Capt. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, off Cadiz, and on his return to England in the ROYAL GEORGE, flag-ship of Sir John Duckworth, joined, in Oct. 1807, the BARRACOUTA, Capt. Geo. Harris, under whom (with the exception of a brief attachment, during the summer of 1810, to the RUSSELL 74, flagship of Rear-Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury) he continued principally to serve, both in the BARRACOUTA and in the SIR FRANCIS DRAKE frigate, the last two years as Lieutenant (commission dated 9 Aug. 1811), until June, 1813. In Aug. 1810, Mr. Addis ably assisted, as Acting Lieutenant, at the destruction by the boats of the SIR FRANCIS DRAKE and of the BELLIQUEUX 64, under the immediate orders of Lieut. Joseph Prior, of a French privateer and two gun-vessels, beneath a continued fire from the batteries of Bantam, in Java ;* and on 23 May, 1811, he again served in the boats, and contributed, in a most undaunted gallant manner, to the capture, off Rembang, of a fiercely defended flotilla of Dutch gun-vessels and armed proas. † Being next appointed, 11 Aug. 1313, to the DASHER Sloop, Capt. Wm. Henderson, he served on the West India station, whither he accompanied the outward-bound trade, until placed on half-pay in Nov. 1814 ; after which, from Sept. 1824 until 1830, he appears to have been employed on the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary Lieutenant of the RAMILLIES and HYPERION, Capts. Wm. M`Culloch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye. Since the latter date he has again been on half-pay.

Lieut. Addis received in 1842, and still holds, the appointment of Crown Commissioner at Port Philip. He married, 9 March, 1826, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Lieut. Lieut. McArthur, of Haslar.

* Vide Gaz. 1811 p. 1795. † Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 2409.
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Surname: Adeane, First Names : Edward Standley, CMG, FRGS, JP
Birth Date : 7 Dec 1836
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 24/07/1871
Commander: 08/09/1864
Lieutenant: 25/02/1858
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 21/06/1856

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 204 - Galatea 21 Sep 68
June 1879 : 486 - Tenedos 25 Mar 78 CO

Surname: Affleck, First Names : Edmund

Date promoted :
Naval Cadet or Entry: 10/12/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 461 - Sphinx 20 May 70

Surname: Agassiz, First Names : James David

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 20/03/1829

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/01/1861

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : America - 6 Apr 44

Notes:
AGASSIZ (LIEUTENANT, 1829.)

JAMES DAVID AGASSIZ is son of Capt. J. J. C. Agassiz, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy 7 May, 1815 ; passed his examination in 1823 ; and was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 20 March, 1829, in the PRIMROSE 18, Capt. Thos. S. Griffinhoofe, on the coast of Africa, whence he returned to England in Jan. 1830. His appointments have since been - 28 Feb. 1838, to the DONEGAL 78, Capt. John Drake, on the Lisbon station - 25 May, 1838, to the PEMBROKE 72, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, in the Mediterranean - and 6 April 1844, as First Lieutenant, to the AMERICA 50, Capt. Hon. John Gordon, with whom he returned home from the Pacific in the summer of 1846.
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Surname: Agassiz, First Names : James John Charles

Date promoted :
Commander: 29/04/1802

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 10/09/40

Notes:
AGASSIZ. (RET. CAPT., 1840. F-P., 17; H-P., 50.)

JAMES JOHN CHARLES AGASSIZ entered the Navy, 30 Dec. 1780, as Captain's Servant, on board the LIZARD, Capt. Edm. Dod, whom, in Oct. 1787, after an interval of five years, he rejoined, as Midshipman, in the LOWESTOFT frigate. Quitting that ship in Sept. 1790, he next, in Aug. 1793, became attached to the MENTOR, Lieut.-Commander Rich. Welland. On 23 Sept. 1795, he was promoted from the ATLAS 98, Capt. E. Dod, to a Lieutenancy in the TRIDENT 64, Capt. Edw. Oliver Osborn, and while in that ship was present at the surrender of the Dutch Squadron in Saldanha Bay, 17 Aug. 1796. He afterwards in succession joined the TRIDENT 64, Capt. Edw. Oliver Osborn, DORTRECHT 64, Capt. Gardner, TROMP, Capt. Billy Douglas, TRIUMPH 74, Capt. Wm. Essington, KITE Sloop, Capt. Chas. Lydiard, RESOLUTION 74, Capt. Wm. Mitchell, and HOUND, Capt. Geo. Sarradine. On 21 Aug. 1801, we find him, in conjunction with Lieut. Henry Le Vescomte, commanding the boats of the latter sloop and of a squadron, and acquiring the praise of Lord Nelson for his gallantry and zeal at the capture and destruction, with but trifling loss to the British, of six flat-bottomed gun-vessels, which had been driven on shore near St. Valery, and were protected by the fire of a body of military* and five field-pieces. After eight months' command of the BOLD gun-brig, in the Downs and off Boulogne, Mr. Agassiz was promoted to the rank of Commander, by commission dated 29 April, 1802. His next and last appointments were, 6 Sept. 1804, and 22 Jan. 1806, to the ANACREON defence-ship, and RATTLER sloop, in which latter vessel he appears to have been employed in escorting convoys to and from Newfoundland and the Western Islands until placed on half-pay in Oct. 1809. He retired with the rank of Captain 10 Sept. 1840.

Capt. Agassiz is married and has issue. One of his sons, James David, is a Lieutenant, R.N., and another, Lewis, a Second Lieutenant, R.M.

* Vide. Gaz. 1837, p. 1036.
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Retired Capt OIC 10 Aug 1840

Surname: Agnew, First Names : Arthur Frederick Vans

Date promoted :
Naval Cadet or Entry: 15/01/1879

Surname: Agnew, First Names : John De Courcy Andrew
Birth Date : 11 Oct 1819
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 23/08/1854
Lieutenant: 28/04/1843

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 01/04/1870
Commander: 01/04/1870

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Pique addl - 18 Oct 43
June 1844 : Eurydice - 23 Feb 44
Dec 1848 : 517 - St Vincent 26 Nov 46

Notes:
AGNEW. (LIEUTENANT, 1$43. F-P., 12; H-P., 1.)

JOHN DE COURCY ANDREW AGNEW, born 11 Oct. 1819, is second son of Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., of Lochnaw, co. Wigtoun, by Madalene, (laughter of Sir David Carnegie, Bart., of Southesk.

This officer entered the Navy 15 Aug. 1834; passed his examination 21 Dec. 1839 ; and served as Mate, on the East India and North America and West India stations, of the MELVILLE 72, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, WINCHESTER 50, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter, and ILLUSTRIOUS 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam. He obtained a Lieutenancy, 28 April, 1843, in the SCYLLA 16, Capt. Robt. Sharpe, on the station last mentioned, where he was afterwards appointed, 18 Oct. following, and 23 Feb. 1844, to the PIQUE 36, and EURYDICE 26, Capts. Hon. Montagu Stopford and Geo. Elliot. Since his return to England, in 1846, Mr. Agnew has been on half-pay.
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Surname: Ainger, First Names : William
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 16/04/1878
Midshipman: 18/06/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 016 - Agincourt 19 Oct 69

Surname: Ainslie, First Names : Alexander William

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 23/09/1875

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 079 - Britannia [Cadet under training]
June 1879 : 135 - Cygnet 19 Oct 76

Surname: Ainslie, First Names : Arthur William

Date promoted :
Naval Cadet or Entry: 18/08/1869

Surname: Ainslie, First Names : Henry
Birth Date : 1813

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 30/06/1838

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Excellent - 10 Feb 44

Notes:
AINSLIE. (LIEUTENANT, 1838.)

HENRY AINSLIE, born in 1813, is third son of Sir Robt. Sharpe Ainslie, Bart., of Great Torrington, co. Lincoln; and nephew of Lieut. Geo. Ralph Ainslie, R.N., who was lost on board the COURAGEUX 74, in Dec. 1796.

This officer entered the Navy 20 Oct. 1826 ; passed his examination in 1833; served as Gunnery Mate, in 1837-8, of the NORTH STAR 28, Capt. Lord John Hay; and obtained his commission 30 June, 1838. His appointments have since been -

• 16 Jan. 1839, to the EXCELLENT gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings -
• 1 Feb. 1840, to the CAMBRIDGE 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, under whom he bore a part in the ensuing operations on the coast of Syria -
• 10 Feb. 1844, again to the EXCELLENT- and
• 28 Aug. 1844, as First Lieutenant, to the STROMBOLI steam-sloop, Capt. Thos. Fisher, now employed on particular service.

Surname: Aird, First Names : David

Date promoted :
Commander: 01/01/1861
Lieutenant: 09/12/1845
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 05/04/1839

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 11/04/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Fly
Dec 1848 : 184 - Dragon 9 Jul 48
June 1879 : NP 10 Feb 1876

Notes:
AIRD. (LIEUTENANT 1845.)

DAVID AIRD passed his examination 5 April, 1839 ; and was appointed Mate, towards the close of 1841, of the FLY surveying-vessel, Capt. Francis Price Blackwood, on the East India station. He was promoted to the rank he now holds 9 Dec. 1845 ; rejoined the FLY, which he had but recently left, 23 Jan. 1846 ; and is at present employed in her tender, the BRAMBLE schooner, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Bampfield Yule.
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Surname: Airey, First Names : George Sherbrooke

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 10/02/1830

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/07/1864
Lieutenant: 01/10/1860

Notes:
AIREY. (LIEUTENANT, 1830. F-P., 13; H-P., 12.)

GEORGE SHERBROOKE AIREY entered the Navy 4 April, 1822 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; and obtained his commission 10 Feb. 1830. His subsequent appointments were -

Surname: Airey, First Names : George Taylor

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 17/02/1815

Notes:
AIREY. (LIEUTENANT, 1815. F-P., 9 ; H-P., 32.)

GEORGE TAYLOR AIREY entered the Navy, 12 June, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the DONEGAL 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, and on removing to the HUSSAR 38, Capts. Robt. Lloyd and Alex. Skeene, sailed, after attending Lord Gambier's expedition of 1807 to Copenhagen, for Halifax and the West Indies. From June, 1810, two years previously to which period he had attained the rating of Midshipman, he served, until the receipt of his commission, dated 17 Feb. 1813, latterly as Master's Mate, in the BERWICK 74, Capt. Jas. Macnamara, COLOSSUS 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, BRISTOL troop-ship, Capt. Geo. Wyndham, and PODARGUS 14, Capt. Jas. Wallis, all on the Home station. He has not since been officially employed.

He now commands the Hon. E.I.C.'s steam-ship PLUTO.
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Surname: Airey, First Names : John Moore Cole

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 13/05/1829

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/07/1864

Notes:

Notes:
AIREY. (LIEUTENANT, 1829. F-P., 16 ; H-P, 10.)

JOHN MOORE COLE AIREY entered the Navy I Jan. 1821, and passed his examination in 1827. Being made lieutenant, 13 May, 1829, into the MEDINA 20, Capt. Edw. Webb, on the African station, he afterwards joined, in that capacity, 25 June, 1831, and 28 Oct. 1833, the PHILOMEL 10, and EDINBURGH 74, Capts. Wm. Smith and Jas. Rich. Dacres, both in the Mediterranean. Since his return to England, in 1837, he has been on half-pay. AGENTS- Goode and Lawrence.
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Transferred to another retirement scheme 22-Mar-1878

Surname: Aitchison, First Names : Edward
Birth Date : 15 Oct 1794
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 16/09/1816

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/07/1864

Notes:
AITCHISON. (LIEUT., 1816. F-P., 15 ; H-P., 24.)

EDWARD AITCHISON was born 15 Oct. 1794.

This officer entered the Royal Naval College 16 Feb. 1808; and embarked, 21 Dec. 1810, as a Volunteer, on board the CRESCENT 38, Capt. John Quilliam, with whom he continued to serve, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the Baltic, Newfoundland, and West India stations, until April, 1815. During that period he saw a good deal of boat service, was often in collision with the enemy's batteries, and assisted at the capture, 16 Sept. 1813, of the Elbredge Gerry, American privateer, of 14 guns and 66 men. He afterwards joined the TIGRE 74, Capt. John Halliday, and VILLE DE PARIS and LEANDER, bearing the respective flags of Admirals Lord Keith and David Milne. On his return, in the latter ship, from Algiers, where, during the bombardment, he had been intrusted with the charge of a boat, for the purpose of burning one of the enemy's frigates, and had been wounded, Mr. Aitchison was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, by commission dated 16 Sept. 1816. His next appointment appears to have been, 13 Sept. 1819, to the BRISK 10, Capts. John Wm. Montagu and Edw. Stewart ; in which sloop, of whose boats he had command on the river Tyne during a serious dispute between the colliers and the civil authorities, he remained until transferred, 22 Sept. 1821, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the SEVERN 40, Capt. Wm. McCulloch. With his name afterwards on the books of the RAMILLIES 74, and HYPERION 42,Capts. Wm. McCulloch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, he continued to be employed on the Coast Blockade until Aug. 1826 ; but since that period he has not held any further appointment.

Lieut. Aitchison married in March, 1825.
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Surname: Aitchison, First Names : Henry Compton

Date promoted :
Commander: 02/11/1872
Lieutenant: 07/03/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 078 - Bristol 11 Sep 69

Surname: Aitchison, First Names : Robert

Date promoted :
Captain: 30/04/1827

Notes:
AITCHISON. (CAPT., 1827. F-P., 19; H-P., 20.)

ROBERT AITCHISON is son of Wm. Aitchison, Esq., of Drummore, East Lothian.

This officer entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the LIVELY 38, Capt. Geo. McKinley, in which frigate he was wrecked, off the Island of Malta, 10 Aug. 1810. Until confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant, 6 May, 1815, he afterwards served, as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Acting Lieutenant, in the UNITE 36, and LEVIATHAN 74, both commanded by Capt. Patrick Campbell, CONQUEROR 74, Capt. Edw. Fellowes, IMPETUEUX, DUBLIN, VENERABLE, and BULWARK 74's, Capt. David Milne, TONNANT 80, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, and VENGEUR 74, Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts. While in the BULWARK, we find Mr. Aitchison commanding her tender for the annoyance of the enemy's trade off Boston, and also witnessing (during a boat expedition up the Penobscot) the attack on Bangor and the destruction of the John Adams frigate. He was subsequently employed for six weeks in the boats of the TONNANT during the operations against New Orleans; and further commanded the small-arm men landed from the VENGEUR to assist in the reduction of Fort Bowyer in Feb. 1815. Being appointed, 1 May, 1816, to the LEANDER 60, Capt. Edw. Chetham, Mr. Aitchison served at the ensuing bombardment of Algiers, and on that occasion commanded the forecastle and gangway guns. After a subsequent servitude of nearly three years as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir David Milne on the North America station, he was promoted to the rank of Commander, by commission dated 17 July, 1819; and on 3 April, 1826, was next appointed to the CLIO 18 in the North Sea. Since his Post-prmnotion, which took place 30 April, 1827, Capt. Aitchison has been on half-pay.

He married, first, 18 Dec. 1821, Eliza, daughter of the late Matthew Munro, Esq., of the island of Granada; and, secondly, 23 April, 1838, Catherine, daughter of Henry Combe Compton, Esq., M.P. for South Hampshire. AGENTS- Messrs. Halford and Co.
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Surname: Aitkens, First Names : Philip Bennet

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 07/03/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 415 - Rinaldo 3 Jan 68

Surname: Aitkin, First Names : Alexander
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 11/02/1815

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 23/07/1860

Notes:
AITKIN. (LIEUTENANT, 1815. F-P., 11 ; H-P. 32)

ALEXANDER AITKIN entered the Navy. 10 Dec 1804, on board the ROEBUCK 44, Capt. Geo. McKinley, bearing the flag in Yarmouth Roads of Admiral Billy Douglas. He afterwards served for nine years (including a short period as Acting Lieutenant) in the NASSAU 64, ORION 74, TREMENDOUS 74, ORLANDO 36, and TREMENDOUS again, flag-ships, ships, in the North Sea, Baltic, and Mediterranean, of Admirals Thos. Macnamara Russell, Sir Jas. Saumarez, Sir Edw. Pellew, Sir John Gore, and Sir Chas. Vinicombe Penrose. In the NASSAU, commanded at the time by Capt. Robt. Campbell, he attended the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807; and (on that ship's hard-wrought extrication from a mass of ice in which she had been blocked up during the whole winter) was present, in company with the STATELY 64, at the capture and destruction, 22 March, 1808, of the Danish 74-gun ship Prindts Christian Frederic, after a running fight of great length and obstinacy, in which the NASSAU sustained a loss of two men killed and 16 wounded. He obtained his commission 11 Feb. 1815, and has not since been employ employed.
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Surname: Akaster, First Names : Henry Charles

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 02/05/1872
Midshipman: 30/07/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 362 - Pearl 17 Oct 68 addl

Surname: Akers, First Names : George Edward

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 21/06/1878

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 403 - Raleigh 10 Jan 78

Surname: Akers, First Names : Thomas
Birth Date : 29 Jun 1784

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 16/07/1813

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 15/04/1856

Notes:
AKERS. (LIEUTENANT, 1813. F-P., 11 ; H-P., 33.)

THOMAS AKERS was born 29 June, 1784. One of his brothers, James, served in Nelson's attack on the Boulogne flotilla in 1801, and was in the NORTHUMBERLAND, Off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806 ; another, Henry, was with Sir Home Popham in the DIADEM, at the capture of Buenos Ayres in 1806 ; and a third, William, served in the DOVER and CAROLINE frigates, at the reduction of Amboyna and Banda, in 1810.

This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1803, as A.B., on board the LOIRE 36, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, employed on the Irish station. On removing, in 1805, to the PRINCE 96, Capt. Rich. Grindall, he took part in the battle of Trafalgar ; and, while next in the GOLIATH 74, Capt. Peter Puget, he co-operated in the reduction of Copenhagen in Sept. 1807. After serving for a few month as Midshipman of the BLAKE 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, he joined, in April, 1809, the ROLLA brig, Capts. Sam. Clarke and Wm. Hill, under whom he appears to have accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren, and to have been severely wounded in different parts of the body while skirmishing in the Downs, where, in an open boat, he was very successful in his exertions against the smugglers. On his subsequent arrival at the Brazils in the INDEFATIGABLE 44, Capt. John Fyffe, Mr. Akers was promoted (having passed his examination in 1810) to a Lieutenancy, 16 July, 1813, in the MONTAGU 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon. He returned home with convoy in the NISUS 38, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, and was paid off in April, 1814.

He married, 1 Oct. 1816, and has issue three sons.
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Surname: Alcock, First Names : Robert William Henry

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 11/10/1844
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 09/02/1839

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Caledonia

Notes:
ALCOCK. (LIEUTENANT, 1844.)
ROBERT WILLIAM HENRY ALCOCK entered the Navy in 1831 ; passed his examination 9 Feb. 1839 ; and after serving for some time as Mate on board the EXCELLENT gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and CALEDONIA 120, bearing the flag at Devonport of Sir David Milne, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 11 Oct. 1844. His appointments have since been -

Surname: Alder, First Names : Charles
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/11/1863

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/10/1873

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 366 - Pembroke 12 Jun 69

Surname: Aldham, First Names : George William John
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 19/05/1859

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/10/1873

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 262 - Indus 10 Nov 69

Surname: Aldham, First Names : William Cornwallis, CB

Date promoted :
Captain: 09/05/1853
Commander: 05/04/1844
Lieutenant: 10/07/1832

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 01/10/1865

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Winchester - 5 Apr 44
Dec 1848 : 573 - Superb 29 Nov 48

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : 07/06/1862 ;

Notes:
ALDHAM. (COMMANDER, 1844.)

WILLIAM CORNWALLIS ALDHAM entered the Navy 4 April, 1822 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; and obtained his first commission 10 July, 1832. His subsequent appointments were -

Surname: Aldrich, First Names : Pelham
Birth Date : Nov 1844
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 03/11/1876
Lieutenant: 11/09/1866
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 17/09/1864

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 296 - Lord Warden 18 Dec 69 addl
June 1879 : 479 - Sylvia 27 Jul 77 CO ; Surveying Service Japan Station

Notes:
21/6/1870 Apptd to the Hibernia as Flag Lt to Admiral Key

Surname: Aldrich, First Names : Robert Dawes
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 31/07/1860
Commander: 11/10/1851
Lieutenant: 07/03/1842

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 03/12/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Bittern - 1 Aug 42
June 1844 : Bittern - 1 Aug 42
Dec 1848 : 294 - Howe 5 May 47

Notes:
ALDRICH (LIEUTENANT, 1842.)

ROBERT DAWES ALDRICH entered the Navy 22 Jan. 1824; passed his examination 1 Sept. 1830; and served for some time, as Mate, on board the BUZZARD and WIZARD, Lieut.-Commanders Chas. Fitzgerald and Thos. Fred. Birch, employed in the suppression of the slave-trade on the coast of Africa. He was promoted (from the CALEDONIA 120, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Graham Moore) to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 March, 1842. His appointments have since been - on the 9th of the latter month, to the WINCHESTER 52, flag-ship of Hon. Josceline Percy, at the Cape of Good Hope - 1 Aug. 1842, to the BITTERN 16, Capt. Edm. Peel, on the same station - and 6 April, 1846, as First, to the APOLLO troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Radcliffe, with whom he is at present serving.
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Surname: Aldridge, First Names : George M

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 01/06/1836

Surname: Aldridge, First Names : John William
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 23/11/1841

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Vice Adm: 24/05/1867
Captain: 13/12/1855

Notes:
ALDRIDGE. (CAPT., 1841. F-P., 22 ; H-P., 20.)

JOHN WILLIAMS ALDRIDGE entered the Navy, 27 Sept. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ARETHUSA 33, Capts. Sir Chas. Brisbane and Robt. Mends, and in that ship, when in company with the ANSON 44, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture and destruction, 23 Aug. 1806, after a hard-fought action of 35 minutes, in which the ARETHUSA had 2 men killed and 33 wounded, of a Spanish frigate, the Pomona, of 38 guns and 347 men, a flotilla of 10 gun-boats, carrying each a long 24-pounder, with 60 or 70 men, and a battery, mounting 11 long 36-pounders, within pistol-shot distance on the island of Cuba. The subject of this memoir, who also cooperated in the memorable reduction of Curacoa in 1807, afterwards served, from Oct. 1808, to May, 1813, in the BLAKE 74, Capts. Sir C. Brisbane and Edw. Codrington, under the latter of whom we find him attending the expedition to Flushing, employed for two years in the gun-boat service at the defence of Cadiz, and participating in all the operations on the coast of Catalonia. On next joining the RIPPON 74, Capt. Sir Christopher Cole, he contributed, as Master's Mate, to the capture, 21 Oct. 1813, of Le Weser, French frigate, of 44 guns and 340 men. While afterwards serving in the PRINCE 98, flagship of Sir Rich. Bickerton at Spithead, Mr. Aldridge obtained a commission, dated 4 Feb. 1815. His subsequent appointments, in the capacity of Lieutenant, were - in the course of the latter year, to the ROYAL SOVEREIGN 100, and TONNANT 80, flag-ships on the Channel and Irish stations of Sir R. Bickerton and Sir Benj. Hallowell - 29 June, 1821, to the BULWARK 74, as Flag Lieutenant to the last-named officer at the Nore - 3 Oct. 1821, to the GENOA 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, stationed at Sheerness - 9 Dec. 1822, to the PRINCE REGENT 120, fitting at Chatham for the flag of Sir B. Hallowell - and 6 June, 1831, as Senior, to the RATTLESNAKE 28, Capt. Chas. Graham, on the South America station. Attaining the rank of Commander, 18 Nov. 1833, he next officiated, from 26 March, 1836, until 1840, as Second Captain of the PEMBROKE 74, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, on the Mediterranean station. He was advanced to Post-rank 23 Nov. 1841, but has not since been afloat.

Capt. Aldridge married, 5 Jan. 1841, Ann, daughter of the late C. Knight, Esq.
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Surname: Aldworth, First Names : St Leger
Birth Date : 04 Sep 1806
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 03/01/1831

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 31/03/1866

Notes:
ALDWORTH. (LIEUT., 1831. F-P., 16; H-P., 12.)

ST. LEGER ALDWORTH, born 4 Sept. 1806, is third son of the late Robt. Rogers Aldworth, Esq., by Elizabeth, daughter of Archdeacon John Oliver; brother of Rich. Oliver Aldworth, Esq., of Newmarket, High Sheriff of the co. of Cork; and a near relative of Viscount Doneraile.

This officer entered the Navy, 10 Dec. 1819, as a Volunteer on board the PHAETON 46, Capt. Wm. Augustus Montagu, on the Halifax station - removed as Midshipman, in April, 1822, to the ACTIVE 46, Capts. Andrew King and Hon. Robt. Rodney, employed on particular service - and from Nov. 1825, until June, 1829, served, the last three years as Mate, in the DRYAD 42, commanded by the Hon. Capt. Rodney in the Mediterranean. He then successively joined, for short periods, on the Cork and West India stations, the SEMIRAMIS and WINCHESTER, flag-ships, BARHAM 50, Capt. Sir John Louis, ARACHNE 18, Capt. Chas. Deare, GALATEA 42, Capt. Chas. Napier, and RACEHORSE 18, Capt. Chas. Hamlyn Williams.

On 3 Jan. 1831, he was promoted to a First Lieutenancy in the MERSEY 26, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay; and being paid off from that frigate in the following August, afterwards joined -

Surname: Alexander, First Names : Edwyn Sinclair

Date promoted :
Naval Cadet or Entry: 15/01/1879

Surname: Alexander, First Names : Francis

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 14/08/1878
Midshipman: 27/10/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 078 - Bristol [Mid under traning]

Surname: Alexander, First Names : Frederick

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 21/02/1873
Midshipman: 30/01/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 362 - Pearl 17 Oct 68 addl

Surname: Alexander, First Names : Henry McClintock
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 01/06/1869
Lieutenant: 27/09/1856

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : 31/03/1865 ;

Surname: Alexander, First Names : John

Date promoted :
Commander: 14/03/1811

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 16/09/40

Notes:
ALEXANDER. (RETIRED CAPTAIN, 1840. F-P., 11 ; H-P., 36.)

JOHN ALEXANDER entered the Navy, 5 May, 1800, as Ordinary, on board the FAIRY 18, Capts. Fred. Warren and Rich. Dalling Dunn. If we except a brief attachment in 1804, and again in 1806, to the AEOLUS 32, Capt. Lord Wm. Fitzroy, and HERCULE and VETERAN, Capts. Barrington Dacres and Andrew Fitzherbert Evans, he afterwards, from Nov. 1801, until the early part of 1807, served uninterruptedly with Capt. Dunn, and nearly the whole time also with Admiral Sir John Thos. Duckworth, in the. SOUTHAMPTON, LEVIATHAN, HERCULE, ACASTA, and ROYAL GEORGE, on the West India and Mediterranean stations. While in the latter ship, he took part in a desperate skirmish with a body of Turks on the island of Prota, 27 Feb. 1807, and was severely wounded at the re-passage of the Dardanells.* Being promoted to a Lieutenancy (by commission dated 28 Feb. 1807) in the STANDARD 64, Capt. Thos. Harvey, he subsequently, on 26 June, 1808, succeeded, with the yawl belonging to that ship under his orders, in capturing a French despatch-boat, Le Lιger, although exposed to a sharp fire of musketry from the island of Corfu. † In the course of 1809-10 we next find Mr. Alexander successively joining the GLOMMEN 18, Capt. Chas. Pickford, MOSELLE, Capt. Henry Boys, HERE 38, Capt. John Fyffe, and, as Acting-Flag-Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, the POLYPHEMUS 64, all on the Jamaica station; where he lost the FLEUR DE LA MER, 8 Jan. 1811, then assumed command of the DECOUVERTE, and was promoted, by commission dated 14 March in the same year, to that of the SHARK sloop. He invalided home in the following May, and has not been since employed. He retired with the rank of Captain 16 Sept. 1840

Capt. Alexander, in consideration of the wound we have alluded to, was at the time presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. He married, 22 Aug. 1819, Anna Maria, second daughter of the Rev. J. Price, late vicar of Merriott, co. Somerset. AGENTS- Coplands and Burnett.

* Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 597. † V. Gaz. 1809, p. 4.

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Retired Capt OIC 10 Aug 1840

Surname: Alexander, First Names : John Hobhouse Inglis, CB

Date promoted :
Captain: 16/08/1863
Commander: 11/02/1860

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : 05/10/1865 ;

Surname: Alexander, First Names : John Richard

Date promoted :
Commander: 28/05/1858
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 14/08/1848

Surname: Alexander, First Names : Lorenzo

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 15/10/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 387 - Prince Consort 15 Oct 68 addl

Surname: Alexander, First Names : Nicholas

Date promoted :
Commander: 13/06/1815

Notes:
ALEXANDER. (COMMANDER, 1815. F-P., 16; H-P., 32.)

NICHOLAS ALEXANDER has lost three brothers high in the Naval and Military service of their country - one of whom, the late gallant Capt. Thos. Alexander, C.B., died Senior Officer in command of the Naval Squadron before Rangoon, in Nov. 1825.

This officer entered the Navy, early in 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the HAERLEM 64, Capt. Geo. Burlton, and after an attachment to the SER-PENT, Capt. Thos. Roberts, joined the DESIREE 36, Capt. Henry Inman, one of Lord Nelson's frigates in the action off Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. In the course of 1802 he successively removed, as Midship-man, to the NEREIDE 36, Capt. Robt. Mends, and PORT MAHON 18, Capts. Walter Grossett and Martin Neville. After witnessing the reduction, in 1803, of Ste. Lucie and Tobago, Mr. Alexander further served for two years with Capt. Edw. Hawker in the MIGNONNE, ands with Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres in, successively, the THESEUS 74, and, as Sub-Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commissions dated 26 Feb. and 16 May, 1806), in the SHARK sloop, and HERCULE 74. His subsequent appointments were, - in 1808-9, to the TRENT, VENERABLE, and ST. DOMINGO, flag-ships of Admirals Jas. Hawkins Whitshed., Sir Rich. John Strachan, and Sir John Bor-lase Warren - and, on 22 Dec. 1812, to the DRAGON 74, Capts. Fras. Augustus Collier and Robt. Barrie. While in the ST. DOMINGO, under Sir R. Strachan, with whom he served for three years, Mr. Alexander joined in the attack upon Flushing in Aug. 1809 - frequently took part in gun-boat engagements - and was twice wounded. In April and May, 1813, during the period of his attachment to the DRAGON, he was the Senior Lieutenant employed in the operations against the American towns, flotillas, and military stations in the Chesapeake ; and for his conduct on all occasions, but particularly in the attack upon French Town, was honoured with the public thanks of Rear-Admiral Cockburn.* In the summer of 1814 he commanded a division of boats under Capt. Barrie in the several attacks on Commodore Barney's flotilla in the Patuxent - repelled, when on shore at Parker's Point, with only 38 marines and a few seamen, an assault made by 120 of the United States regular cavalry, supported by 500 infantry with field-pieces - had charge of a division of boats at the capture of Forts St. Peter and St. Mary - and was eventually employed at Cumberland Island. Mr. Alexander, whose services during the whole of this period drew forth the warm approbation of Capt. Barrie, attained the rank of Commander 13 June, 1815. He was afterwards employed in raising men at Cork, from Sept. 1815 to Feb. 1816 ; but since the latter date has been on half-pay.

He married, in 1815, Susannah, daughter of Wm. Legrand, Esq., of Cork, and has two sons, Robert Barrie and William Thomas, both Assistant-Surgeons in the Navy. AGENTS- Coplands and Burnett.

* Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 1331.
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Surname: Alexander, First Names : Norton Butler

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/04/1827

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/10/1860

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 21 Jul 27
June 1844 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 21 Jul 27
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 21 Jul 27

Notes:
ALEXANDER. (LIEUTENANT, 1827.)

NORTON BUTLER ALEXANDER entered the Navy 3 April, 1808 ; passed his examination in 1815 ; obtained his commission 28 April, 1827 ; and since 21 July following has been in the Coast Guard. AGENTS- Messrs. Chard.
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Surname: Alexander, First Names : Thomas (1)
Birth Date : Date Died: 10 Mar 1843

Date promoted :
Adm: 23/11/1841
Vice Adm: 22/07/1830
Rear Adm: 12/08/1819
Captain: 27/12/1796
Lieutenant: 19/11/1790

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 12/08/1819

Surname: Alexander, First Names : William Charles

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 16/05/1842

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Cleopatra - 19 Jul 42
June 1844 : Cleopatra - 19 Jul 42

Notes:
ALEXANDER. (LIEUTENANT, 1842.)

WILLIAM CHARLES ALEXANDER died 18 April, 1846.

This officer entered the Navy 23 Dec. 1831 ; passed his examination 8 March, 1836; and served latterly, as Mate, in the PRESIDENT 50, flagship in the Pacific of Rear-Admirals Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross and Rich. Thomas. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 16 May, 1842, and from 19 July following until the period of his death was employed at the Cape of Good Hope on board the CLEOPATRA 26, Capt. Christ. Wyvill. AGENTS- Messrs. Ommanney.
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Surname: Algar, First Names : Edward
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/05/1847

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/07/1864

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 087 - Britomart 17 Aug 47

Notes:
Transferred to another retirement scheme 02-Mar-1879

Surname: Alington, First Names : Arthur Hildebrrand
Birth Date : 10 Oct 1839
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 04/04/1870
Lieutenant: 26/11/1859
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 18/10/1858
Naval Cadet or Entry: 14/01/1852

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 075 - Boxer 11 Dec 76 CO

Surname: Allan, First Names : Grant

Date promoted :

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 28/07/1829

Notes:
NL 20/12/1843 Death reported qtr. cg. 20 Sep 1843

Surname: Alldridge, First Names : George Manley

Date promoted :
Commander: 01/01/1855
Lieutenant: 17/02/1844

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 21/03/1864

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Firefly - 19 Mar 44
Dec 1848 : 306 - Impregnable 1 Jan 49 addl for Surveying Service
June 1879 : NP 18 Dec 1878

Notes:
ALLDRIDGE. (LIEUT., 1844. F-P., 18 ; H-P., 0.)

GEORGE MANLEY ALLDRIDGE is brother of Lieut. T. A. Alldridge, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 13 July, 1829, as Second-cl. Vol., on board the HYPERION 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, employed on the Coast Blockade. He next, from Nov. 1830 until Dec. 1840, served, the last four years as Mate, in the METEOR and BEACON, Capts. Rich. Copeland and Thos. Graves, on the Mediterranean station, where he took a very active part in the survey of the Grecian Archipelago, without receiving any remuneration, and was present at the capture of 144 pirates off the island of Thasos. On leaving the BEACON, he served for three years as Assistant-Surveyor to Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey in the LUCIFER, on the Irish Sea; where since his promotion, 17 Feb. 1844, he has been similarly employed under the same officer in the FIREFLY.
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Surname: Alldridge, First Names : Thomas Adye

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 23/11/1841

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 06/08/1862

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Sappho - 20 Mar 43
June 1844 : Sappho - 20 Mar 43
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 17 Jun 47
June 1879 : NP 10 May 1878

Notes:
ALLDRIDGE. (LIEUTENANT, 1841.)

THOMAS ADYE ALLDRIDCE is brother of Lieut. G. M. Alldridge, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy 15 May, 1823 ; passed his examination 6 Dec. 1831 ; was for some time Mate of the PEMBROKE 72, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, on the Mediterranean station; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 24 Feb. 1840; and for a brief period previous to his advancement to the rank he now holds, which took place 23 Nov. 1841, officiated as Senior Mate of the IMPREGNABLE 104. flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Graham Moore. His appointments have since been -

Surname: Allen, First Names : Albert Clinton

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 08/10/1874
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 17/03/1870

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 108 - Charybdis 16 May 77

Surname: Allen, First Names : Arthur James

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/06/1876
Midshipman: 15/10/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 548 - Zealous 19 Jan 70 addl
June 1879 : 180 - Excellent 30 Sep 78 a Lieutenatn addl, qualifying for Gunnery Officer

Surname: Allen, First Names : Charles
Birth Date : 22 Jul 1779

Date promoted :
Commander: 07/07/1809

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 10/09/40

Notes:
ALLEN. (RET. CAPT., 1840. F-P., 15; H-P., 39)

CHARLES ALLEN, born 22 July, 1779, at Blackheath, co. Kent, is son of the late Wm. Allen, Esq., of the Stamp Office, a Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital.

This officer entered the Navy, 7 May, 1793, as Captain's Servant, on board the DIOMEDE 44, Capt. Matthew Smith, and was in that ship when she struck on a sunken rock and was lost, off Trincomalee, 2 Aug. 1795. Joining, then, the HEROINE 32, Capt. Alan Hyde Gardner, he co-operated in the ensuing reduction of the Dutch settlements in the island of Ceylon. He was ultimately promoted, from the SUFFOLK 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Peter Rainier, to a Lieutenancy, 18 June, 1799, in the VICTORIOUS 74, Capts. Wm. Clark and Pulteney Malcolm; after which, on his return from the East Indies, he joined, 29 July, 1803, the SPENCER 74, Capt. Hon. Robt. Stopford, obtained command, in Nov. 1804, of the Signal station at Selsea, and was next appointed, 26 July, 1805, and 2 June, 1808, to the THETIS 38, Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, and BELLEROPHON 74, Capt. Sam. Warren. On 7 July, 1809, in consequence of the death of the gallant Lieut. Joseph Hawkey, who fell early in the action, Mr. Allen succeeded to the command of the boats of the latter ship, and of the IMPLACABLE 74, MELPOMENE 38, and PROMETHEUS 18, seventeen in number, containing about 270 officers and men, in the course of a dashing attack on a Russian flotilla of 8 gunboats and 12 merchantmen, carrying altogether double the complement of men, lying at anchor under Porcola Point, on the coast of Finland, and centred between two rocks, from the summits of which they were protected by a shower of grape.* Notwithstanding all this, six of the gun-boats were irresistibly boarded and carried, another was sunk, and the whole convoy, with a large armed ship, captured. The loss of the British amounted to 17 men killed and 37 wounded: that of the Russians is reported to have been at least 63 killed, and a proportionate number wounded. For this daring and most important achievement, Lieut. Allen received the sincere thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, and a Commander's commission bearing date the day of the action. Unable, however, to procure further employment, he at length retired with the rank of Captain, 10 Sept. 1840.

* Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1210.

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Retired Capt OIC 10 Aug 1840

Surname: Allen, First Names : Charles William Ponider

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/03/1876
Midshipman: 18/06/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 510 - Valiant 28 Sep 77

Awards and Qualifications: : G ; ;

Surname: Allen, First Names : George Woronzow
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 25/08/1877
Lieutenant: 08/04/1863

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 483 - Tamar 15 Sep 69
June 1879 : 061 - Belleisle addl for Coast Guard Service 11 Jan 79 ; Moville

Surname: Allen, First Names : Henry Murray Edward

Date promoted :
Captain: 09/11/1846
Commander: 23/11/1841

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Imaum - 4 Jun 44

Notes:
ALLEN. (CAPTAIN, 1846. F-P, 22; H-P., 3.)

HENRY MURRAY EDWARD ALLEN is next brother of Capt. John Jas. Allen, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy 1 Aug. 1822. Becoming Midshipman, in 1823, of the SYBILLE 48, Capt. Sam. John Brooke Pechell, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and was there employed in the boats during a hard-fought and sanguinary contest with the pirates of Candia, 18 June, 1826. Obtaining his first commission, 24 Feb. 1829, he was afterwards appointed, on the former and North America and West India stations -

Surname: Allen, First Names : James de Vere

Date promoted :
Naval Cadet or Entry: 18/08/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 079 - Britannia [Cadet under training]

Surname: Allen, First Names : John (a)

Date promoted :
Vice Adm: 09/11/1846
Rear Adm: 17/08/1840
Captain: 29/04/1802
Commander: 06/12/1796
Lieutenant: 10/12/1793

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 17/08/1840

Awards and Qualifications: :
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : 28/05/1816 ;

Notes:
ALLEN. (VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, 1846. F-P., 17; H-P., 43.)

JOHN ALLEN (a) entered the Navy, 12 Feb. 1787 on board the SYBIL, Capt. Rich. Bickerton, on the West India station ; and from 1790 until Oct. 1793, served in the BOYNE 98, Capt. Geo. Bowyer, and IMPREGNABLE and ASSISTANCE, flag-ships at Plymouth and Newfoundland of Sir Rich. Bickerton and Sir Rich. King. Removing then to the PENELOPE 32, he assisted, in company with the IPHIGENIA 32, at the capture, off St. Domingo, 25 Nov. following, of the French 36-gun frigate L'Inconstante, after a close action of half an hour, in which the PENELOPE had one man killed and seven, including himself, wounded.* Mr. Allen, who obtained a Lieutenancy, on 10 Dec. in the same year, in the CONVERT 36, Capt. John Lawford, was unfortunately wrecked, in the West Indies, 8 March, 1794; after which event he became successively attached to the IRIS 32, Capt. Wm. Hargood, on the North America and Africa Stations, and LONDON 98, flagship in the Channel of Sir John Colpoys. Assuming the rank of Commander, 6 Dec. 1796, he next, between Feb. 1798 and Nov. 1799, served in the CHILDERS, ALECTO, and ECHO sloops, in the latter of which, on the Jamaica station, he captured, 3 July, 1799, L'Amazon, French letter of marque, of 10 guns and 60 men. He was posted 29 April, 1802, but did not again go afloat until 17 Jan. 1810, when he joined the FRANCHISE 36. After visiting Newfoundland, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and was there transferred, 1 Aug. 1811, to the RODNEY 74. He returned to England in April, 1812, as Captain of the PERLEN 38, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Chas. Boyles. During the last two years of the war, Capt. Allen officiated as Agent for Prisoners of War at Newfoundland. This was his last employment. His promotion to the rank of Rear-Admiral took place 17 Aug. 1840; and to that he now holds 9 Nov. 1846.

The Vice-Admiral is in the receipt of a pension for wounds of £250. He is married and has issue.

* Vide Gaz. 1794, p. 129.
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Retd 10 Jan 1837: restd 1840: retd a 30 Jul 1852

Surname: Allen, First Names : John (b)
Birth Date : 23 Feb 17

Date promoted :
Captain: 20/09/1815

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Notes:
ALLEN. Captain, 1815. F-P., 16 ; H-P., 31.)

JOHN ALLEN (b), born 23 Feb. 1789, in London, is second son of the late Thos. Allen, Esq., F.A.S., F.L.S., F.S.A., of Crane Hall, co. Suffolk, by Jane, youngest daughter of the late Wm. Watts, Esq., and sister of the late David Pike Watts, Esq., of Portland Place, and of Capt. John Watts, R.N. His elder brother, the late Lieut. Thos. Allen, an officer in the Army, served throughout the whole of the Peninsular War, and, in the 1st Line Battalion of the German Legion, shared in the glories of Waterloo; his next brother, David, a Captain in the 2nd Madras Cavalry, died Commandant of Nelloor, in 1832 ; and his youngest brother, James, is a retired Major of the 7th Bengal Cavalry.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1800, as Midshipman, on board the OSPREY 18, commanded by his uncle, Capt. John Watts, and afterwards by Capts. Geo. Irvine, Rich. Dalling Dunn, and Geo. Younghusband, on the Africa and West India stations. While under the latter officer, he commanded the OSPREY'S launch at the reduction of Ste. Lucie, 22 Oct. 1803 - was also present at the ensuing surrender of Tobago - and, on 23 March, 1804, took part in a gallant action of an hour and a half, in which, with a loss to herself of one man killed and 16 wounded, the OSPREY beat off the French frigate-built privateer L' Egyptienne, of 36 guns and 248 men, 8 of whom were killed and 19 wounded. Removing next, with Capt. Younghusband, to the HEUREUX 24, Mr. Allen, as Master's Mate, contributed, during a servitude of nearly two years in that ship, to the capture, on the same station, of, among numerous other vessels, the French privateers Huron, of 20, and Jeune Adele, of 14 guns. He then returned home in the WOLVERENE 18, Capt. Fras. Aug. Collier, and after an intermediate attachment to the ZEALAND 64, and NORTHUMBERLAND 74, flag-ships at the Nore, and again in the West Indies, of Admirals Bartholomew Sam. Rowley and Sir Alex. Cochrane, was promoted to an Acting-Lieutenancy, 9 April, 1807, in the PRINCE GEORGE 98, Capt. Geo. Losack. On 14 Sept. following, Mr. Allen was confirmed into the CRUIZER 18, in which sloop, under the successive commands, in the North Sea and Baltic, of Capts. Pringle Stoddart, Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, Thos. Wells, and Thos. Rich. Toker, he continued to serve, until appointed Senior Lieutenant, 13. March, 1812, of the VOLAGE 22, Capts. Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay and Sam. Leslie, on the East India station ; where, in June and Sept. 1813, he assisted at the capture of the piratical settlement of Sambas, in Borneo, and commanded a division of boats during the operations which led to the restoration of the Sultan of Palambang. After officiating for a few weeks as Acting-Captain of the VOLAGE, he was promoted to the command, 4 Feb. 1814, of the HECATE 18. On 19 June, 1815, he removed, by order of Rear-Admiral Sir Geo. Burlton, to the TYNE 22 ; but was obliged from ill health to invalid, 30 April, 1816. On his arrival in England, Capt. Allen found that he had been officially posted in the VOLAGE, by commission dated 20 Sept. 1815 ; which ship, however, for the reason assigned, he never joined. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.

Capt. Allen married, 24 Sept. 1822, Mary, youngest daughter of Dan. Shirley, Esq., merchant, of Lime Street. AGENT- J. Hinxman.
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Surname: Allen, First Names : John

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 15/01/1841

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Wanderer - 13 Jul 41
June 1844 : Wanderer - 13 Jul 41
Dec 1848 : Revenue Vessel Prince of Wales

Notes:
ALLEN. (LIEUTENANT, 1841.)

JOHN ALLEN entered the Navy (from, we believe, the R.N. College) 23 Aug. 1824; passed his examination in 1828 ; became Mate, in 1838, of the CAMELION 10, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Martin Hunter, on the South America station; and was promoted, while serving in the Coast Guard, 15 Jan. 1841. His appointments have since been -

Surname: Allen, First Names : John Hamilton Elrington

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 21/06/1878

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 265 - Invincible 21 Jun 78

Surname: Allen, First Names : John James
Birth Date : 15 May 1806

Date promoted :
Captain: 23/11/1841

Notes:
ALLEN. (CAPTAIN, 1841. F-P., 15 ; H-P., 14.)

JOHN JAMES ALLEN, born 15 May, 1806, is eldest son of John Lee Allen, Esq., of Errol Park, co. Perth; and brother of Capt. H. M. E. Allen, R.N.

This officer entered the Royal Naval College 5 Feb. 1818; and embarked, in April, 1819, on board the ACTIVE 46, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon. After an intermediate and uninterrupted servitude on the America, West India, and Mediterranean stations, he was promoted (having passed his examination in 1824) to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 5 April, 1827. His subsequent appointments in that capacity were - on

Surname: Allen, First Names : Philip Aylmer

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 30/10/1841

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Daphne - 23 Jul 42

Surname: Allen, First Names : Samuel
Birth Date : 05 Nov 1781

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 19/12/1807

Notes:
ALLEN. (LIEUT. 1807. F-P., 20 ; H-P., 31.)

SAMUEL ALLEN was born, 5 Nov. 1781, at New Ross, co. Wexford.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1796, as A. B., on board the SAVAGE 16, commanded on the Home station by his uncle, Capt. Grosvenor Winkworth. In Dec. following, he became Midshipman of the OVERYSSEL 64, bearing the flag in the Downs of Admiral Joseph Peyton ; on afterwards removing from which ship to the ROMNEY 50, Capt. Joseph Peyton, he accompanied the expedition to Holland in 1799. In Oct. 1802, Mr. Allen obtained an Acting-Lieutenancy in the SHEERNESS, Capts. John Surman Carden, Sir Jas. Lind, and Lord Geo. Stuart, on the East India station, where he was wrecked in a gale of wind, off Trincomalee, 7 Jan. 1805. After officiating for a short period as Lieutenant of the Naval Hospital at Madras, he next, in July following, joined, again as Acting-Lieutenant, the FOX 32, Capt. Hon. Archibald Cochrane; while under whom he assisted at the destruction of a Dutch brig-of-war under the batteries of Batavia - commanded one of two boats at the cutting out of a brig of 4 guns, and six sail of coasters, from beneath another battery on the Java shore - and witnessed the annihilation at Griessee, 11 Dec. 1807, of the dockyard and stores, and of all the men-of-war remaining to Holland in the East Indies. Mr. Allen, whose promotion was at length confirmed by commission dated on 19 of the latter month, removed, in July, 1808, to the CAROLINE 36, Capts. Chas. Gordon and Christ. Cole, in which frigate he continued until Jan. 1812. In Nov. 1809, we find him attending an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, where he commanded a boat at the destruction of the town of Ras-al-Khyma, their principal stronghold.* At the celebrated capture, in August, 1810, of the island of Banda Neira, Lieut. Allen was among the foremost to escalade the walls of. the Castle of Belgica, and for his conduct on that occasion was mentioned by Capt. Cole in his despatches. † While yet in the CAROLINE, he contributed, as her Senior Lieutenant, to the reduction of Java, in Aug. 1811. In Dec. 1813, having been transferred to the HORATIO 38, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, he assisted at the capture of the Dutch islands of Schouwen and Tholen. He afterwards served, from Feb. 1814, to Jan. 1816, in the NEWCASTLE 50, commanded by the last-mentioned officer on the North America and West India station ; but he has not been since employed.

Lieut. Allen married, 4 Dec. 1839, and has issue three sons and one daughter.

* Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 1023. † V. Gaz. 1811, p. 1196

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Surname: Allen, First Names : Saunderson

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 05/02/1808

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 03/02/1845

Notes:
ALLEN. (RETIRED COMMANDER, 1845.)

SAUNDERSON ALLEN was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 5 Feb. 1808 ; and became a Retired Commander, 3 Feb. 1845.

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Surname: Allen, First Names : William

Date promoted :
Captain: 31/01/1842

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 20/12/1855

Notes:
ALLEN. (CAPTAIN, 1842. F-P., 14; H-P., 28.)

WILLIAM ALLEN entered the Navy, 2 Oct. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the STANDARD 64, Capt. Thos. Harvey, with whom he continued to serve, in the same ship and the MAJESTIC 74, on the Mediterranean and Baltic Stations. until Feb. 1810. He was present as Midshipman, while in the STANDARD, at the passage of the Dardanells, in Feb. 1807, and on 26 March, 1808, assisted at the capture, in the Adriatic, of the Italian brig of war Friedland, of 16 guns. On leaving the MAJESTIC, Mr. Allen sailed in the LEDA 36, Capt. Geo. Sayer, for the East Indies, where he co-operated in the reduction of Java in Aug. 1811, and took part in a vigorous and successful attack on the piratical settlement of Sambas, in Borneo, 28 June, 1813. He obtained his first commission 2 March, 1815, and after intermediately officiating as Lieutenant pro tem. of the HESPER 18, Capt. Wm. Everard, returned to England in the following September. Being next appointed, 12 Nov. 1834, to the WILLIAM AND MARY yacht, Capt. Sir Sam. Warren, he served in that vessel until promoted to the rank of Commander, 20 June, 1836. Joining, 10 Oct. 1840, the WILBERFORCE steamer, Capt. Allen subsequently attended a disastrous expedition to the Niger, whence he returned towards the close of 1842. He has since been on half-pay. His Post-commission bears date 31 Jan. 1842.

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Surname: Allen, First Names : William Edward Hughes
Birth Date : 06 Feb 17

Date promoted :
Commander: 28/08/1828

Notes:
ALLEN. (COMMANDER, 1828. F-P., 23; H-P., 24.)

WILLIAM EDWARD HUGHES ALLEN, born 6 Feb. 1787, is son of William Allen, Esq., Admiral of the Red, who died in Oct. 1804 ; and grand-nephew of Sir Thos. Allen, also an officer in the Navy. An account of these gentlemen's services will be found in the 1st and 6th volumes of Charnock's Biographia Navalis.

This officer entered the Royal Naval College about the year 1800; and embarked, in Oct. 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the DRYAD 36, Capt. Robt. Williams, bearing the broad pendant afterwards of Commodore Wm. Domett, on the Irish station. In June, 1804, he became Midshipman of the TEMERAIRE 98, Capt. Eliab Harvey, from which ship, after bearing a warm part in the battle of Trafalgar, he removed, in Dec. 1805, to the AUDACIOUS 74, Capt. John Larmour. Early in the following year he rejoined Captain, then Rear-Admiral, Harvey, on board the TONNANT 80, off the coast of Spain, where, during a subsequent attachment, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the CONFIANCE 18, Capt. Jas. Lucas Yeo, he saw some good service. Being confirmed, 25 March, 1807, into the HERCULE 74, Capt. Hon. John Colville, Lieut. Allen, in the course of the same and of the following years, accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen (where he commanded an armed boat in several rencounters With the enemy's flotilla) and escorted home from Lisbon the surrendered Russian fleet. Proceeding to the East Indies towards the close of 1808, as Lieutenant of the CLORINDE 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, he there became Senior, 24 Aug. 1810, of the CORNWALLIS alias AKBAR 44, Capts. Edw. Wallis Hoare, Thos. Gordon Caulfield, Wm. Fisher, and Henry Drury, and was present in that ship at the reduction both of the Mauritius and of the island of Java. He afterwards, when in command of the AKBAR's boats, captured a French schooner, carrying 12 brass six-pounders and 25 men, with two French Colonels on board, charged with despatches from Java. His next appointment, we find, was to the CYGNET 18, Capt. Robt. Russell, in which sloop he served, as First Lieutenant, from 13 Nov. 1812, until wrecked, off the mouth of the Courantine River, 8 March, 1815. He subsequently obtained command, in Oct. 1822, and Dec. 1824, of the CASTLE COOTE and BADGER, Revenue-vessels; and, acquiring his present rank 28 Aug. 1828, was employed from 31 March, 1831, until April, 1834, as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. He has not since held any official appointment.

Commander Allen married, 5 Nov. 1815, Miss Ellen Bernie Kirk, and has issue two sons and three daughters.

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Surname: Allenby, First Names : Frederick Claude Hynman

Date promoted :
Naval Cadet or Entry: 15/01/1878

Surname: Allenby, First Names : Reginald Arthur

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 22/03/1877

Surname: Allexander, First Names : William Buchannan

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant: 06/12/1849

Surname: Alleyn, First Names : Richard Israel

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 13/10/1802

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 20/04/1835

Notes:
ALLEYN. (RETIRED COMMANDER, 1835. F-P., 18; H P., 34.)

RICHARD ISRAEL ALLEYN entered the Navy, in Oct. 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the MARLBOROUGH 74, Capts. Henry Nichols and Joseph Ellison, on the Channel station, where, and in the Mediterranean and West Indies, he afterwards served, as Midshipman, in the BOADICEA 38, Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, CORMORANT 24, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, HAERLEM and AFRICAINE, both commanded by Capt. Geo. Burlton, TEXEL 64, Capt. Rich. Incledon, and TEMERAIRE 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Geo. Campbell. While in the CORMORANT, he was wrecked, we believe, off Damietta, on the Egyptian coast, 20 May, 1800. On 23 June, 1802, he became Acting-Lieutenant of the SYREN frigate, Capt. John Wentworth Loring; and, on the paying off of that vessel, was confirmed, by commission dated 13 Oct. in the same year. His subsequent appointments were, on the Home and North America stations, to L'EGYPTIENNE 44, Capts. Hon. ;has. Elphinstone Fleeming and Hon. Chas. Paget, CRESCENT 36, Capt. Jas. Carthew, ENDYMION 40, Capts. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel and Sir Wm. Bolton, ABERCROMBY 74, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, and HOTSPUR 36, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy. In the ENDYMION and HOTSPUR Mr. Alleyn served for several years as First Lieutenant ; previously to which, on the evening of 8 March, 1806, he had commanded the boats of L'EGYPTIENNE, in conjunction with Lieut. Philip Cosby Handfield, at the cutting out, under an incessant fire from two batteries, of the French frigate-built privateer L'Alcide, pierced for 34 guns, and moored to the beach in the harbour of Muros, in Spain. Having been unemployed since June, 1814, at which period he invalided from the HOTSPUR, Mr: Alleyn at length accepted the rank he now holds, 20 April, 1835. AGENTS- Case and Loudonsack.

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Transferred to another retirement scheme 12-Feb-1849

Surname: Alleyne, First Names : Henry Nelson

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 07/03/1867
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 09/02/1865

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 334 - Myrmidon 20 Oct 67
June 1879 : 061 - Belleisle 11 Jun 77

Surname: Allingham, First Names : Constantine O'Donnell

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 22/03/1856

Surname: Almach, First Names : Walter Byrom (also spelt Almack)

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 15/04/1875
Midshipman: 19/06/1865

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 351 - Ocean 12 Jul 69 addl

Awards and Qualifications: : G ; ;

Surname: Alston, First Names : Alfred Henry

Date promoted :
Commander: 12/12/1863
Lieutenant: 09/11/1854

Surname: Alston, First Names : Edward Hughes

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/07/1841

Notes:
ALSTON. (LIEUTENANT, 1841.)

EDWARD HUGHES ALSTON entered the Navy, 26 Dec. 1826 ; passed his examination 15 Sept. 1835 ; obtained a commission 28 July, 1841 ; and from 6 Aug. following until the close of 1842, served in the Mediterranean on board the CAMBRIDGE 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard. He next joined, on 11 Dec. 1844, the HYDRA steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young, stationed off the coast of Africa, where he became First Lieutenant, 2 April, 1845, of the RANGER 6, Capt. Jas. Anderson. Since 1846 be has been serving on the same station as Acting-Commander of the PANTALOON.

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Surname: Ambrose, First Names : Prosper

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 10/02/1810

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Admiralty Agent Contract Mail Steam Vessel - 2 Nov 40
June 1844 : Admiralty Agent Contract Mail Steam Vessel - 2 Nov 40

Notes:
AMBROSE. (LIEUT., 1810. F-P., 30 ; H-P., 21.)

PROSPER AMBROSE entered the Navy, 15 June, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the MELEAGER 32, Capts. Geo. Cockburn and Chas. Ogle, and after serving for some time in the CENTURION 50, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Horatio Nelson, became Midshipman, in 1797, of the HYAENA 24, Capts. Hon. Courtenay Boyle and David Lloyd. After attending (in the SHEERNESS 44, Capt. John Surman Carden) the expedition to Holland under Sir Andrew Mitchell, he next successively joined the GUILLAUME TELL 80, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, SAN JOSEF 110, flag-ship of Lords Nelson and St. Vincent, PHOEBE and ENDYMION frigates, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, and NEPTUNE 98, flag-ship in the West Indies of Hon Sir Alex. Cochrane. He fought, while in the PHOEBE, at Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and was present, in the ENDYMION, at the passage of the Dardanells, in Feb. 1807. Being appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 9 Feb. 1809, of the PORT D'ESPAGNE 18, Capts. Sam. Geo. Pechell, and Colin and Donald Campbell, he assisted in that sloop at the proximate reduction of Martinique. His appointment to the PORT D'ESPAGNE being confirmed by commission dated 10 Feb. 1810, Mr. Ambrose, who appears to have officiated for some time as her Acting-Captain, subsequently became Lieutenant, in Dec. 1810, Feb. 1812, and Aug. 1813, of the TWEED 18, Capt. Thos. Edw. Symonds, EGMONT 74, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Hope, and GUILDFORD prison-ship, Lieut: Commander Wm. Coett - all on the Home station. From 28 Feb. 1814, to 8 June, 1816, he was next employed as an Agent for Transports afloat ; after which he served in the Coast Guard for a short time during the year 1822, and was in charge, from 14 May, 1831, to 1 July, 1834, of the Platform Semaphore at Portsmouth. He has been occupied, since 2 Nov. 1840, as Admiralty-Agent in a Contract Mail Steam-vessel.

During the late war Lieut Ambrose was also employed in the gun-boat service at Gibraltar.

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Surname: Amherst, First Names : Jeffery Reid

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 03/05/1815

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 20/01/1864

Notes:
JEFFERY REID AMHERST is son of the late Gen. Amherst.

This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1809, on board the TEMERAIRE 98, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon. With that officer (if we except a brief attachment, towards the conclusion of the war, to the NEREUS 32, INCONSTANT 36, and ALBACORE 18, Capts. Manley Hall Dixon, Sir Edw. Tucker, and Joseph Patey) he continued to serve, in the RUBY 64, and VIGO, MONTAGU, ACHILLE, and VALIANT 74's, on the Baltic and Brazilian stations, until presented by him with a hauling-down commission, 3 May, 1815. During the term of his servitude in the Baltic, Mr. Amherst was much employed in escorting large convoys through the Baltic and protecting them against the repeated attacks of the enemy's flotilla. His appointments, subsequent to the peace, appear to have been

Surname: Amiel, First Names : William Eardley
Birth Date : 05 Mar 1792

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 21/03/1812

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/10/1860

Notes:
AMIEL. (LIEUT., 1812. F-P., 18 ; H-P., 26.)

WILLIAM EARDLEY AMIEL was born, 5 March, 1792, at Cheltenham.

This officer entered the Navy, 17 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ROMULUS, Capt. Woodley Losack, on removing with whom to the HELENA 18, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture, 5 June, 1805, of the Santa Leocadia, Spanish privateer, of 14 guns and 114 men. Proceeding subsequently to the West Indies in the PRINCE GEORGE 98, Capt. Geo. Losack, he there served, from 1808 to 1810, in the FRANCHISE 36, commanded by Capt. Chas. Dashwood, and while on that station was intrusted with the charge of a boat at the reduction, in Dec. of the former year, of the Fort of Samana, St. Domingo. After a further servitude with Capt. Dashwood in the PYRAMUS 38, on the Baltic and Mediterranean stations, Mr. Amiel was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 21 March, 1812, in the ILLUSTRIOUS 74, bearing the flag in the East Indies of Sir Samuel Hood. His subsequent appointments afloat were, on his return home in the BUCEPHALUS 32, Capt. Barrington Reynolds - 25 Oct. 1813, as Senior, to the LIGHTNING 18, Capt. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, under whom he participated in the operations of 1814 on the river Gironde - and, 12 Nov. 1815, to the PRESIDENT 50, Capt. Arch. Duff, which ship he left in Sept. 1816. With the exception of the command, from 5 March, 1832, to 5 March, 1837, of the Semaphore station at Kingston, in Surrey, he has not since been employed.

He married, first, 18 Aug. 1818, Martha, only daughter of T. Moore, Esq., of Park Place, St. James's, by whom he had, with two daughters, three sons, of whom the eldest is a Lieutenant in H.M. 55th Regiment; and secondly, 11 Oct. 1838, Margaret Anne, third daughter of the Rev. Wm. Morgan, D.D., Rector of Aston Clinton, Bucks, and granddaughter of the late Wm. Minshull, Esq., of Boreton House and Aston Clinton.

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Surname: Amphlett, First Names : Richard

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 22/10/1823

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Notes:
NL 20/3/1844 Death reported since qtr. cg. 20 Dec 1843

Surname: Amphlett, First Names : William

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 23/12/1844
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 25/07/1842

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Excellent
Dec 1848 : 049 - Asia 30 Aug 47

Notes:
AMPHLETT. (LIEUT., 1844. F-P., 12 ; H-P., 0.)

WILLIAM AMPHLETT entered the Navy in 1835 ; passed his examination 25 July, 1842 ; and after intermediately serving as Mate, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, of the INCONSTANT 36, Capt. Fred. Thos. Michell, and EXCELLENT gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Dec. 1844, and at once appointed to the ACTAEON 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel, now employed on the coast of Africa.

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Surname: Amsinck, First Names : Henry

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 20/01/1824

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/07/1864

Notes:
AMSINCK. (LIEUT., 1824. F-P., 13; H-P., 23.)

HENRY AMSINCK entered the Navy, 6 Sept. 1811, at Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the NIEMEN 38, Capt. Sir Michael Seymour, under whom, on being transferred to the HANNIBAL 74, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture, 26 March, 1814, of La Sultane French frigate, of 44 guns and 330 men. Until officially promoted, 20 Jan. 1824, he afterwards served, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the BEDFORD 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, POMONE 38, Capt. John Rich. Lumley, ALBION , QUEEN, and NORTHUMBERLAND 74's, Capts. Jas. Walker, Sir M. Seymour, and Thos. Harvey, SEVERN, Coast blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'Cul-loch, NORTHUMBERLAND and ALBION again, Capts. T. Harvey, Thos. Jas. Maling, and Sir Wm. Hoste, OWEN GLENDOWER 42, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Robt. Mends, and BANN 20, Capts. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay and Geo. Woolcombe. The two last-mentioned ships were employed on the coast of Africa - the others chiefly on the Home station. Lieut. Amsinck, who returned to England in May, 1824, has since been on half-pay.

He married, 4 Jan. 1827, Charlotte Elizabeth, only daughter of the Rev. Geo. Wilson, of Kirby Hall, co. Norfolk. AGENT- Frederick Dufaur.

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Surname: Anderson, First Names : Alexander

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 23/12/1842

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Cornwallis addl - 26 Jan 44
Dec 1848 : 447 - Pilot 13 Jul 48

Notes:
ANDERSON. (LIEUT., 1842. F-P., 14 ; H-P., 1.)

ALEXANDER ANDERSON entered the Navy 18 July, 1832; passed his examination 17 Sept. 1838; and, as Mate of the BLONDE 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier, was afterwards most actively employed on the coast of China. During the hostilities in that quarter he served in the boats at the capture of several rafts, and of the last fort protecting the approaches to Canton, 13 March, 1841 ; took a similar part in the ensuing capture of that city; was officially mentioned by Capt. Bourchier, on the occasion of the capture of Amoy, 26 Aug. following, as a "young officer of much promise;" and on 10 Oct. commanded a gun-boat at the reduction of Chinghae.* In 1842 he assisted on shore, under Capt. Bourchier, in the operations at Tze-kee, the storming of Chapoo, and the attack on the batteries of Woosung. † In acknowledgment of these services, Mr. Anderson was awarded a commission dated 23 Dec. 1842. ‡‡ His appointments have since been -

Surname: Anderson, First Names : Alfred

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/11/1863

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 062 - Bellerophon 3 Jun 68
June 1879 : 510 - Valiant addl for Coast Guard Services 17 Apr 78 ; Killala

Surname: Anderson, First Names : James (a)

Date promoted :
Commander: 25/11/1823

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 01/04/1856

Notes:
ANDERSON. (COMMANDER, 1823. F-P., 15 ; H-P., 31.)

JAMES ANDERSON (a) entered the Navy, in Jan. 1801, as A.B., on board the BLENHEIM 74, Capt. Peter Turner Bover, bearing the flag in the North Sea of Sir Arch. Dickson. From June, 1802, until March, 1807, he served as Midshipman, on the East India station, of LA CONCORDE and PHAETON frigates, both commanded by Capt. John Wood. He then became Acting-Lieutenant of the SCEPTRE 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham; and on being confirmed, 24 June, 1808, was appointed to the CHRISTIAN VII. 80, Capts. Joseph Sydney Yorke, John Hancock, and Woodley Losack, flag-ship for some time of Sir Edw. Pellew, off Flushing. Following the last-mentioned officer, in May, 1811, into the CALEDONIA 120, Mr. Anderson, who continued in that ship until the conclusion of the war, served in the two partial actions with the French fleet, off Toulon, 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814. His subsequent appointments were -

Surname: Anderson, First Names : James (b)
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 01/11/1849
Commander: 25/02/1842

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Adm: 21/03/1873
Vice Adm: 06/04/1873
Captain: 01/08/1860

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : GHP 16 Feb 1866
June 1879 : GHP 26 Feb 1866

Notes:
ANDERSON. (COMMANDER, 1842. F-P., 30 ; H-P., 9.)

JAMES ANDERSON (b) is brother of Wm. Geo. Anderson, Esq., Assistant-Paymaster-General, and of Chas. Henry Anderson, Esq., Cashier in the General Register Office.

This officer entered the Navy, 17 Sept. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ROYAL WILLIAM, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, flag-ship at Spithead of Admiral Geo. Montagu; and while afterwards serving in the MYRTLE 18, Capts. Thos. Innes and Clement Sneyd, contributed to the capture of two slave-vessels on the coast of Africa. In May, 1812, he became Midshipman of the BARFLEUR 98, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, bearing the flag off Lisbon of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, with the former of whom he removed, towards the close of the same year, to the RAMILLIES 74. In that ship Mr. Anderson took an active part in the chief operations of the American war, including the blockade of Commodore Decatur's squadron in New London, the attacks upon Washington, Baltimore, and New Orleans, and the bombardment of Stonington. He also, among other detached services, assisted, in the boats of the RAMILLIES and of a squadron, at the capture, 14 Dec. 1814, on Lake Borgne, of five American gun-boats under Commodore Jones, which did not. surrender until the British, after a fierce contest, had been occasioned a loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. Between Nov. 1815, and 1817, in which year he passed his examination, Mr. Anderson was next employed in the MALTA 80, and RIVOLI 74, commanded at Plymouth and Portsmouth by Capts. Sir Chas. Ogle and Aiskew Paffard Hollis. Until March, 1822, he afterwards served as Admiralty Midshipman, chiefly on the South America station, in the CHEROKEE 10, Capt. Theobald Jones, OWEN GLENDOWER 42, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, and SUPERB 74, and CREOLE 42, bearing each the broad pendant of his old Commander, Sir T. M. Hardy. He then in succession joined, as Acting Lieutenant, the ALACRITY 10, Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, DORIS 42, Capt. Fred. Edw. Venables Vernon, and BEAVER 10, Capts. Thos. Bourchier and Wm. Townshend Dance. Quitting the latter vessel in Oct. 1823, Mr. Anderson (who had been officially promoted on 1 of the previous March) was subsequently appointed -

Surname: Anderson, First Names : James (d)

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/05/1816

Notes:
ANDERSON. (LIEUT., 1816. F-P., 13 ; H-P., 31.)

JAMES ANDERSON (d) entered the Navy, 14 Sept. 1803, as a Volunteer, on board the ULYSSES 44, Capt. Edw. Henry Columbine, on the West India station. He there became Midshipman, in April, 1804, of the EXPRESS, Lieut.-Commanders Glanville, Swiney, Spearing, and Senhouse; and, in Jan. 1809, Master's Mate of the SAVAGE 16, Capts. Wm. Robilliard and Wm. Ferrie. After a further servitude of two years and four months in the FAVORITE and RECRUIT sloops, Capts. Benj. Clement and Humphrey Fleming Senhouse (by the latter of whom he appears to have been constituted Prize Master of a captured vessel), and in the SALVADOR DEL MUNDO, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Calder, all on the Home station, Mr. Anderson was appointed Master's Mate, 3 Sept. 1812, of the LANDRAIL cutter, of 4 twelve-pounder carronades and 19 men, Lieut.-Commanders John Hill and Robt. Dan. Lancaster. On 12 July, 1814, the latter vessel, after two hours of hard fighting, in which seven of her men were wounded, was unfortunately taken by the American privateer schooner Syren, mounting 7 comparatively heavy guns, with a complement of 75 men, 3 of whom were killed and 15 wounded. During the remainder of the war, Mr. Anderson was in consequence confined in an American prison. Being then released, he became successively attached to the TONNANT 80, bearing the flag at Bermuda of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, and PRINCE, QUEEN CHARLOTTE, and BULWARK, flag-ships On the Home station of Sir. Edw. Thornbrough and Sir Chas. Rowley. Since his promotion, which took place 1 May, 1816, he has been on half-pay. AGENT- J. Hinxman.

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Surname: Anderson, First Names : John
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 22/03/1864

Surname: Anderson, First Names : Warren Hastings
Awarded Medal (m) / Foreign Order (FO): m, FO

Date promoted :
Captain: 11/04/1866
Commander: 05/09/1859
Lieutenant: 08/03/1849
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 20/10/1847

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 517 - St Vincent 16 Mar 48

Notes:
Medjidie of the 5th Class.

Surname: Anderson, First Names : William (a)

Date promoted :

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 12/07/1817

Notes:
ANDERSON. (RETIRED COMMANDER, 1817.)

WILLIAM ANDERSON (a) was made a Lieutenant, 24 April, 1782 ; and retired with the rank of Commander, 12 July, 1817.

He is third on the list.

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Retired OIC 30 Jan 1816

Surname: Andoe, First Names : Hilary Gustavus, CB
Birth Date : 19 Feb 1841
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 25/03/1878
Commander: 06/02/1872
Lieutenant: 13/03/1861
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 10/08/1860
Naval Cadet or Entry: 15/03/1855

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 398 - Pylades 10 Dec 67

Surname: Andoe, First Names : James Hilary

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 04/02/1815

Notes:
ANDOE. (LIEUT., 1815.. F-P., 11; H-P., 32.)

JAMES HILARY ANDOE entered the Navy, 12 Dec. 1804, as Second-cl. Vol., on board the GREYHOUND 32, Capt. Chas. Elphinstone, off Havre de Grace; proceeded to the East Indies towards the close of 1806, as Midshipman of the MACASSAR 36, Capt. Wm. Wilbraham ; there served, from Sept. 1807, until July, 1812, the last three years as Master's Mate, on board the RUSSEL and MINDEN 74's, flag-ships of Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury; was then successively appointed, in a similar capacity, to the MULGRAVE and SWIFTSURE 74's, Capts. Thos. Jas. Maling and Wm. Henry Webley, on the Home. Mediterranean, and West India stations; and on 4 Feb. 1815, was promoted to his present rank. He has not since been employed.

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Surname: Andrew, First Names : Chales William
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 17/12/1861
Lieutenant: 03/11/1855

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 15/06/1870

Surname: Andrew, First Names : John William, CB

Date promoted :
Captain: 26/09/1812

Notes:
ANDREW, C.B. (REAR-ADMIRAL, 1846. F-P., 16 ; H-P., 33.)

JOHN WILLIAM ANDREW is the son of a clergyman.

This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1798, as A.B., on board the FOUDROYANT 80, Capt. Sir Thos. Byard. After witnessing the capture, in the following October, of a squadron of French ships under Commodore Bompart, destined for the invasion of Ireland, he removed, as Midshipman, to the ROYAL GEORGE 100, bearing the flag of Lord Bridport in the Channel, where, and on the Mediterranean and East and West India stations, he subsequently served in the SEAHORSE 38, Capt. Edw. Jas. Foote, BLANCHE 36, Capt. Zachary Mudge, and CONQUEROR, LEOPARD, and CANOPUS, Capt. (afterwards RearAdmiral Sir Thos.) Louis. While under the latter officer, he served in the LEOPARD'S boats in the celebrated catamaran attack of 1804 on the Boulogne flotilla, and was present in the CANOPUS in Sir John Duckworth's action off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. Being advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 2 April following, Mr. Andrew next joined, on 24 July in the same year, the LONDON 98, Capt. Thos. Western, under whom he subsequently escorted the royal family of Portugal to the shores of South America. In July, 1809, he was appointed to the AJAX 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, and during the two years that followed he saw a good deal of active boat-service in the Mediterranean. After acting for six weeks as Captain of the RAINBOW frigate, he assumed official command, 26 Sept. 1811, of the WEAZLE 18, and on 21 Feb. 1812, was in company with the VICTORIOUS 74, in the Gulf of Venice, when that ship encountered an enemy's squadron, consisting of the Rivoli 74, Mercure and Jιna, of 18 guns each, and Mamelouck 8. During the operations that ensued, Capt. Andrew, whose exertions were extremely creditable, was for 40 minutes engaged in close action with the Mercure, which eventually blew up; then chased and put to flight the Jιna, by whom he had also been opposed; and, having likewise driven off the Mamelouck, bore up to the assistance of the VICTORIOUS, stood across the bows of the Rivoli, and twice poured in a broadside - shortly after which the latter ship surrendered.* For his gallant and exemplary conduct he was presented, on completing his time, with a Post commission, dated 26 Sept. 1812. He lastly officiated as Captain, from 1 Oct. 1814, to 24 Jan. 1816, of the DEE 24, and during that period visited Hudson's Bay. He accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.

Rear-Admiral Andrew was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815.

* Vide Gaz. 1812, p. 851.

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Surname: Andrew, First Names : Zaccheus
Birth Date : 25 Jun 1811

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/06/1838

Notes:
ANDREW. (LIEUTENANT, 1838.)

ZACCHEUS ANDREW was born 25 June, 1811.

This officer entered the Navy, 14 April, 1826, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the GLOUCESTER 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton, and served the whole of his time in that ship, the SURLY 10, Capt. Joseph Chappel Woolnough, SAPPHO 28, Capt. Henry Dundas, WINDSOR CASTLE 74, Capt. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, and SAN JOSEF 110, flag-ship of Sir Manley Dixon, on the Baltic, Lisbon, South America, and Home stations. Having passed his examination, 8 Dec. 1832, he next officiated as Mate, in the West Indies and off Lisbon, of the RHADAMANTHUS steamer, Capt. Geo. Evans, and HASTINGS 74, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Hall Gage. As Lieutenant, a rank he attained 28 June, 1838, Mr. Andrew's appointments were on the South America and Mediterranean stations -

Surname: Andrews, First Names : Benjamin
Birth Date : 28 Dec 1794

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 27/05/1814

Notes:
ANDREWS. (LIEUT., 1814. F-P., 11 ; H-P., 31.)

BENJAMIN ANDREWS was born, 28 Dec. 1794, in London.

This officer entered the Navy, 4 Oct. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the SAVAGE 16, Capts. Jas. Wilkes Maurice, Wm. Robilliard, and Wm. Ferrie. During a servitude of more than five years in that sloop be assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture, in 1808, of the Spanish privateer Don Quixote, and was present at the reduction, in 1809-10, of the islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe. After a further attachment to the CURIEUX 16, and THESEUS 74, Capts. Colin Campbell and Wm. Prowse, in the latter of which ships we find him employed in escorting the East India trade, Mr. Andrews, about the end of 1813, became, Master's Mate of the HEBRUS, of 42 guns and 284 men, Capt. Edm. Palmer, under whom, on 27 March, 1814, he commanded the forecastle guns, and received three severe contusions at the capture of the French frigate L'Etoile, of 44 guns and 315 men, which surrendered after a close and obstinate combat of two hours and a quarter, that cost the British a loss of 13 men killed and 25 wounded, and the enemy of 40 killed and 73 wounded. He afterwards, while in the same ship, assisted in landing a body of troops up the Patuxent, witnessed the destruction of Commodore Barney's flotilla, and was further present at the re-embarkation of the army after the capture of Washington. In Nov. 1814, having been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 27 of the previous May, Mr. Andrews joined the WASP 18, Capt. John Fisher, on the Halifax station, where he continued until Sept. 1815. He next, from 7 Nov. 1818, to 4 Feb. 1819, served in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the SEVERN 40, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, but since the latter date has been on half-pay.

He married 28 Aug. 1826. AGENTS- Goode and Lawrence.

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Surname: Andrews, First Names : Edward (b)
Birth Date : 1782

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 20/07/1811

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/10/1852

Notes:
ANDREWS. (LIEUT., 1811. F-P., 11 ; H-P., 33.)

EDWARD ANDREWS (b) was born in 1782.

This officer entered the Navy, 4 Oct. 1803, as Midshipman, on board the MUSETTE 12, Lieut.-Commanders Bevan, Dundas, and Simpson, on the Home station, where, in June, 1805, he joined the BEAGLE 18, Capts. Geo. Digby, Fras. Newcombe, and Wm. Brooking Dolling. While under Capt. Newcombe he assisted at the capture of the Hazard, Vengeur, and Fortune, privateers, carrying altogether 44 guns and 155 men ; bore a warm part in the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads, 11 April, 1809 ; and accompanied the ensuing expedition to Flushing. 1n the early part of 1811 he was thrice recommended for promotion by his Captain for his gallant conduct on as many different occasions : the first time, in consideration of his having with a detached party captured three smuggling-boats, after he had landed and had desperately fought their crews, although supported by a body of French soldiers ; secondly, for the spirited manner in which, with a single boat, he had compelled two sloops to run on shore near Boulogne; and next, for having in a similar manner chased and put to flight an enemy's privateer. On another occasion Mr. Andrews, with but one boat again under his orders, and within sight of the French shore, effected the capture, in the handsomest manner, of two other smuggling-vessels. His exertions were at length rewarded with a commission, dated 20 July, 1811 ; after which he appears to have served, from Jan. 1812, to Jan. 1815, on board the COMET Sloop, Capts. Wm. Shepheard and Geo. Wm. Blainey, on the Newfoundland, West India, and Mediterranean stations. He has not since been afloat.

Lieut. Andrews married, in 1815, Miss Mary Rowse Brooking, by whom he has issue ten children.

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Transferred to another retirement scheme 06-Feb-1864.

Surname: Andrews, First Names : Thomas

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 03/07/1848

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 477 - Raleigh addl 1 Aug 48

Surname: Andros, First Names : Charles
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 09/08/1814

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 15/04/1858

Notes:
ANDROS. (LIEUT., 1814. F-P., 12 ; H-P., 29.)

CHARLES ANDROS entered the Navy, 19 Aug. 1806, as Second-cl. Vol., on board the CANOPUS 80, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland, bearing the flags in succession of Rear-Admirals Sir Thos. Louis and Geo. Martin, under the former of whom he witnessed the capture, 27 Sept. 1806, of Le Prιsident, French frigate of 44 guns, and was present in the Constantinople and Egyptian expeditions of 1807. During a subsequent attachment of two years with Capt. J Jahleel Brenton to the SPARTAN, of 46 guns and 258 men, he assisted in an attack made in company with the MERCURY 28, on Pesaro and Ceseratrio, where the fortifications were destroyed and 25 sail of merchantmen captured ; witnessed the ensuing surrender of the garrison of the island of Lossini; and co-operated in the reduction of Zante, Cephalonia, and Cerigo. On 3 May, 1810, Mr. Andros further participated in a brilliant victory gained by the SPARTAN in the Bay of Naples over a Franco-Neapolitan squadron, carrying in the whole 95 guns and about 1400 men, on which occasion the British lost 10 men killed and 22 wounded, and the enemy about 41 killed and 90 wounded. After that event he successively joined the INCONSTANT 36, Capt. John Quilliam, VICTORY 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, DICTATOR 64, Capt. John Pattison Stewart, and SCARBOROUGH 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John Ferrier. While in the DICTATOR, on the Baltic station, we find Mr. Andros serving in the boats of that ship at the cutting out of a Danish lugger ; and, on 6 July, 1812, assisting, in company with the CALYPSO 18, at the capture and destruction, within the rocks of Mardoe, on the coast of Norway, of an entire Danish squadron, consisting of the Nayaden, of 48 guns, the Laland, Samsoe, and Kiel sloops, and several gunboats, after a long conflict, which cost the DICTATOR a loss of 5 men killed and 24 wounded, and the enemy of 300 killed and wounded. He was ultimately confirmed to a. Lieutenancy, 9 Aug. 1814, in the RHIN 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, on the West India station, and was afterwards appointed in succession to the BUSTARD, Capt. Lord John Hay, and PERSEUS 22, Capts. Edw. Henry A'Court, Thos. Huskisson, and Thos. Rich. Toker, employed on the Home station. With the exception of a three years' attachment, from April, 1824, to April, 1827, to the BRITANNIA 120, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Jas. Saumarez, Mr. Andros has been on half-pay since 11 July, 1816.

He married, 28 Oct. 1830, Mary, second daughter of Thos. Godfrey Dobree, Esq.

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Transferred to another retirement scheme 25-May-1869

Surname: Anketell, First Names : Henry

Date promoted :
Naval Cadet or Entry: 13/04/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 079 - Britannia [Cadet under training]

Surname: Anley, First Names : William
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 13/06/1815

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 20/01/1864

Notes:
ANLEY. (LIEUT., 1815. F-P., S; H-P., 32.)

WILLIAM ANLEY entered the Navy, 19 Nov. 1807, as Midshipman, on board the NEPTUNE 98, Capts. Sir Thos. Williams and Chas. Dilkes, flag-ship afterwards of Sir Alex. Cochrane, in which he assisted at the capture, in Feb. and April, 1809, of the island of Martinique, and of the French 74-gun ship D'Haupoult. After serving for some time with Sir Alex. Cochrane in the POMPEE 74, and STATIRA 33, and co-operating in the reduction of Guadeloupe, he joined the DRAGON 74, bearing the flag of Sir Fras. Laforey, on leaving whom, in Feb. 1811, he appears to have been employed for two years with Capt. Dilkes, in the CASTOR 32, on the Jamaica and Mediterranean stations. He then became successively attached to the BLAKE 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, FORTH 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, and TONNANT 80, bearing the flag of Sir A. Cochrane ; and, in Sept. 1814, was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the ROYAL OAK 74. In that ship he served under Sir Pulteney Malcolm in the ensuing attack upon New Orleans. Since his official promotion, which took place 13 June, 1815, he has been on half-pay. AGENTS- Hallett and Robinson.

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Transferred to another retirement scheme 18-Feb-1874

Surname: Annesley, First Names : Francis Charles

Date promoted :
Commander: 30/07/1814

Notes:
ANNESLEY. (COMMANDER, 1814. F-P., 18; H-P., 30.)

FRANCIS CHARLES ANNESLEY died, 30 Jan. 1846.

This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1798, as a Volunteer, on board the GREYHOUND 32, Capt. Rich. Lee, on the West India station ; became Midshipman, in Feb. 1799, of the AMERICA 64, Capt. John Smith, in the North Sea ; served, during a subsequent attachment of four years to the THAMES 32, Capts. Wm. Lukin and Aiskew Paffard Hollis, in Sir Jas. Saumarez' action with the combined squadrons in the Gut of Gibraltar, 13 July, 1801 ; and after a further employment of 18 months with Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby in the VESTAL and ARGO frigates, on the Home and Africa stations, was appointed Acting-Lieutenant, in Oct. 1806, of the ARAB 22, Capt. Keith Maxwell. Being officially promoted while in the West Indies, by commission dated 14 Jan. 1808, he next served as Lieutenant, from April following until March, 1812, of the PILOT 18, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, on the Mediterranean station. During that period Mr. Annesley bore a distinguished share in many gallant and important enterprizes, particularly on 8 July, 1810, when, in conjunction with Lieut. Geo. Penruddocke, he brought out two gun-boats well fastened to a small island on the coast of Naples, and thence defended by a heavy fire of musketry - on 25 of the same month, when he similarly shared in the capture and destruction of 31 transports, laden with stores and provisions for Murat's army at Scylla, together with seven large gun-boats and five armed scampavias * - in April, 1811, when he was especially noticed for his zeal and exertions in getting off' three vessels hauled high on the beach under the town of Monasteracci, and protected by a party of soldiers and armed peasantry - and on 26 May following, when the boats of the PILOT, under the orders of Lieut. Alex. Campbell and himself, took and destroyed, on the beach close to the town of Strongoli, four settees, laden with commissariat stores, and guarded by a tower within half musket-shot distance, as well as by a detachment of at least 140 troops. Until advanced to the rank of Commander, 30 July, 1814, Mr. Annesley afterwards served in the GRAMPUS, VESTAL, and VENERABLE, flag-ships in the West Indies of Rear-Admirals Sir Fras. Laforey and Philip Chas. Durham. He then successively joined the SATELLITE, SPIDER, and HERON sloops, the latter of which he paid off about Sept. 1815. Commander Annesley was not afterwards employed.

* Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 1860.

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Surname: Annesley, First Names : William Gore
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 11/04/1866
Lieutenant: 22/09/1855

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 01/10/1873

Surname: Annesley, First Names : William Henry

Date promoted :
Commander: 16/04/1862
Lieutenant: 13/01/1854

Surname: Annesley, First Names : William Martin

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 18/04/1868
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 14/08/1865
Naval Cadet or Entry: 15/09/1849

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 351 - Ocean 12 Nov 69
June 1879 : 521 - Vigilant 17 Sep 77 Lieut & Commander

Surname: Anson, First Names : Algernon Horatio

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 16/04/1878
Midshipman: 16/02/1870

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 078 - Bristol [Mid under traning]

Surname: Anson, First Names : Charles Eustace (act)

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 03/12/1878

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : Coll

Surname: Anson, First Names : Charles Vernon

Date promoted :
Commander: 22/05/1871
Lieutenant: 12/09/1865
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 04/02/1865
Midshipman: 16/03/1860
Naval Cadet or Entry: 07/06/1859

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 321 - Mersey 3 Dec 69 ; Flag Staff ; Flag Lieut to Flag Officer, Ireland

Surname: Anson, First Names : Henry Brooke
Qualified in: Gunnery: Torpedoes: Navigation: N

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 30/01/1877
Midshipman: 18/06/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 016 - Agincourt 6 Oct 69 addl
June 1879 : 054 - Avon 13 Jan 79 (N)

Surname: Anson, First Names : Talavera Vernon
Birth Date : 26 Nov 1809
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Adm: 20/10/1872
Vice Adm: 06/04/1866
Rear Adm: 29/07/1861
Captain: 08/06/1841

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 29/07/1861

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 214 - Eurydice 8 Oct 46

Notes:
ANSON. (CAPTAIN, 1841. F-P., 17; H-P., 6.)

TALAVERA VERNON ANSON, born 26 Nov. 1809, is second son of Gen. Sir Geo. Anson, G.C.B. (Governor of Chelsea Hospital. Colonel of the 4th Dragoon Guards, Equerry to the Duchess of Kent, and Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert, by Frances, daughter of the late John Hamilton, Esq., and sister of Sir Fred. Hamilton, Bart. Capt. Anson, a collateral descendant of Vice-Admiral Lord Anson, is nephew of Gen. Sir Wm. Anson, Bart., G.C.B., also of the late Viscount Anson, and first cousin (with Lieut. Thos. Anson, R.N.) of the Earl of Lichfield, formerly Postmaster-General. His sister, Mary Ann, married Robert Plumer Ward, Esq., the distinguished novelist, and is consequently step-mother of H. G. Ward, Esq., the present Secretary to the Admiralty.

This officer entered the Navy, 16 June, 1824, on board the BRITOMART 10, Capt. Octavius Venables Vernon, with whom, and Capts, Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman and Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, he afterwards served in the PRIMROSE 18, RATTLESNAKE 28, and BELVIDERA 42, on the West India and Mediterranean stations, until advanced to the rank of Lieutenant, 12 March, 1823 (sic). His appointments in the latter capacity were, 3 Sept. 1831, to the SPARTIATE 76, Capt. Robt. Tait, 12 June, 1834, to the BLONDE 46, Capt. Fras. Mason and 14 Feb. 1837, to the SERINGAPATAM 46, Capt. John Leith, in which ships he appears to have been employed both in South America and in the West Indies. Obtaining a second commission, 30 .June, 1838, Capt. Anson, on 12 Dec. 1839, assumed command of the PYLADES 18. For his subsequent services in China, where he took an able and indefatigable part in the operations against Canton, and witnessed the fall of Amoy, he was elevated to Post-rank, 8 June, 1841.* He returned to England in 1841, and now commands the EURYDICE 22.

Capt. Anson married, 13 June, 1843, Sarah Ann, daughter of the late Rich. Potter, Esq., of Manchester, by whom (who died 5 May, 1846) he had issue. AGENTS- Messrs. Chard.

* Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503, 1504, 2506 ; and Gaz. 1842, p. 83

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Surname: Anson, First Names : Thomas
Birth Date : 24 May 1820

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 17/02/1843

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Queen - 22 Nov 43
June 1844 : Aigle - 14 Feb 44

Notes:
ANSON. (LIEUTENANT, 1843. F-P., 9 ; H-P., 3.)

THOMAS ANSON was born 24 May, 1820, and died in 1845. He was fourth son of the Hon. and Rev. Fred. Anson, Prebendary of Southwell, by Mary Anne, only daughter of the Rev. Rich. Levett, of Milford, co. Stafford; and first cousin of Capt. Talavera Vernon Anson, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 2 June, 1833, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ASIA 84, Capt. Peter Richards, off Lisbon. The whole of his time appears to have been served in that ship, and in the PIQUE 36, HERCULES 74, and FLY 18, Capts. Hon. Henry John Rous, Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Russell Eliott, and Granville Gower Loch - the last four years on the South America station. Passing his examination 8 Aug. 1840, he next became Mate in succession of the INDUS 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, and CORNWALLIS 72, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Parker. While in the latter ship, on the China station, he was present, in the course of 1842, at the capture of Chapoo, the attack on the batteries of Woosung, the reduction of Shanghae, the storming of Chin-Keang-Foo, and the pacification of Nankin. He obtained his commission 17 Feb. 1843, and from 13 April following until 18 July, 1844, served on the South America and Mediterranean stations in the CORMORANT steam-vessel, Capt. Geo. Thos. Gordon, QUEEN 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and AIGLE 24, Capt. Lord Clarence Edw. Paget. During the few months that preceded his death Mr. Anson was unemployed. AGENT- J. Chippendale.

15 Feb 1841 It is reported that Thomas Anson, passed for Lieutenant on the 5th inst. at. the Royal Naval College

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Surname: Anson, First Names : Walter Vernon

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 29/10/1875
Naval Cadet or Entry: 13/04/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 478 - Swinger 17 Jan 78

Surname: Anstruther, First Names : George John
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 04/02/1879
Lieutenant: 18/06/1862

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 519 - Victoria & Albert 25 Sep 68

Surname: Anstruther, First Names : Robert Hamilton

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 27/01/1878

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 485 - Temeraire 27 Jan 78

Surname: Anthony, First Names : Charles

Date promoted :
Commander: 29/12/1813

Notes:
ANTHONY. (COMMANDER, 1813. F-P., 21 ; H-P., 33.)

CHARLES ANTHONY entered the Navy, 6 March, 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the RUSSEL 74, Capts. John Willet Payne and Thos. Larcom, the former of whom, after participating in the actions of Howe and Bridport, he rejoined, in Oct. 1796, on board the IMPETUEUX 74. During the three following years he served, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, under Sir Thos. Livingstone, Sir Home Popham, and other officers, in the EXPEDITION armιe en flute, on the Home station, subsequently to which he sailed for the Mediterranean as Acting-lieutenant of the ALKMAAR 54, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, and was there confirmed, from the MINOTAUR 74, bearing the flag of Lord Keith, into the BLONDE, Capt. John Burn, 29 Aug. 1800. For his services, as First of that ship, in the expedition of 1801 to Egypt, where he assisted at the disembarkation of the troops in Aboukir Bay, commanded a gun-boat up the Nile and on Lake Mareotis, and was present at the capture of Alexandria, Mr. Anthony received the Turkish gold medal. Being next appointed, 2 July, 1804, to the BRITANNIA 100, bearing the flag of Lord Northesk, he took part in the battle of Trafalgar, and on the overthrow of the combined fleets was placed in charge of one of the prizes, the Swiftsure 74, which ship, however, in consequent of the injuries she had received, he was soon compelled to abandon. From 19 June, 1806, until promoted to the rank of Commander, 29 Dec. 1813, Mr. Anthony was next employed, as First Lieutenant, on the Home, West India, and Canada stations, of the ROYAL GEORGE 100, flag-ship of Sir John Duckworth, ACASTA 40, Capt. Philip Beaver HIPPOMENES 16, Capt. Edw. Woolcombe, HARPY 14, Capt. Geo. Wm. Blainey, ST. DOMINGO 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Strachan, and WOLFE 18, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo. While Acting Captain of the HARPY, he covered the landing of the troops on the island of Walcheren, in Aug. 1809, and assisted at the ensuing reduction of Flushing. When afterwards with Sir Jas. Yeo on Lake Ontario, we find the subject of this memoir, in June 1813, commanding a division of gun-boats in a very gallant and successful encounter with the Americans at Forty-Mile Creek, and also assisting at the capture of two of their schooners, of a depot of provisions at Genesee River, and of other supplies from Great Sodus. * He subsequently took. part in three actions with Commodore Chauncey's squadron, viz on 10 Aug., when the British took two of his vessels - in a partial action fought on 11 Sept. off Genesee River - and in another which took place on 28 of the same month. Being appointed, on the day of his promotion, to the command of the STAR brig, he further co-operated with Sir Jas. Yeo, and behaved much to the satisfaction of that gallant officer at the capture of Fort Oswego, on which occasion, 6 May, 1814, he united with the CHARWELL in covering the boats containing the troops. † Since his return to England, in Dec. 1814, Commander Anthony has been on half-pay.

* Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 2081.

† V. Gaz. 1814, p. 1369.

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Surname: Anthony, First Names : Mark

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 22/04/1808

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 06/06/1848

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : GHP

Notes:
ANTHONY. (LIEUT., 1808. F-P., 29; H-P., 17.)

MARK ANTHONY is son of the late Joseph Anthony, Esq., by his second wife, Miss Lambert, of Carnagh. co. Wexford;: and grandson of Peter Anthony, Esq., of Carrig Castle, co. Waterford, who served as Captain in one of the Irish regiments under Louis XV., and fought at Fontenoy.

This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1801, as Midshipman, on board the HUNTER 18, Capts. Geo. Jones and Sam. Hood Inglefield, and served in the boats of that vessel when they sustained a loss of 15 men killed in an ineffectual attempt made, towards the close of 1803, to bring out several armed mer-chantmen fastened in a secure manner to. the beach in a small harbour, on the west side of the island of Cuba. After the latter event he became Master's Mate of the CLORINDE frigate, Capts. Cathcart and M'Donald, and, in Sept. 1804, joined the NAIAD 38, Capts. Jas. Wallis and Thos. Dundas, one of Lord Nelson's repeaters in the action off Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, on which occasion he assisted in towing the BELLEISLE 74, from her perilous position near the shoals, and had the good fortune to rescue, in a boat, 56 of the officers and crew of the French ship Achille before she blew up. The NAIAD, who had previously effected a very gallant escape from a powerful French squadron, appears to have been also much engaged with Spanish gun-boats and batteries. Shortly after his junction of the THESEUS 74, Capt. John Poo Beresford, Mr. Anthony was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission, dated 22 April, 1808, and appointed to the FURY bomb, Capt. John Sanderson Gibson, on the Baltic station, where he received a severe injury in the thigh by the re-coiling of a gun, which he was in the act of point-ing at a Danish gun-boat. On removing with Capt. Gibson to the SARPEN, 18 he accompanied, as First Lieutenant of that sloop the expedition to the Wal-cheren, and did good service to several of the transports. On 12 April, 1811, he was appointed to the STATELY 64, Capts. Robt. Campbell and Edw. Stirling Dickson, under whom he was actively employed, on boat duty and otherwise, at the defence of Cadiz and Tarifa, until 20 Nov. following, when he was compelled to invalid, owing to a fracture of the leg and dislocation of the ankle joint. From Oct. 1814, until 1818, Mr. Anthony further served, in the ORESTES 16, Capt. Wm. Robt. Smith, and in the BOYNE and QUEEN CHARLOTTE, flag-ships of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, on the Irish and Portsmouth stations.

He was then appointed Harbour-Master of Dunmore East, of which situation, on its abolition in 1832, he was deprived without the slightest com-pensation, although he had originally obtained it under the idea of its being a life-appointment, and had been thereby prevented from otherwise working his promotion. He has not since been employed.

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Surname: Antram, First Names : George

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 14/12/1802

Notes:
ANTRAM. (LIEUT., 1802. F-P., 16 ; H-P., 38.)

GEORGE ANTRAM is son of Simon Antram Esq., Purser and Paymaster, R.N. ; brother of the late Lieut. Chas. Aubrey Antram, R.N. (1810); and also of the present Lieut. S. E. Antram, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 23 Oct. 1793, as Captain's Servant, on board the INFLEXIBLE 64, Capt. Solomon Ferris ; removed as Midshipman, 1 Jan. 1794, to the ENTERPRISE receiving-ship in the river Thames, Lieut.-Commanders Edw. Howarth and John Yetts ; and from 10 March, 1798, until 22 July, 1799, served in the VANGUARD 74, and FOUDROYANT S0, bearing each the flag of Lord Nelson, under whom, in the former ship, he was wounded at the battle of the Nile, 1 Aug. 1798.* He then served for three years as Acting-Lieutenant of the MUTINE 18, Capts. Wm. Hoste and Lord Wm. Fitzroy, on the Mediterranean station, and, being confirmed 14 Dec. 1802, was afterwards employed on the Impress ser-vice for a few months in 1803, and in command, from 11 Nov. in that year until 25 Nov. 1809, of the DEPTFORD tender, on the rivers Thames and Medway. He has since been on half-pay. AGENTS- Messrs. Stilwell.

* Vide Gaz. 1798, p. 917.

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Surname: Antram, First Names : Simon Edward
Birth Date : 28 Feb 17

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 14/06/1811

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/07/1852

Notes:
ANTRAM. (LIEUT., 1811. F-P. 13 ; H-P., 33.)

SIMON EDWARD ANTRAM, born 28 Feb. 1786, is brother of Lieut. Geo. Antram, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 11 March, 1801, as A.B., on board the ST. GEORGE 98, Capts. Thos. Masterman Hardy, Lenox Thompson, and Wm. Grenville Lobb, successive flag-ship of Lord Nelson and Sir Chas. Morice Pole. In March, 1803, after serving in the Baltic, off Cadiz, and in the West Indies, he became Master's Mate of the ENTERPRISE receiving-ship off the Tower, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Somerville; and while subsequently attached, from Jan. 1804, to Jan. 1810, to the ILLUSTRIOUS 74, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton, Mich. Seymour, Wm. Shield, and Wm. Root. Broughton, he witnessed the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads, and commanded a gun-vessel during the operations against Flushing. Until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 14 June, 1811, Mr. Antram served, on the West India station, in the SPARROW, SAPPHO, and PELORUS sloops, Capts. Josh. Ricketts Rowley and Hayes O'Grady. He then rejoined the SAPPHO, commanded by the latter officer, and, on 26 May, 1815, was next appointed to the CENSOR 10, Capt. Josh. Kneeshaw. he was placed on half-pay 10 Oct. following, and has not since been afloat.

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Surname: Aplin, First Names : Benjamin

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 16/05/1811

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Acheron (Mediterranean) - 3 Dec 42
June 1844 : Acheron - 3 Dec 42
Dec 1848 : 421 - Ocean addl for service 250 - Garland 7 Feb 48 Lieut.-Com Steam Packet Service at Dover

Notes:
APLIN. (LIEUTENANT, 1811.)

BENJAMIN APLIN is brother of Capt. J. G. Aplin, R. N.

This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the WEYMOUTH, Capt. John Draper. Joining, on his return from a voyage to the East Indies, the MARS 74, Capts. Robt. Dudley Oliver and Wm. Lukin, he assisted, as Midshipman, we believe, at the capture of the French frigate Le Rhin, of 44 guns, 28 July, 1806 ; was also present at the capture, by a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood, of four other of the enemy's frigates, two of which, La Gloire 46, and L'Infatigable 44, struck to the MARS off Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806 ; and accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 18117. After a subsequent attachment of three years to the VOLONTAIRE 38, Capt. Chas. Bullen, ATLAS 98, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral John Child Purvis, and GOLDFINCH and PHEASANT Sloops, Capts. Arden Adderley and John Palmer, in the Mediterranean and off the coast of Spain.

Mr. Aplin was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 16 May, 1811. His succeeding appointments were, on the North America, West India, and Home stations -

Surname: Aplin, First Names : Elphinstone Benjamin D'Oyle

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 14/08/1878
Midshipman: 16/02/1870

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 078 - Bristol [Mid under traning]

Surname: Aplin, First Names : Elphonstone D'Oyly D'Auvergne
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 31/01/1861
Commander: 12/08/1853
Lieutenant: 02/04/1845

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 215 - Excellent 21 Dec 47 - Flag Lieut to Admiral Supt. Prescott, CB
June 1870 : 260 - Inconstant 11 Aug 69

Surname: Aplin, First Names : Henry Faulconer

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 22/03/1878

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 326 - Monarch 16 Apr 78

Surname: Aplin, First Names : John George
Birth Date : 23 Apr 1790

Date promoted :
Captain: 28/01/1826

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Vice Adm: 02/05/1860

Notes:
APLIN. (Captain, 1826. F-P., 13; H-P., 33.)

JOHN GEORGE APLIN, born 23 April, 1790, at Berwick-upon-Tweed, is second son of the late Peter Aplin, Esq., Admiral of the White ; brother of Lieut. Benj. Aplin, R.N. ; grand-nephew of Christ. D'Oyly, Esq., M.P., Comptroller-General of Accounts during Lord North's administration; and brother-in-law of Lieut. Orlando Orlebar, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 9 March, 1801, as a Volunteer, on board the EURYDICE 24, Capt. Walter Bathurst, with whom, on arriving with the ratification of the Peace of Amiens in the East Indies, he removed, as Midshipman, to tile TERPSICHORE 32, and there, on the renewal of hostilities, came into frequent collision with the enemy. On 15 Aug. 1805, being off St. Denis, Isle of Bourbon, he assisted in one of three boats sent into that port for the purpose of cutting out the French corvette La Turburette, a service which was completely effected, although, fully prepared for the attack, the enemy had sheltered their vessel within pistol-shot distance of several heavy batteries, whose fire, as well as that of a neighbouring ship, played on the British with destructive effect. In the execution of this very spirited affair, one boat was sunk, another cut down to the water's edge, and the tow-rope of the remaining one cut three time. Mr. Aplin, in common with the other officers employed on the occasion, received the personal thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Edw. Pellew, whom, after a further servitude with Capt. Bathurst in the PITT 36, he joined, in Aug. 1807, on board the CULLODEN 74. He had not been many days, however, in the latter ship before he was appointed Acting--Lieutenant of the PSYCHE frigate, from which he appears to have been transferred in a similar capacity to the ARROGANT 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Dawson. Being compelled to invalid from the effects of long employment in the East Indies, soon after his official promotion, which took place 11 Feb. 1808, Mr. Aplin remained on half-pay until 1810, in the course of which year, and the following, he successively joined the SAN JOSEF 110, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton, and ARMIDE 38, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, on the Mediterranean and Home stations. In May, 1813, he assumed command of the ARROW schooner, of 12 guns, in which vessel he shortly afterwards attacked a convoy under the protection of two batteries near Quimper, where he drove a brig and several other vessels on shore. He also performed a similar service under the batteries of Quiberon at which place he captured the Marie Antoinette and Vierge Marie, and succeeded in destroying a third vessel. Anchoring subsequently under the batteries close to the harbour of Mer de Fife, in the Ile de Rι, Mr. Aplin skilfully managed, under the guise of an American privateer, so thoroughly to deceive the authorities, that his boats were enabled during the night to enter the port still, without creating tile slightest, suspicion or alarm, to bring out the largest of the enemy's vessels, Le Bon Samaritan. In the course of the same year he was actively employed on shore, under Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, at the siege of St. Sebastian ; and he next conducted the blockade of Santona in a manner so efficient, that, although the enemy possessed in that port a corvette, a schooner, and two gun-boats, they were unable to capture any of the numerous British vessels constantly passing. From the period of his advancement to the rank of Commander 12 March, 1814, Capt. Aplin remained on half-pay until 13 Dec. 1823, when he at length succeeded in obtaining an appointment to the GRASSHOPPER 18. Proceeding in that sloop to Newfoundland he there assumed command of a small squadron, and acquired the high approbation of Sir Willoughby Thos. Lake, the Commander-in-Chef and of the Board of Admiralty, for the able and zealous manner in which he discharged several extra-official duties which afterwards devolved upon him in consequence of the abolition of the civil departments of the Navy, and of the absence of the governor of the island. He was promoted to Post-rank 28 Jan. 1826, and, not being able to procure further employment, accepted the Retirement, 1 Oct. 1846.

Capt. Aplin married, in 1816, Anne Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Vice-Admiral D'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, and sister-in-law of Capt. Henry Prescott, R.N., C.B. By that lady he has issue three sons, of whom the eldest is a Lieutenant in H.M. 28th regiment, and the second a Midship-man, R.N. AGENTS - Collier and Snee.

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Surname: Appleby, First Names : John Frederick
Birth Date : 18 Nov 1795

Date promoted :
Captain: 29/01/1838

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Adm: 10/09/1869
Vice Adm: 09/02/1864

Notes:
APPLEBY. (CAPT., 1838. F-P., 28 H-P.; 14)

JOHN FREDERICK APPLEBY, born 18 Nov. 1795, belongs to the family of Appleby Soberton, in Hampshire (formerly of Thirsk, or Blaik Hamilton), and is son of John Appleby, Esq., agriculturist of that place.

This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1805, as a Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the QUEEN 98, Capt. Fras. Pender, bearing the flag off Cadiz, of Rear-Admiral John Knight, with whom he continued to serve in the same ship, and the GUERRIER, until April 1806. During the latter part or that period he saw a good deal of boat service, and was much employed, as a Midshipman, in affording protection to the numerous convoys passing through the Gut of Gibraltar. Until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 10 Feb. 1815 he was subsequently employed, chiefly on the Home and Mediterranean stations, in the SAN JOSEF 110, successive flag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton and Sir Jas. Saumarez, MINSTREL 18, Capts. John Hollinworth, Ralph Randolph Wormeley, and John Campbell, WIZARD 16, Capt. John Bowker, SAN JOSEF again, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton, DERWENT 18, Capt. Geo. Manners Sutton. DROMEDARY store-ship Master-Commander Sam. Perkins Pritchard, BRISTOL armιe en flute, Capt. Geo. Wyndham, AKBAR 60, Capts. Archibald Dickson and Chas. Bullen, and PUISSANT 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page. While in the MINSTREL, Mr. Appleby assisted at the capture, in the Adriatic, of the national schooner Ortenzia, pierced for 16, but carrying only 10 guns, 16 July 1808 ; and, on 10 Dec. 1813, served the boats of a squadron under Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane, at the destruction of a large convoy, protected by two batteries in the mole of Palamos, where out of 600 British officers and men, upwards of 200 were killed, wounded, and taken prisoners. As Acting-Lieutenant of the BRISTOL, we find him serving in the boats at the capture of La Petite Louise privateer, and also present at the siege of Tarragona, in June, 1813. His appointments, subsequently to his promotion, were - 3 May, 1815, to the NIMROD 18, Capt. Geo. Hilton, employed for the purpose of intercepting Napoleon Buonaparte after the battle of Waterloo - and, in July, 1817, and Jan. 1824, to the QUEEN CHARLOTTE and VICTORY, bearing the flags, at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, Sir Campbell, Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, Sir Geo. Martin, and Sir Robt. Stopford. During the whole period of his being borne on the books of those two ships, a term of eleven years and one month, Mr. Appleby commanded the LINNET and SCORPION tenders, and rendered much valuable service to the Revenue. Being advanced to the rank of Commander 28 Aug. 1828, he afterwards, from 31 March, 1831, until April, 1836, and from 29 March, 1837, until promoted to Post rank, 29 Jan 1838, served in the Coast Guard. Since the later date he has been on Half-pay.

Capt. Appleby married, 14 Nov. 1827, Ellen, eldest daughter of Wm. Osborn, Esq., of Leominster, near Arundel, Sussex. AGENTS- Messrs. Stilwell.

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Surname: Appleby, First Names : Young

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 04/12/1799

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 07/01/1840

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Out-Pension of Greenwich Hospital (Retired Commander) - 22 Sep 06
June 1844 : Out-Pension of Greenwich Hospital (Retired Commander) - 22 Sep 06
Dec 1848 : GHP

Notes:
APPLEBY. (RETIRED COMMANDER, 1840, F-P., 12 : H-P., 43.)
YOUNG APPLEBY entered the Navy, 18 Nov., 1792, as Boatswain's Servant, on board the ALFRED 74, Capt. John Bazely. After sharing in Lord Howe's action, 1 June, 1794 he joined the BLENHEIM 98, Capt. Thos. Lenox Frederick, and while under that officer was present in Hotham's skirmish with the French fleet 13 July, 1795, and lost a leg in the battle fought off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797. He then became attached in succession to the CAMBRIDGE 80, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, HAERLEM 64, Capt. Geo. Burlton, CAMBRIDGE again, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Pasley, ROMULUS 36, Capt. John Culverhouse, and ROYAL WILLIAM, flag-ship of Admiral Milbanke. Obtaining a commission, dated 4 Dec. 1799, he next served, from Aug. 1800, to April, 1802, in the ACTAEON 44, Capt. Philip Hire, attached to the Impress service at Liverpool, and, from 20 June 1803, until 27 Oct. 1806, had command of a signal station on the coast of Dorsetshire. On one occasion, when in a boat belonging to the ACTAEON, with only three men, he entered a vessel having 200 sailors on board, of whom he brought away 17, and drove over the sides. During his semaphoric command, Mr. Appleby volunteered, on another occasion, to attack at noonday, with only 27 fencibles, a French privateer carrying 14 guns and about 80 men. He was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 22 Sept. 1806, and, on 7 Jan. 1840, accepted the rank he now holds.
Commander Appleby married, 4 Nov. 1803, and has issue one son.
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Surname: Apreece, First Names : William

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 22/01/1806

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 10/07/1840

Notes:
APREECE, (RETIRED COMMANDER, 1840. F-P., 16 ; H-P., 32.)
WILLIAM APREECE entered the Navy, in Jan. 1799, as a Volunteer, on board the VENERABLE 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Geo. Fairfax, and, on 2 July following, was present in an attack made by Rear-Admiral Chas. Morice Pole on a Spanish squadron lying in Aix Roads. Between 1801 and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 22 Jan. 1806, he served as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the West India, Home, and Africa stations, of the COURAGEUX, Capts. Bowen and Thos. Sotheby, WINDSOR CASTLE and LEANDER, flag-ships of Sir Andrew Mitchell, CAMEL store-ship, Capt. Thos. Garth, EUGENIE, Capt. Chas. Webb, ECLIPSE gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Price, and Price, and ARAB 22, Capt. Keith Maxwell. He then joined the EXCELLENT 74, Capt. John West, fitting at Portsmouth, and on being next appointed to the BLANCHE 38, Capt. Sir Thos. Lavie, was wrecked and taken prisoner, off Ushant, 4 March, 1807. From that period Mr. Apreece was detained in captivity until the conclusion of hosti-lities. Unable to procure further employment, he at length, on 10 July, 1840, retired with the rank of Commander. AGENT'S- Messrs. Ommanney.
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Surname: Apthorp, First Names : Shirley

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 24/03/1845
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 01/06/1836

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Rapid
Dec 1848 : 304 - Imaum 3 Apr 48

Notes:
APTHORP, (LIEUTENANT, 1845.)
SHIRLEY APTHORP passed his examination 1 June, 1836. For the space of five years he served as Mate, chiefly on the Mediterranean and Africa stations, on board the ALECTO steamer, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Hoseason, THUNDERER 84, Capt. Dan. Pring, HYDRA steam sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young, RAPID 10, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Chas. Earle, and ALERT sloop, Capt. Chas. John Bosanquet. On obtaining his commission, 24 March, 1845, he joined the PENELOPE steam-frigate, Commodore Wm. Jones, also employed off the coast of Africa. Since 19 Dec. 1845, Mr. Apthorp has been attached to the TORTOISE store-ship, at Ascension, Capt. Arthur Morrell.
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Surname: Arabin, First Names : Septimus

Date promoted :
Captain: 20/03/1823

Notes:
ARABIN. (Captain, 1823. F-P., 20 ; H-P., 28.)
SEPTIMUS ARABIN, descended from one of the oldest families of Provence, in France, a branch of which settled in England at the period of the Revolution in 1683, is son of the late Henry Arabin, Esq., by Ann Grant, of the Grants of Ballendallack. One of his brothers, George, died a Captain in H.M. 54th regiment; another, Frederick, became a Captain in the Royal Artillery ; and a third, Augustus, died a Lieutenant, R.N. (1815), in Sept. 1839.

This officer entered the Navy, 27 April, 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the TIGRE 80, Capt., after-wards Rear-Admiral, Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, under whom, with the exception of a few months during the peace, he continued to serve, in the same ship, and in the ANTELOPE 50, and POMPEE 74, until the summer of 1807. During the latter part of the war he appears to have been much employed in co-ope-ration with the Turks on the coast of Syria ; and we subsequently find him, on the renewal of hostili-ties, corning into frequent collision with the enemy in the Channel and North Sea, particularly on 24 March, 1804, when he acquired the public thanks of Sir Sidney Smith for the gallant and judicious manner in which, after every officer senior to himself had been wounded, he boarded, in the ANTELOPE's boats, and carried, although he had been exposed for 45 minutes to a heavy fire, a Dutch armed schuyt, moored at the entrance of the East Scheldt, and in every way prepared for an obstiuate resist-ance. On his removal, as Master's Mate, in 1806, to the POMPEE, Mr. Arabin was invested by his patron with the command of a Sicilian armed vessel, in which he conveyed the first supply of ammuni-tion to Gaeta, during its siege by the French. He assisted also in disarming the coasts of Naples and Calabria, from the gulf of Salerno to Scylla; and was present at the capture of the latter fortress. Attending afterwards the expedition to the Darda-nells, he there witnessed, in the capacity of Acting Lieutenant, Sir Sidney Smith's destruction of a Turkish squadron, and for his gallantry in cutting out a gun-boat, and the assistance he afforded in consummating the destruction of a battery of 31 guns, was a second time publicly thanked by Sir Sidney, and formed one of the only two Lieutenants whose names were mentioned in Sir John Duck-worth's first despatch.* During the operations against Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807, Mr. Arabin, who still continued to serve in the POMPEE, under the flag of Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, commanded a division of boats at the landing of the army, took part in many smart encounters with the enemy's flotilla, and, in acknowledgment of his ser-vices throughout, was personally presented by the above officer to Lord Gambier, and earnestly recom-mended for promotion. In the mean time, however, he had been officially promoted into the POMPEE by commission, dated 4 Aug. 1807. His subsequent appointments were - 6 Feb. 1808, to the FOUDROYANT 80, bearing the flag of Sir W. S. Smith, in South America - 5 Feb. 1810, to the THESEUS 74, Capt. Wm. Prowse, stationed in the North Sea - and, in the course of 1812, to the TREMENDOUS 74, and HIBERNIA 110, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir W. S. Smith, in the Mediterranean. After witnessing Sir Edw. Pellew's two partial actions with the French fleet off Toulon, be was promoted to the rank of Commander 27 July, 1814; but, unsuccessful in his applications for employment, remained on half-pay from that period until 2 July, 1821, when he at length obtained an appointment to the ARGUS 18, on the Halifax station. Acquiring Post-rank 20 March, 1823, Capt, Arabin next, on 23 Dec. 1825, joined the NORTH STAR 28, in which frigate he subsequently captured several Spanish and Brazilian slavers, and ultimately returned to Portsmouth with Viscount Strangford, Envoy-Extraordinary at Rio Janeiro. He paid the NORTH STAR off in 1829, and accepted the retired half-pay, 1 Oct. 1846.

Capt. Arabin married Maria, second daughter of the late Sir Geo. Berryman Rumbold, Bart., Consul-General at Hamburgh, afterwards step-daughter of Admiral Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, K.C.B., and aunt of the present Sir Cavendish Stuart Rumbold, Bart. AGENT- J. Hinxman.
* vide Gaz. 1807, p. 595.
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Surname: Arbuthnot, First Names : Charles Ramsay
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 07/09/1871
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 22/12/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 026 - Alexandra 2 Jan 77 (G)

Awards and Qualifications: : G ; ;

Surname: Arbuthnot, First Names : Robert Keith

Date promoted :
Naval Cadet or Entry: 15/07/1877

Surname: Arbuthnott, First Names : Alexander Dundas Young (Kt)
Awarded Medal (m) / Foreign Order (FO): m, FO

Date promoted :
Captain: 14/10/1824

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Adm: 30/11/1863
Vice Adm: 06/03/1858

Notes:
ARBUTHNOTT, K.C.C., K.S.F. (Captain, 1824. F-P., 13; H-P., 31.)
ALEXANDER DUNDAS YOUNG ARBUTHNOTT, a lineal descendant of the first Viscount Arbuthnott, through his second marriage, and heir to the title and estates of the present nobleman after his own immediate family, is only son, by Miss Murray, of Canada, of the late Robt. Arbuthnott, Esq., Lieut.-Colonel of the 31st toot, who died on board the RAYMOND of wounds he had received at Ste. Lucie, 10 July, 1796.

This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the NORTHUMBERLAND 74, Capt. Hon. Alex. Inglis Cochrane. During a subsequent attachment of nearly seven years to the MARS 74, Capts. Geo. Duff; Robt. Dudley Oliver, Wm. Lakin, and Henry Raper, of which ship he was created a Lieutenant, 26 Oct. 1809, Mr. Arbuthnott took part, as Midshipman, in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805 - assisted at the capture of the French frigate Le Rhin, of 44 guns, 28 July, 1806 - was also present at the capture, by a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood, of four other of the enemy's frigates, two of which, La Gloire 46, and L'Infatigable 44, struck to the MARS off Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806 - accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807 - and saw much gunboat service in the Baltic in 1808-9. Being subsequently appointed, 27 June 1811, after a short servitude in the CHRISTIAN VII. 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, to the IMPREGNABLE 98, successive flag-ship of Admiral Wm. Young and H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, Mr. Arbuthnott co-operated in the reduction of the islands of North and South Beveland, was present at the capture of Antwerp, and, having as First Lieutenant escorted to England the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia, assisted at the grand naval review held at Spithead. Assuming on that occasion the rank of Commander, by commission dated 27 June, 1814, he next joined, 24 April, 1823, the JASPER 10, and in that vessel, on being sent on a mission to St. Petersburg, had the honour of entertaining His Imperial Majesty and all the Court. Until posted, 14 Oct. 1824, he afterwards held the successive command of the REDWING 18, and TERROR bomb - the latter employed on the second expedition against Algiers. His retirement took place 1 Oct. 1846.

Although Capt. Arbuthnott has since been on half-pay, he has not been inactive. Accompanying the British Auxiliary Legion to Spain, as Colonel on the Staff ; he there became Colonel-Commandant, in Sep. 1835, of the depot at Santander and of the Convent of Carban, and was afterwards created a Knight Commander of the distinguished order of Charles III. by the Queen Regent, as a reward for his services in relieving San Sebastian when closely besieged by the Carlist troops, as also of the order of San Fernando for his gallantry in conducting the forlorn hope at the storming of Irun. When the Legion returned to England in 1833, Capt. Arbuthnott had attained the rank of brigadier-General in the Spanish service. We next, in 1840, find him, at the recommendation of the First Lord of the Admiralty, appointed by Lord Palmerston to serve in Syria, as a Captain in the Navy, with Gen. Mitchell and the Commission employed in concert with the Turkish army to drive Ibrahim Pacha and the Egyptian forces out of that country. On the Commission being recalled, in 1842, he was presented by the Sultan with a gold medal. Capt. Arbuthnott, who had been appointed in Nov. 1824 one of the Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber to George IV., holds the same office under her present Majesty. He married, in May, 1826, Catherine Maria, third daughter of Chas. Eustace, Esq., of Robertstown, co. Kildare, claimant of the Viscount of Baltinglass, by whom he has issue a daughter. AGENT- J. Hinxman.
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Surname: Archbold, First Names : William

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 09/12/1796

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Notes:
NL 20/12/1843 Death reported qtr. cg. 20 Sep 1843 - Sen. as a Cdr. (Ret'd) 1838

Surname: Archbold, First Names : William Augustus

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 11/03/1816

Notes:
ARCHBOLD. (LIEUT., 1816. F-P.,8; H-P.,31.)
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS ARCHIBOLD entered the Navy 14 July, 1808, as Ordinary, on board the CURIEUX sloop, stationed in the West Indies ; where be became Midshipman, in Aug. 1809, of the SURINAM 18, and served, from Dec. 1810, to April, 1812, in the GLOIRE frigate, Capt. Jas. Carthew. Joining next the BARFLEUR 98, he witnessed in that ship Sir Pellew's partial engagements with the French fleet off Toulon, 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814 ; after which he removed successively to the ROYAL SOVEREIGN and ROYAL CHARLOTTE yachts, Capts. Sir Edw. Berry, Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Geo. Scott. He has not, since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 11 March, 1816, been employed. AGENTS- Hallett and Robinson.
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Surname: Archdall, First Names : Edward Mervyn

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 20/08/1875
Midshipman: 15/04/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 273 - Juno 6 May 68
June 1879 : 165 - Dwarf 8 Apr 79

Surname: Archdall, First Names : Henry Dawson

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 27/07/1871
Midshipman: 26/01/1867

Surname: Archer, First Names : Herbert Goodwyn
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 03/09/1872
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 16/09/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 120 - Conflict 30 Oct 78 Lieut & Com

Surname: Archer, First Names : Robert Hugh
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 20/06/1872
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 15/10/1871
Midshipman: 16/04/1867
Naval Cadet or Entry: 05/12/1865

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 204 - Galatea
June 1879 : 026 - Alexandra 2 Jan 77

Awards and Qualifications: : E ; ;

Surname: Archer, First Names : Thomas

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 27/12/1808

Notes:
ARCHER. (LIEUT., 1808, F-P., 15 ; H-P., 31.)
THOMAS ARCHER entered the Navy, in March, 1801, as A. B., on board the TRITON 32 Capt. Robt. Lewis Fitzgerald, employed on the Home station ; served as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Acting Master, from June, 1802, to Jan. 1808, of the AMELIA 38, Capts. Lord Proby and John Chas, Woolcombe, and MORNE FORTUNEE brig. Lieut,-Commander John Jas. Rorie, in the North Sea and West Indies ; and was then successively appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the PHIPPS schooner, Capt. Christ. Ball, and ARGO 44, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby to which latter ship he was confirmed 27 Dec. 1808. His subsequent appointments were. on the Home station, - 10 Jan. 1810, to the BEAGLE sloop, Capt, Wm. Brooking Dolling - 19 Feb. 1811, to the EDINBURGH 74, Capt. Robt. Rolles - and, 26 Nov. 1811, to the DESIREE 36, Capts. Arthur Farquhar and Wm. Woolridge. In 1813-14 he appears :to have been arduously employed on the German rivers, particu-larly at the reduction of the batteries of Bremer-lehe and Blexen, and of the towns of Cuxhaven and Gluckstadt. On the latter occasion Mr. Archer in command of a party of seamen and marines. * He has not, however, been employed since Oct. 1815. AGENT- J. Hinxman.
* Vide Gaz. 1814 , p. 126.
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Surname: Arden, First Names : Edward Henry

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 30/12/1872
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 15/11/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 296 - Lord Warden 2 May 70 addl
June 1879 : 075 - Boxer 11 Dec 76

Surname: Argles, First Names : George

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 10/11/1810

Notes:
ARGLES. (LIEUT., 1810. F-P., 11 ; H-P., 32.)
GEORGE ARGLES entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the TRUSTY 50, commanded by his relative, Capt. Geo. Argles, whom he successively accompanied, as Midshipman into the IRIS 32, and DIAMOND 38, the latter frigate employed on the Africa and West India stations. On next joining the POLYPHEMUS 64, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, he served at the blockade of St. Domingo, and witnessed the evacuation of that city by the French in July 1809. He obtained a Lieutenancy, 10 Nov. 1810, in the SARACEN brig, Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett, also in the West Indies, where, and on the Home and Cape of Good Hope stations, he was afterwards employed, from 20 March, 1812, to 2 Mar. 1815, in the HEBE 38, Capt. John Fyffe, DUNCAN 74, Capt. Robt. Lambert, and STAG and SPARTAN frigates, both commanded by Cart. Philips Hornby. He has not since the latter date been afloat.
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Surname: Arguimbau, First Names : Joseph

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 31/03/1818

Notes:
ARGUIMBAU. (LIEUT., 1818. F-P, 14 ; H-P., 24.)
JOSEPH ARGUIMBAU entered the Navy, 26 Jan. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ACORN 18, Capt. Robt. Clephane, on the Mediterranean station ; and in April, 1811, followed the same officer, as Midship-man, into the CUMBERLAND 74. During a subse- quent attachment of five years to the AJAX 74, Capts. Sir Robt. Laurie, Robt. Waller Otway, and Geo. Munday, he witnessed the fall of San Sebas-tian, and assisted at the capture, 17 March, 1814, of the L'Alcyon of 16 guns and 120 men. Joining next the SEVERN 40, Capts. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, and Wm. M'Culloch, he took part in the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, and was afterwards, until the date of his promotion, 31 March, 1818, employed in the Coast Blockade. Since that period (with the exception of a servitude in the Coast Guard - from 29 Jan. 1836, until 1840) Mr. Arguimbau has been on half-pay. AGENTS- Holmes and Folkard.
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Surname: Arkwright, First Names : Augustus Peter
Birth Date : 06 Mar 1821

Date promoted :
Commander: 23/06/1859
Lieutenant: 06/02/1845
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 14/10/1840

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 23/06/1874
Commander: 23/06/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Bonetta

Notes:
ARKWRIGHT (LIEUT., 1845. F-P., 14 ; H-P., 0.) AUGUSTUS PETER ARKWRIGHT, born 6 March, 1821, is seventh son of Peter Arkwright, Esq., of Hock Houses near Matlock, a magistrate for the county of Derby, by Mary Anne, daughter of Chas. Hurt. Esq. of Wicksworth ; brother of Ferdinand Wm. Arkwright, Esq., a Lieutenant in the Army; and grandson or the late wealthy Rich. Arkwright, Esq., of Willersley, co. Derby.

This officer entered the Navy in 1833, and passed his examination 14 Oct. 1840. He afterwards served as Mate, on the Africa, Mediterranean, and Home stations, of the PANTALOON 10, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Horace Lapidge, PROMPT schooner, BONETTA surveying-vessel, Capt. Thos. Saumarez Brock, and QUEEN 110, bearing the flag of Sir John Chambers White. He obtained his commission 6 Feb. 1845, and, since 17 May following, has been employed in the TRAFALGAR 120, Capts. Wm. Fanshawe Martin and John Neale Nott.
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Surname: Armit, First Names : Robert Henry

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 11/09/1866

Surname: Armitage, First Names : Whaley

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 27/12/1838

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/07/1864
Lieutenant: 01/10/1860

Notes:
ARMITAGE (LIEUT., 1838. F-P., 17; H-P., 8.)
WHALEY ARMITAGE is a younger son of Whaley Armitage, Esq., of Coole and Drumin, co Louth, barrister-at-law, by Eleanora, eldest daughter and co-heir of the late Edw. Haistwell, Esq., of Ken-sington; and grand-nephew of the late Gen. Sir John Braithwaite, Bart., Commander-in-Chief at Madras.

This officer entered the Royal Naval College 24 June, 1822, and embarked, 3 June, 1824, on board the TWEED, 28, Capts. Fred. Hunn and Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill. After visiting the West Indies and Cape of Good Hope, he became succes- sively Mate, on the former and North and South America stations, of the SAPPHIRE 28, Capt. Hon. Wm. Wellesley, SPARROWHAWK 18, Capt. Thos. Metcalfe Currie, COLUMBINE 18, Capt. Henry Om-manney Love, NIMBLE 5, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Bolton, FORTE 44, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, PIQUE 36, Capt. Hon. Henry John Rous, and ROVER, 18, Capt. Chas. Eden. While in the NIMBLE, in 1833, we find Mr. Armitage assisting at the capture, after a running fight of an hour, of the armed slavers Joaquina and Mannalita. Obtaining his commission, 27 Dec. 1838, he was subsequently appointed, 18 March, 1839, to the MELVILLE 72, flag-ship at the Cape of Hon. Geo. Elliot, 6 July, 1839, to the command for a few months of the BRISK 3, on the same station - and 31 Oct. 1940, to the MONARCH 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers in the Mediterranean. He has been on half-pay since the autumn of 1839. AGENT- Joseph Woodhead.
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Surname: Armstrong, First Names : George Elliot

Date promoted :
Naval Cadet or Entry: 15/01/1879

Surname: Armstrong, First Names : James Wood
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 16/04/1862
Lieutenant: 21/05/1852
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 12/06/1849

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 16/04/1877
Commander: 01/04/1870

Surname: Armstrong, First Names : Richard Ramsay
Awarded Medal (m) / Foreign Order (FO): m, FO

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 05/01/1856

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 05/01/1871
Lieutenant: 05/01/1856

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : 16/07/1857 ;

Notes:
Kt. of the Legion of Honour, Medjidie of the 5th Class ; Reserved half-pay 05 January 1856

Surname: Armstrong, First Names : Robert Lowry Herbert (act)

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 20/08/1878

Surname: Armytage, First Names : Horace

Date promoted :
Naval Cadet or Entry: 18/08/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 079 - Britannia [Cadet under training]

Surname: Armytage, First Names : William

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 03/12/1845
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 28/10/1840

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Cornwallis

Notes:
ARMYTAGE. (LIEUTENANT, 1845.)
WILLIAM ARMYTAGE passed his examination 28 Oct. 1840, and served as Mate, on the East India station, of the SAMARANG 26, Capt. Jas. Scott, DIDO 18, .Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, and CORNWALLIS 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker. During tile operations on the Coast of China, he proved himself entitled to the best acknowledgments of Capt. Jas. Scott, for the gallantry and zeal he displayed at the forcing of the inner passage from Macao to Whampoa (a navigation never before traversed by European boat or vessel) ; in their advance on which place, the British, whose force consisted of the NEMESIS steamer, and the boats of the SAMARANG, destroyed between 3 A.M. on 13, and 4 P.M on 15 March, 1841, five forts, one battery, two military stations, and nine war junks, in which, collectively, were 115 guns and 8 ginjalls.* He acquired the rank he now holds, 3 Feb. 1845; and, since 24 March in that year, has been attached to the VESUVIUS steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Wm. Douglas O'Callaghan, on the North America and West India station.

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Surname: Armytage, First Names : William

Date promoted :
Captain: 06/08/1860
Lieutenant: 03/02/1845

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 387 - Prince Consort 3 Mar 68 CO

Surname: Arnold, First Names : James Fearnley

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 04/05/1810

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 06/04/1850

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 654 - Wellington 1 Mar 48 for Service in Ordinary

Notes:
ARNOLD. (LIEUTENANT, 1810.)
JAMES FEARNLEY ARNOLD entered the Navy, 21 Sept. 1803, as Master's Mate, on board the REPULSE 74, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and John Halliday. Under the former officer, he took part in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805, was present at the passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807, and accompanied the expedition to Flushing in Aug. 1809. After a further servitude in the HIBERNIA 110, Capt. Rich. John Neve, he obtained a commission, dated 4 May, 1810, and was next appointed, on the Home station - 24 Oct. 1810, to the BEDFORD 74, Capt. Jas. Walker - in May, 1813, to the command of the NEPTUNE tender - 12 Jan. 1814, to the PUISSANT 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page - and, 17 Aug. 1822, to the Coast Guard. He has been employed, since 12 June, 1846, in the OCEAN 80, guard-ship at Sheerness, Capt. Rich. Arthur. AGENTS- Hallett and Robinson.
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Surname: Arnold, First Names : John
Birth Date : 04 Nov 1784

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 27/03/1807

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 19/07/1842

Notes:
ARNOLD. (RETIRED COMMANDER, 1842. F-P., 16 ; II-P., 33.)
JOHN ARNOLD was born 4 Nov. 1784.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Aug. 1798, as Midshipman, on board the TIGRE 80, Capt. Sir Wm. Sidney Smith. In the following year he assisted in the gun-boats and batteries at the defence of St. Jean d 'Acre ; and, on afterwards attending the expedition of 1801 to Egypt, served on shore with the naval brigade, commanded a gun-boat up the Nile bearing the broad pendant of Sir W. S. Smith, and was present at the surrender of Rosetta and of the castle of Jullien. In June, 1805, after a successive attachment of rather more than two years to the PENELOPE 36, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, GALYKHEID and RUBY, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Edw. Thornbrough, and ANTELOPE 50, Commodore Sir W. S. Smith, all on the Home station, Mr. Arnold was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the SPY 12, Capt. Bushby, off Boulogne, where, on 6 Aug. in the same year, he became Sub-Lieutenant of the DESPERATE gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John Price. During the next 20 months we find him sharing in numerous engagements with the enemy's flotilla and batteries; but more particularly on 29 Jan. 1807, when he received a wound so severe as to elicit from the Patriotic Society a gratuity of £30. Being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 March following, in the PEACOCK 18, Capt. Wm. Peake, he next joined in that capacity, 16 Sept. 1808, the FOUDROYANT 80, bearing the flag in South America of his old Captain, Sir W. S. Smith. While subsequently in the Transport service, in which he continued from 1809 to 1815, Mr. Arnold served with the Walcheren expedition, and was employed as Principal Agent at Oporto, Alicant, Bilboa, and finally at Bordeaux, where he embarked the British army for America and England. Having been on half-pay since the peace, he at length, on 19 July, 1842, accepted the rank he now holds.
Commander Arnold married, in 1813, Miss Rawstorne, niece of Sir Michael Pilkington, Bart.
* Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 1509.
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Surname: Arnold, First Names : William Henry

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 09/01/1876
Naval Cadet or Entry: 15/01/1870

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 079 - Britannia [Cadet under training]
June 1879 : 529 - Vulture 30 Oct 78

Surname: Arrow, First Names : John Jordan

Date promoted :
Commander: 16/05/1814

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Inspecting Commander, Coast Guard 6 Jan 20
June 1844 : Inspecting Commander, Coast Guard 6 Jan 20
Dec 1848 : Inspecting Commander, Coast Guard 6 Jan 20

Notes:
ARROW. (COMMANDER, 1814. F-P., 42; H-P., 5,)
JOHN JORDAN ARROW entered the Navy, 1 April, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the KENT 74, Capt. Wm. Johnstone Hope, flag-ship afterwards of Sir Rich. Bickerton, in which he escorted Sir Ralph Abercromby from Gibraltar to Egypt, and took part, as Midshipman, in the campaign of 1801. He removed, in Oct. 1803, to the ACTIVE 38, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, on the Home station; officiated afterwards, from 22 May to 21 July, 1806, as Acting-Lieutenant of the ESPIEGLE 18, Capt. Hon. Gage Morris, off the coast of Ireland; then sailed for the West Indies in the ORPHEUS frigate, Capt. Thos. Briggs ; and, on 12 Aug. 1807, was there confirmed, from the NORTHUMBERLAND 74, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, to a Lieutenancy in the JASON 32, Capts. Thos. John Cochrane, Wm. Maude, Chas. Napier, and Hon. Jas. Wm. King. During a continuance of nearly seven years in that frigate, Mr. Arrow commanded a party at the destruction of a French West Indiaman, under a heavy fire from the island of Margarita, in 1807 - assisted, with the CLEOPATRA 38, in capturing the French frigate La Topaze of 38 guns, off Guadeloupe, 22 Jan. 1809 - was present at the ensuing reduction of the Saintes - and, in 1813-14,shared, as First Lieutenant, in many active operations on the river Scheldt, particularly in an unsuccessful attack made by the boats of the JASON and AMPHION, attended with great loss to the British, on five French brigs, under Fort Lillo. From the JASON, which ship bore the flag of the Duke of Clarence when H.R.H. escorted Louis XVIII. to France, Mr. Arrow was at length promoted to the rank of Commander, 16 May, 1814. He has been employed in the Coast Guard since 6 Jan. 1820, and is the Senior Officer in that service.
Commander Arrow married Miss Kew, of New Palace Yard, Westminster, by whom he has issue.
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Surname: Arthur, First Names : Albert Frederick

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 08/11/1874
Naval Cadet or Entry: 08/05/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 079 - Britannia [Cadet under training]
June 1879 : 543 - Wolverine 1 Aug 76

Surname: Arthur, First Names : Richard (CB 1838)
Birth Date : 1779 Date Died: 1854

Date promoted :
Vice Adm: 17/09/1853
Rear Adm: 09/11/1846
Captain: 11/01/1810
Commander: 01/11/1805
Lieutenant: 28/02/1800

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 09/11/1846

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Good Service Pension : 28/08/1840 ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : ;

Notes:
ARTHUR, C.B. (REAR-ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, 1846. F-P., 21; H-P., 35.)
RICHARD ARTHUR, born in 1779, is son of the late John Arthur, Esq., of Plymouth, by Catherine, daughter of Thos. Cornish, Esq. ; brother of Col. Sir Geo. Arthur, Bart., K.C.H., late Governor of Bombay, and formerly Lieut.-Governor of Upper Canada, and of Van Diemen's Land ; and uncle of Capt. Fred. Leopold Arthur, 4th foot.

This officer entered the Navy, in 1783, as Captain's Servant, on board the POWERFUL 74, Capt. Andrew Sutherland, guard-ship at Portsmouth, and during the remainder of the peace served in the SOUTHAMPTON 32, Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, VALIANT 74, commanded by H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, and DRUID 32, Capt. Joseph Ellison. In 1793 he sailed for the East Indies as Midshipman of the HEROINE 32, Capt. Alan Gardner, and, after assisting at the reduction of Trincomalee and Colombo, in 1795-6, was sent in command of three transports laden with stores and provisions for Rear-Admiral Rainier's squadron at Amboyna, where he joined that officer in his flag-ship, the SUFFOLK 74. From March, 1797, until officially promoted, 28 Feb. 1800, Mr. Arthur continued to serve in the East Indies as Acting Lieutenant on board the ORPHEUS 32, Capts. Benj. Wm. Page and Wm. Bills, and TRIDENT 64, Capts. Alex. Milner and John Turner. Returning then to England, he became in succession attached, on the Cadiz, Mediterranean, and Jamaica stations, to the DREADNOUGHT, 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, EXCELLENT and TRIUMPH 74's, Capts. Frank Sotheron and Sir Robt. Barlow, and HERCULE 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres. On 1 Nov. 1805, the subject of this memoir, who had previously borne a useful part in repeated actions with the gun-boats off Cadiz, was promoted to the rank of Commander for his gallant conduct in cutting out, in command of the HERCULE's boats, a Spanish schooner from under the batteries of Santa Martha, and capturing four others (one armed) in the Gulf of Maracaibo. Being next appointed, 26 Sept. 1806, to the VESUVIUS bomb, he accompanied Lord Gambier's subsequent expedition to Copenhagen, where he served with the in-shore Squadron under Capt. Peter Puget on the occasion of its being attacked by the Danish flotilla, and in his general conduct acquired the entire approbation of his superior officers. On paying off the VESUVIUS, in Dec. 1807, Capt. Arthur was employed in superintending the discharge of the Danish line-of-battle ships at Portsmouth. On 13 April, 1808, he joined tile CHEROKEE brig, of 10 guns and 70 men, which vessel. during the Scheldt expedition of 1809, he commanded as one of the advanced squadron above Bach. He subsequently, on 11 Jan. 1810, being off Dieppe, distinguished himself by running in under the batteries and attacking seven lugger privateers anchored within 200 yards of the pier-head, and one of which, L'Aimable Nelly, of 16 guns and 60 men, he succeeded in boarding and bringing out. * In acknowledgement of this dashing exploit. he was at once promoted to Post-rank, by commission dated back to the day on which it was achieved From 10 Oct. 1812, until 1 Dec. 1815, Capt. Arthur further commanded the ANDROMEDA 24, off Lisbon and in the Mediterranean. He was not however again employed until the summer of 1844, when, after 28 years of incessant application, lie was appointed Captain of the VICTORY 104, and Superintendent of the Ordinary at Portsmouth, which situation he resigned on being constituted, 23 Sept., in the same year, Captain of the OCEAN 80 and Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard. He was Superseded in the latter appointment on advancement to Flag-rank, 9 Nov. 1846.

Rear-Admiral Arthur was nominated a C.B. 28 July, 1838, and from 28 Aug. 1840, until his last promotion, was in the receipt of the Captain's Good Service Pension. He married, in Nov. 1809, Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Wm. Wells Rector of East Allington, co. Devon, by whom he has issue three sons and one daughter. * Vide gaz. 1810, p. 57.
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Surname: Arthur, First Names : William
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 15/04/1867
Lieutenant: 08/03/1854

Surname: Arthur, First Names : William Stephens

Date promoted :
Captain: 01/04/1856
Commander: 11/10/1824

Notes:
ARTHUR. (COMMANDER, 1824. F-P. I l , H-P., 25.)
WILLIAM STEPHENS ARTHUR entered the Navy, 2 June, 1811, as L.M., on board the CALEDONIA 120, Capt. Rich. Harward, flag-ship in the Mediterra-nean of Sir Edw. Pellew ; became Midshipman Nov. 1811, of the RAINBOW 26, Capt. Gardiner Henry Guion, employed in co-operation with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia; served, from Feb. 1813, to Feb. 1818, in the IPHIGENIA 36, Capts. Andrew King and John Reynolds, under the former of whom, besides witnessing the fall of Genoa, he was wounded, we are informed, in an attack on Fort Erie, in 1814; then joined the IMPREGNABLE 104, flag-ship, on her return from the East Indies, of Lord Exmouth, Commander-in- Chief at Plymouth ; and, on 6 Feb. 1821, was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant. His next appointment was 10 July, 1823, to the Isis 50, flag-ship of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted, on the Jamaica station, where he attained his present rank, while serving in the BUSTARD sloop, 11 Oct. 1824. He has not since been employed. AGENT- John P.. Muspratt.
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Surname: Arthur, First Names : William Walter

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 18/08/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 549 - Zebra 29 Oct 69 (act)

Surname: Arundell, First Names : Henry Alphonsus

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 17/04/1862

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 328 - Monarch 13 May 69

Surname: Ash, First Names : Selby Horne Boultbee

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 21/10/1876

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 543 - Wolverine 21 Oct 76 addl

Surname: Ashby, First Names : Cecil Willaume

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 29/03/1877

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 323 - Minotaur 29 Mar 77

Surname: Ashby, First Names : William George

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 11/12/1826

Notes:
ASHBY. LIEUT., 1826. F-P., 15; : H.P., 15.)
WILLIAM GEORGE ASHBY entered the Navy, 28 Sept. 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the MAGNET 16, Capt. F. Moore Maurice, employed in the North Sea, and during the last two years of the war served on the Mediterranean station as Midshipman of the BACCHANTE 38, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, and LEVIATHAN 74, Capt. Thos. Briggs. Until promoted, 11 Dec. 1826, he was afterwards employed, the last seven years as Mate, in the GLASGOW 50, GANYMEDE 26, OWEN GLENDOWER 42, GLASGOW again, and ATHOLL 28, Capts. Hon. Anthony Maitland, Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, Hood Hanw. Christian, Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, and Jas. Arthur Murray, on the Mediterranean, Cape of Good Hope, South America, and East India station. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant, 11 Dec. 1826, he next joined, 16 Aug. 1827, the UNDAUNTED 46, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, in which frigate, after escorting Lord Wm. Bentinck, as. Governor-General to India, we find him returning to England with Major-Gen. Bourke, late Lieut.-Governor of the Cape. He has been on half-pay since 1830. AGENTS- Case and Loudonsack.
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Surname: Ashby, First Names : William Richmond

Date promoted :
Commander: 01/01/1857
Lieutenant: 18/02/1815

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 24 Mar 31
June 1844 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 24 Mar 31
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 24 Mar 31

Notes:
ASHBY. (LIEUT., 1815. F-P., 26 ; H-P., 13.)
WILLIAM RICHMOND ASHBY entered the Navy, 13 April, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the INVINCIBLE 74, Capts. Ross Donnelly, John Hollinworth, and Chas. Adam, with whom he successively served, nearly the whole time as Midshipman, until Jail. 1814, and was for some time employed in a gun-boat at the defence of Cadiz. After a further attachment of 21 months to the HOTSPUR 36, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, on the South America station, he was promoted to the rank he now holds by commission dated 18 Feb. 1815. He obtained an appointment in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the HYPERION 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, 27 Sept. 1828; and since 24 March, 1831, has been employed in the Coast Guard service. AGENTS- Hallett and Robinson.
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Surname: Ashe, First Names : Edward David
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 25/05/1842

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/01/1865

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Fisgard - 16 May 43
June 1844 : Fisgard - 16 May 43
Dec 1848 : 165 - Daphne 3 Nov 48

Notes:
ASHE.. (LIEUTENANT, 1842.)
EDWARD DAVID ASHE entered the Navy 20 March, 1830; passed his examination 21 May, 1836; served for three years in the Mediterranean as Mate of the DAPHNE 18, Capt. .John Win. Dalling ; and obtained his commission 25 May, 1842. He joined, 15 Feb. 1843, the EXCELLENT gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; and since 16 May in the same year leas been employed in the Pacific on board the FISGARD 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze. AGENTS.- Hallett and Robinson.
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Surname: Ashe, First Names : Edward Percy

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 30/01/1877
Midshipman: 18/06/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 348 - Northumberland 25 Aug 68 addl
June 1879 : 498 - Torch 31 May 79

Surname: Ashington, First Names : Alfred Angelo

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 26/01/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 096 - Captain 6 May 70 addl

Surname: Ashley, First Names : Benjamin

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/08/1807

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 11/01/1844

Notes:
ASHLEY. (RETIRED COMMANDER, 1844. F-P., 18 ; H-P., 36.)
BENJAMIN ASHLEY entered the Navy, 27 June, 1793, as A.B., on board the INVINCIBLE 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. Pakenham, whom he followed, after participating in the action of 1 June, 1794, into the JUSTE 80. From April, 1797, until May, 1802, he served as Master's Mate and Acting-Master of the CHILDERS brig, Capts. Jas. O'Bryen and Jas. Coutts Crawford, on the Home station; where, after an interval of three years and a half; he joined, in Nov. 1805, the ELEPHANT 74, Capt. Geo. Dundas, of which ship, when subsequently in the West Indies, he was created Acting-Lieutenant, 28 June, 1806. On being confirmed, 28 Aug. 1807, he removed to the COQUETTE, Capt. Robt. Forties, with whom he continued to be employed, in the same vessel, the FAVORITE 20, and CREOLE 36, on the Home and Africa stations, until Jan. 1814. He then returned to England as Acting-Captain of the ASTREA 36, in charge of a Brazilian convoy; and since 28 Oct. in the same year has been on half-pay. His assumption of the rank he now holds took place 11 Jan. 1844.
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Surname: Ashton, First Names : Herbert

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 20/09/1815

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 14/04/1864

Notes:
ASHTON. (LIEUT., 1815. F-P., 7 ; H-P., .31.)
HERBERT ASHTON- entered the Navy, 14 April, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the IMPLACABLE 74, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin stationed on the Baltic. On joining the SURVEILLANTE 38, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, he served in the boats of that frigate, under Lieut. Hon. Jas. Arbuthnot, at the cutting out of a brig under a heavy fire from the batteries of St. Gildas and St. Jacques, on the coast of France, 5 Sept. 1810; after which, while actively co-operating with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, he assisted at the capture of the towns of Bermeo and Deba in 1811. When next with Capt. John Chambers White, in the CENTAUR 74, Mr. Ashton witnessed the destruction, in April, 1814, of the French 74-gun ship Regulus, three brigs of war, and several smaller vessels, in the neighbourhood of Bordeaux. We subsequently find him employed in the SYBILLE 44, Capt. Thos. Forrest; and, again with Sir G. R. Collier, in the LEANDER 50, on the Madeira and Halifax stations. Since his promotion, which Gook place, 20 Sept. 1815, he has, with the exception of a brief attachment in the early part of 1816, to the FLY 16, Capt. John Baldwin, been unemployed. AGENT-Fred. Dufaur.
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Surname: Ashwin, First Names : Henry

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 24/04/1879

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 160 - Druid 18 Feb 79

Surname: Ashworth, First Names : John Ashworth

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 14/08/1878

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 151 - Dido 27 Mar 79

Awards and Qualifications: : E,BT,GM ; ;

Notes:
Obtained Naval Cadetship by competition at the Examination in June, 1870, but will not be entered in the `Britannia' till 15th July, 1870

Surname: Askew, First Names : Christopher Crackenthorp
Birth Date : 23 May 1782

Date promoted :
Captain: 19/07/1822

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Notes:
NL 20/12/48 Obituary (no details) for this officer as a Captain seniority of 1822.


ASKEW. Captain, 1822. F-P, 16; H.P., 33.)
CHRISTOPHER CRACKENTHORP ASKEW, born 23 May, 1782, is third surviving son of the late ,John Askew, Esq., of Pallinsburn, co. Northumberland, by Bridget, daughter and heiress of John Watson, Esq., of Goswick, co. Durham and brother of the present Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hen. Askew, K.C.B., of Pallinsburn, as also of Rich. Craster Askew, Esq., Recorder of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

This officer entered the Navy, 21 Feb. 1798, as Second-cl. Vol., on board the VESTAL 28, Capt. Chas. White, and shortly afterwards accompanied a squadron under Sir Home Popham, having for its object the destruction of the locks and sluice-gates of the Bruges canal. While next attached, during a period of six years, to the AMAZON 38, Capts. Edw. Riou, Sam. Sutton, and Wm. Parker, he took part in the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801; assisted at the capture of two privateers, carrying between them 40 guns and 256 men; and, in 1805, accompanied Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back in pursuit of the combined fleets of France and Spain. On 4 Feb. in the latter year he appears to have been on board a prize forming part of a convoy under the protection of the ARROW and ACHERON, when those vessels were captured after a brave resistance by two of the enemy's frigates. Being made Lieutenant, 27 Nov. following, into the UTRECHT 64, flag-ship in the Downs of Vice-Admiral John Holloway, he next joined in that capacity, 4 Dec. 1805, the DICTATOR 64, Capt. Jas. Macnamara, and, 30 Dec. 1806, the THALIA 36, Capts. Jas. Walker, Thos. Manby, and Jas. Giles Vashon. During his continuance in the last-mentioned ship, of which he ultimately became Acting-Captain, Mr. Askew proceeded to Davis Strait in supposed pursuit of two French frigates, and on his return to Europe, after a fruitless exposure of several weeks to many severe hardships, and a prolonged stay on the coast of Labrador, attended the expedition to Flushing in 1809. Being promoted, when subsequently in the West Indies, to the rank of Commander, 26 Nov. 1811, Capt. Askew next served, from 7 June, 1814, to 9 Oct. 1815, in the SHAMROCK 12, on the Irish station. His last appointment was, 22 May, 1821, to the MARTIN 20, fitting for the Mediterranean, where he remained, until posted, 19 July, 1822. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.

Capt. Askew married, 13 Feb. 1828, Sarah, third daughter of the late Patrick Dickson, of White Cross, Co. Berwick, and has issue. AGENTS- Hallett and Robinson.
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Surname: Askwith, First Names : Charles Hamilton

Date promoted :
Naval Cadet or Entry: 15/07/1877

Surname: Astle, First Names : George

Date promoted :
Rear Adm: 27/05/1825
Captain: 27/08/1798

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 27/05/1825

Notes:
Lieut. 1794 ; Cdr. 1796

Surname: Atherton, First Names : Bertram Mitford

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 05/10/1824

Notes:
ATHERTON. (LIEUTENANT, 1824.)
BERTRAM MITFORD ATHERTON is son of John Joseph Atherton, Esq., of Walton Hall, Lancashire a Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, by Marianne, sister: of Capt. Robt. Mitford, R.N.

This officer obtained his commission 5 Oct. 1824; and served, from 18 March, 1836, until July, 1838, on board the ASIA 84, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. Wm. Fisher. He has not since been employed. AGENTS- Goode and Lawrence.
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Surname: Atherton, First Names : William Cossley

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/04/1876
Midshipman: 23/01/1866

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 106 - Challenger 20 Dec 68
June 1879 : 511 - Valorous 25 feb 78

Surname: Athill, First Names : James

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 31/01/1812

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 30/07/1853

Notes:
ATHILL. (LIEUT., 1812. F-P., 9; H-P., 34.),
JAMES ATHILL entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1804, as a Supernumerary, on board the TIGRE 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, for the purpose of joining the ROYAL SOVEREIGN 100, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Bickerton, on the Mediterranean station, where he afterwards became attached to the QUEEN 98, Capt. Fras. Pender, and again to the TIGRE, commanded as before. While in the latter ship, in which he served for six years, he attended the expedition of 1807 to Egypt, and, on the night of 31 Oct. 1809, was employed in her boats with those of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour, at the capture and destruction, after a fearful struggle, and a loss to the British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, of the armed store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grondeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a convoy of seven merchantmen, defended by numerous strong batteries, in the bay of Rosas. * Mr. Athill, who attained the rank of Lieutenant while serving in the CENTAUR 74, Capt. John Chambers White, 31 Jan. 1812, was subsequently employed in the MALTA 80, flag-ship of Rear-.Admiral Hallowell, from Oct. 1812, to Dec. 1813. He then returned to England, and has not since been afloat. AGENTS-Coplands and Burnett.
* Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1907.
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Surname: Atkin, First Names : Nicholas

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 19/09/1810

Notes:
ATKIN. (LIEUT., 1810. F-P., 13; H-P., 37.)
NICHOLAS ATKIN entered the Navy, 28 Sept. 1797, as A.B., on board the MAGNANIME 44, Capt. Hon. Mich. de Courcy. In the course of the following year he assisted at the capture, off Cape Finisterre, of La Decade, French frigate, of 36 guns, and was also present at the defeat, with a loss to the MAGNANIME of 7 men wounded, of a squadron commanded by Commodore Bompart, and intended for the invasion of Ireland. During the remaining part of the war he served, as Midshipman, in the VOLTIGEUR Sloop, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland, and CONCORDE, of 42 guns and 224 men, Capt. Robt. Barton; and, while in the latter ship, contributed, 27 Jan. 1801, to the defeat, after a contest of 40 minutes, in which the British lost 4 men killed and 19 wounded, and the enemy 10 killed and 24 wounded, of the French frigate La Bravoure, of 42 guns and 320 men. In Dec. 1804, Mr. Atkin re-embarked on board the MELPOMENE frigate, Capt. Robt. Dudley Oliver, employed in blockading Havre de Grace. Between Oct. 1805, and Jan. 1808, we next find him employed in the DRAGON 74, Capts. Edw. Griffith and Matthew Henry Scott, and DAEDALUS 32, Capt. Fred. Warren. Ile was then, having been for nearly two years on the West India station, obliged to invalid home, whence in the summer of 1810, he proceeded to the East Indies, and was there promoted, from the PHAETON 38, Capt. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, to a Lieutenancy, on 19 Sept. in that year, in the CLORINDE 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, part of, the force employed at the ensuing reduction of the Isle of France. Mr. Atkin has been on half-pay since Oct. 1814, the date of his leaving the CLORINDE.
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Surname: Atkins, First Names : Charles

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 15/01/1846
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 25/04/1840

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Inconstant

Notes:
ATKINS. (LIEUTENANT, 1846.)
CHARLES ATKINS passed his examination 25 April, 1840; and served as Mate, on the North America and West India, Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the COMUS 18, Capt. Evan Nepean, CAMPERDOWN 104, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Brace, and INCONSTANT 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle. Since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 15 Jan. 1846, lie has been attached to the HIBERNIA 101, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, in the Mediterranean.
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Surname: Atkins, First Names : James (a)
Birth Date : 02 May 1777

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 12/08/1809

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 04/04/1848

Notes:
Transferred to another retirement scheme 03-May-1860

ATKINS. (LIEUT., 1809. F-P., 17; II-P., 33.)
JAMES ATKINS (a) was born 2 May, 1777.
This officer (who had previously, while in the Transport service, co-operated with the forces under Sir Ralph Abercromby and Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian in the reduction of the islands of Ste. Lucie, St. Vincent, and Grenada) entered the Navy, in Nov. 1797, as A.B., on board the HORNET 18, Capts. John Nash and Peter Hunt, in which vessel he continued until May, 180. During that period lie took part in an attack made in 1797 on the African island of Goree, where the HORNET sank a 20gun shill which had been opposed to her-served on shore during the expedition to Holland in 1799 -was at the capture, in 1801, of St. Bartholomew and St. Martin-and, in 180:3, assisted in reducing Ste. Lucre, Tobago, Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice. Until Dec. 1808, Mr. Atkins was next employed as Acting-Master of the GRENADA brig, Lieut.-Commanders John Barker and Geo. Grey Burton, under whom he contributed to the capture of nine privateers, but particularly of the Princess Murat, of 3 guns and 52 men, oil which occasion, 15 Feb. 1806, all eighteen-ounce shot entered his chest immediately under the right collar-bone, and caused a wound so severe that lie was presented, six years afterwards, with a gratuity of 1361. 17s. For his bravery on this and on other occasions, he appears to leave been also voted the sum of £100 by the Patriotic Society. Being invested by Sir Alex. Cochrane with the rank of' Lieutenant, 20 Dec. 18118, and appointed to the command of* the MOZAMBIQUE schooner, Mr. Atkins rendered good service during the operations which led to the surrender of Martinique, an event that was followed by his removal to the GROUPER, another schooner, in the command of which the Admiralty confirmed hum, 12 Aug. 1809. After assisting at the capture, in Feb. 1810, of the island of Guadeloupe and its dependencies, and being usefully employed in the protection of trade, the latter vessel was unfortunately cast away, 21 Oct. 1805, and, although her commander was ultimately rescued by some fishermen, it was not until lie had been beaten about for five hours upon a piece of the wreck, and had been reduced to a state of insensibility from the effects of several desperate lacerations, which Ile yet feels. An uninterrupted servitude of twelve years in the West Indies, added to his severe misfortunes, having at length shattered his constitution, lie returned to England, in June, 1812, a passenger in the GLOIRE frigate, Capt. Jas. Carthew; and, on 14 Nov. following, was appointed to the CLARENCE 74, Capts. Henry Vansittart and Fred. Warren. After all intermediate employment in the North Sea and Channel, latterly under the flag of Lord Keith, he was paid off, 20 Aug. 1814, and has not since been afloat.

Lieut. Atkins married, 22 Oct. 1819, Belle Sophia, eldest daughter of Jos. Gray, Esq., of Jamestown, co. Wexford, a Magistrate for that county, and Captain of the Wexford Militia, and niece of Lieut. Colonel Loftus Gray, of the Rifle Brigade. He has issue two sons and three daughters.
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Surname: Atkins, First Names : James (b)

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 04/05/1810

Notes:
ATKINS. (LIEUT., 1810. F-P., 26 ; H-P., :30.)
JAMES ATKINS (L) entered the Navy, 31 March, 1791, as Fst: cl. Vol., on board the Ecuo 16, Capts. Chas. Jones and Peter Halkett, employed on the Newfoundland and Channel stations. Removing, in June, 1794, to LA NYMPHE 36, Capts. Geo. Hurray and Geo. Losack, lie bore a part in Lord Bridport's action, 23 June, 1795 ; subsequently to which he joined the STANDARD 64, and served in that ship under Capts. Joseph Ellison, Geo. Burlton, and others, until 10 Feb. 1798. On 25 May, 180:3, he re-embarked on board the MONARCH 74, bearing the flag of Lord Keith ; but being transferred, in May, 1804, to the GLORY 98, successive flagship of Admirals Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, Sir John Orde, and Chas. Stirling, was a participator, under the latter officer, in Sir Robt. ('alder's action, 2-l. July, 180:1. In June, 1809, we find Mr. Atkins, who had been transferred, in Jan. 1808, to the NORTHUMBERLAND 74, Capt. Wm. Hargood, serving in a boat action with six of the enemy's glen-vessels off Trieste, and a few days after that event promoted to the rank of Acting-Lieutenant. In Oct. following he became attached, in the latter capacity, to the IMOGENE 16, Capt. Win. Stephens, to which sloop, after having been employed oil shore at the reduction of the island of Santa Maura, he was confirmed by commission dated 4 May, 1810. He subsequently served, from 10 Aug. 1811, until lie invalided, 31 Jan. 1814, in the SNARE 18, Capts. Wm. Hellard and Geo. Robbin, on the Leith and West India stations; and, on 15 June, 1816, was next appointed to the command of the signal station at Rowe Hill, in Kent, which he retained until 1821. he has been employed, since 1 May, 1848, on the quarantine establishment at Standgate Creek.
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Surname: Atkinson, First Names : Alexander William

Date promoted :
Naval Cadet or Entry: 15/01/1879

Surname: Atkinson, First Names : George
Birth Date : 23 Oct 1793

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 26/08/1814

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 15/04/1858

Notes:
ATKINSON. (LIEUT., 1814. F-P., 7; H-P., 33.)
GEORGE ATKINSON, born 23 Oct. 1793, is brother of Lieut. Thos. Atkinson, R.N.

This officer entered the Royal Naval College 2-? May, 1807, and embarked, 3 June, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the MEDUSA 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouvcrie, stationed off the coast of France, where he attained the rating of Midshipman, 2 May, 1811. On the night of 1 June, 1813, he served with the boats, under Lieut. Josiah Thompson, at the capture and destruction, in the harbour of Arcasson, of La Dorade French storeship, of 14 guns and 86 men, after a desperate struggle, in which the assailants had 5 men wounded, and in which 63 of the enemy (who had hailed the latter in their approach, and were in every way prepared for the attack) were either killed or compelled to jump overboard. In the course of the same year Mr. Atkinson was much employed in co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, where he landed with Capt. Bouverie as his aide-de-camp. In June, 1813, he removed to the RIVOLI 74, Capt. Graham .Eden Hamond, on the Mediterranean station, and there served, part of his time in charge of a watch, until 21 May, 1814. He was soon afterwards appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the BLENHEIM 74, but from ill health was unable to join. His official promotion to the rank he now holds took place 26 Aug. 1814. Unsuccessful in his applications for employment, he has since continued on half-pay.

Lieut. Atkinson married, 10 Sept. 1823, Magdalene, youngest daughter of Jas. Strachan, Esq., of Thornton, and formerly of Lauriston, co. Forfar, N.B., by Mary, youngest daughter and co-heir of the late John Leigh, Esq., of Northcourt, Isle of Wight. He has issue three daughters.
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Surname: Atkinson, First Names : George Lambart
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 14/08/1868
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 18/06/1867
Naval Cadet or Entry: 13/03/1861

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 437 - Sapphire (due to pay off 9 Jul 79) 9 Aug 75

Surname: Atkinson, First Names : Henry Esch (Kt)
Birth Date : 1792

Date promoted :
Commander: 30/04/1827

Notes:
ATKINSON. (COMMANDER, 1827. F-P., 18; H-P., 22.)
SIR HENRY ESCH ATKINSON, born in 1792, is son of the late Henry Wm. Atkinson, Esq., Provost of the Hon. Company of Moneyers ; brother of Sir Jasper Atkinson, Kt., of the Royal Mint; and brother-in-law of the late Judge, Sir Wm. Taunton.

This officer entered the Navy, 2 Feb. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the PANDORA 18, Capt. Henry Hume Spence; and, after assisting at the capture, under the batteries near Cape Grisnez, of L'Entreprenante French privateer lugger, of 16 guns and 53 men, removed, as Midshipman, in May, 1808, to the HERO 74, Capt. Jas. Newman Newman, part of Lord Gambier's fleet at the destruction of the enemy's shipping in Aix Roads, in April, 1808. In the early part of 1810 he proceeded to the West Indies on board the CIRCE 28, Capt. Edw. Woollcombe, and he subsequently (until promoted, 16 Feb. 1815) served, on the Baltic, Mediterranean, and Irish stations, in the VIGO 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Nicoll Morris, RIVOLI 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, and CASTILIAN 18, Capt. David Braimer. His subsequent appointments were - 20 May, 1815, to the BACCHUS 16, Capt. Wm. Hill, in the Bay of Biscay - 1 Nov. 1819, to the BRAZEN 26, Capt. Wm. Shepheard, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope - 11 March, 1823, to the QUEEN CHARLOTTE 100, flagship at Portsmouth of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed - June, 1824, to the BRITOMART 10, Capt. Octavius Venables Vernon, on the Jamaica station - 23 Aug. 1835, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the HYPERION 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye - and, 9 March, 1827, to the WEAZLE 10, Capt. John Burnet Dundas, fitting for sea. He was superseded from the latter vessel on promotion to the rank he now holds, 30 April following; and, from 19 March, 1835, until 1838, was afterwards employed in the Coast Guard. He has since been in the receipt of half-pay.

Sir Henry Esch Atkinson, who was knighted by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1836, is at present Superintendent of Convicts in Van Diemen's Land. He married, in 1819, Sarah, daughter of John Randall, Esq., of the Isle of Wight, and has issue one son, and four daughters, the eldest of whom is married to Lieut. T. A. Butler, R.N. AGENT-Joseph Woodhead.
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Surname: Atkinson, First Names : Horatio Nelson

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 27/11/1827

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/07/1863

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 31 Mar 36
June 1844 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 31 Mar 36
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 31 Mar 36

Notes:
ATKINSON. (LIEUT., 1827. F-P.; 25; H-P., 5.)
HORATIO NELSON ATKINSON - named after his godfather, the hero of Trafalgar - is eldest son of the late Thos. Atkinson, Esq., Master-Attendant, for the thirty years preceding his death, which took place in June, 1836, of Halifax and Portsmouth Dockyards, an officer of great merit, who served as Master of Nelson's flag-ships, by whom he was highly prized, at Teneriffe, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar, and was also present, in the THESEUS, at the battle of the Nile and the siege of Acre. He is brother of Lieut. R. L. Atkinson, R.N.; and brother-in-law of Lieut. Thos. Carey, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy in Jan. 1817, and passed his examination in 1824. In Jan. 1825, when Mate of the SERINGAPATAM 46, Capt. Sam. Warren, he received three severe gun-shot wounds, and evinced the utmost gallantry, at the capture, in the Negropont Channel, by the boats of that frigate and of the CAMBRIAN, of two piratical Greek vessels, carrying 1 gun and about 30 men each, on which occasion the British sustained a loss in the whole of 6 men killed and 13 wounded.* He attained the rank of Lieutenant, 27 Nov. 1827 ; served afterwards, from 23 Feb. 1831, until July, 1834, in the ALFRED 50, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, on the Mediterranean station, where he witnessed the establishment of King Otho on the throne of Greece, and was presented, when off Alexandria, with a sword by Mehemet Ali; and since 31 March, 1836, for want of ability to procure further occupation afloat, has been employed in the Coast Guard.

He married, 28 Oct. 1830, Rosaria, second daughter of the late Capt. Field, R.N., and niece of the late Admiral Stuart, by whom he has issue two sons. AGENTS - Hallett and Robinson.

Vide Gaz. 1833, p. 698.
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Surname: Atkinson, First Names : Robert Laurie
Birth Date : 05 Jan 1811

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 06/06/1837

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Volage - 9 Nov 43

Notes:
ATKINSON. (LIEUT., 1837. F-P., 17 ; H-P., 4.)
ROBERT LAURIE ATKINSON, born 5 Jan. 1811, at Portsmouth Dockyard, is next brother of Lieut. H. N. Atkinson, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 4 Jan. 1826, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the PHILOMEL 10, Capts. Lord Wm. Paget, Viscount Ingestre, Hon. Wm. Keith, and Edw. Hawes, in which vessel, after serving in the Channel, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where, on being lent to the Asia 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington, he took part in the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1837. He then rejoined the PHILOMEL, and during his continuance in that vessel received a very severe injury in the performance of his duty, which confined him for several weeks to his hammock. Between Jan. 1829 and 1832, in which year he passed his examination, Mr. Atkinson served, as Midshipman, on board the RALEIGH 18, Capts. Geo. Haye and Wm. Dickson, Isis 50, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, SYLVIA cutter, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Spark, and VERNON 50, Capt. Sir Fras. Augustus Collier. Until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 6 June, 1837, he was next employed, as Mate, on the West India and Home stations, of the RACER 16, Capt. Jas. Hope, RINGDOVE 16, Capt. Fred. Wm. Lapidge, and CASTOR 36, Capt. Edw. Collier. The subject of this memoir, who, in the RINGDOVE, had been actively occupied off Bilboa during the Carlist operations of 1835-6, was subsequently appointed, on his promotion as above, to the CORNWALLIS 72, Capt. Sir Rich. Grant - next, in succession, to the PEARL 20, SERINGAPATAM 42, GANNET 16, and SNAKE 16. all on the West India station, whence a nearly fatal attack of yellow fever compelled him to invalid, in Sept. 1838 - 10 April, 1839, and 24 Sept. 1840, to the BELLEISLE 72, and CALCUTTA 84, Capts. John Toup Nicolas and Sir Sam. Roberts, both stationed in the Mediterranean - and, 9 Nov. 1843, as First-Lieutenant, to the VOLAGE 26, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson, from which ship he was superseded, at his own request, 7 Dec. following. He has not since been afloat.

Having lost his first wife, 12 June, 1838, Lieut. Atkinson married, a second time, 22 April, 1843. AGENTS- Goode and Lawrence.
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Surname: Atkinson, First Names : Thomas

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/05/1813

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/02/1856

Notes:
ATKINSON. (LIEUT. 1813. F-P., 8 ; H-P., 33.)
THOMAS ATKINSON is son of the late Thos. Atkinson, Esq., of Salisbury, Co. Wilts; and brother of the present Lieut. Geo. Atkinson, R.N., as also of Lieut. John Atkinson (1812), who died in 1819.

This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board L'AIMABLE frigate, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, with whom he afterwards served for upwards of six years, as Midshipman, in the MEDUSA 32. During that period he participated in all the operations in the Rio de la Plata, from Oct. 1806, until the MEDUSA's return home with Lieut.-Gen. Whitelocke, on the final evacuation of Spanish America in Sept. 1807, including the capture of Maldonado and of the island of Gorriti ; assisted in taking several privateers; was for three months exposed to considerable hardships during a fruitless pursuit of two French frigates to the coast of Labrador; and co-operated much with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. He also, on the night of 4 June, 1812, served in the boats, under Lieut. Josiah Thompson, at the capture and destruction, in the harbour of Arcasson, of La Dorade storeship, of 14 guns and 86 men, after a violent conflict, in which the British had 5 men wounded, and in which 63 of the enemy (who had hailed the latter in their approach,. and were in every way prepared for the attack) were either killed or compelled to jump overboard. In July, 1812, Mr. Atkinson became Acting-Lieutenant of the LYRA sloop, but it was not until 28 May, 1813, that (having been re-attached to the MEDUSA, and been employed for some time also in the IMPETUEUX 74, flag ship off Lisbon of Sir Geo. Martin, and in the MAGICIENNE 36, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon) he at length obtained confirmation. Towards the close of the same year we find him serving off the coast of Africa in the PLOVER 18, Capt. Colin Campbell. He returned to England in March, 1814, on board the FAVORITE 20, Capt. John Maxwell, and has since been on half' pay.

Lieut. Atkinson married, in 1816, Miss Lewanna Smith, and has issue eight children.
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Surname: Atkinson, First Names : Thomas Dinham

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 16/10/1848

Surname: Atkinson, First Names : William Edward Breeks

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/06/1869

Surname: Atkinson, First Names : William Nott

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 20/04/1870

Surname: Atwater, First Names : James
Birth Date : 07 Nov 1774

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 16/04/1802

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 25/01/1834

Notes:
ATWATER. (RETIRED COMMANDER, 1834. F-P., 20 ; H-P., 34.)
JAMES ATWATER was born 7 Nov. 1774.

This officer entered the Navy, 29 Jan. 1793, as Ordinary, on board the AUDACIOUS 74, Capts. Wm. Parker, Alex. Hood, Wm. Shield, Augustus Montgomery, and Davidge Gould, part of the fleets employed under Lord Howe and Admiral Hotham in the actions of 28 May, 1794, and 13 July, 1795. In the course of 1797, having joined the SYLPH 18, Capts. John Chambers White and Chas. Dashwood, he witnessed the destruction of La Calliope French frigate ; joined in an attack made upon an enemy's convoy at the entrance of the Sable d'Olonne, on which occasion the SYLPH had 2 men killed and 4 wounded; and, a few days afterwards, assisted at the capture of five coasting-vessels, and destruction of Le Petit Diable, a French cutter, of 18 guns and 100 men. On 28 Nov. 1798, while conducting a prize to Plymouth, Mr. Atwater was unfortunately taken prisoner, but, being released at the end of eleven months, was enabled to rejoin the SYLPH, in which he continued to serve until transferred, in July, 1801, to the VILLE DE PARIS 110, flag ship of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant, 16 April, 1802, he afterwards joined, in that capacity - 27 Jan. 1804, the METEOR bomb, Capts. Jas. Master, Joseph James, and Jas. Collins, in which vessel he served at the bombardments of Havre de Grace and Boulogne, the passage of the Dardanells, also in an attack on some batteries and gun-boats in the Bay of Naples, and in a month's cannonade of the French army at the siege of Rosas - 1 Nov. 1809, the HOUND bomb, Capts. Nich. Lockyer and John Williams, lying in the river Thames - and, 20 Feb. 1810, the NAMUR 74, successive flag-ship at the Nore of Admirals Wells, Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, and Sir Thos. Williams. He was superseded from the NAMUR 29 Aug. 1814, and, not being afterwards employed, retired with his present rank, 25 Jan. 1834.

Commander Atwater married, 11 Sept. 1802, Miss Mary Anne Cluck, and has issue a son and three daughters.
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Surname: Aubertin, First Names : John Dunn

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 23/09/1873
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 22/06/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 113 - Clio 22 Mar 70

Surname: Auchinleck, First Names : James Richard
Birth Date : 04 Mar 1791

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 04/02/1815

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 09/02/1860

Notes:
AUCHINLECK. (LIEUTENANT, 1815. F-P., 16 ; H-P., 26.)
JAMES RICHARD AUCHINLECK was born 4 March, 1791.

This officer entered the Navy, 26 Dec. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the SQUIRREL 24, Capt. John Shortland, whom he accompanied, as Midshipman, in May, 1809, into the JUNON 38. On 13 Dec. in the same year, that ship, being near Guadeloupe, was captured, after an heroically desperate resistance of 45 minutes, and a loss of 20 men killed and 40 wounded, by a French squadron, consisting of the 40-gun frigates, Renommιe and Clorinde, and armιes en flute Loire and Seine, carrying each 20 guns - with the two former of whom she appears to have sustained a yard-arm and yard-arm conflict until on the verge of sinking. Until officially promoted, 4 Feb. 1815, Mr. Auchinleck was subsequently employed with great activity, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the ALCMENE 38, Capt. Wm. Maude, HIBERNIA and CENTAUR, both commanded by Capt. John Chambers White, SAN JOSEF 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, HAVANNAH 36, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, ALBION 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Geo, Cockburn, and LACEDAEMONIAN 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, chiefly on the Mediterranean and North America stations. We afterwards find him serving, from Sept. 1815, to Dec. 1818, and from March, 1823, to March, 1826, on board the PIQUE 36, and PARTHIAN 10, commanded on the West India and other stations by Capts. Hon. Anthony Maitland, Arthur Fanshawe, Jas. Haldane Tait, John Mackellar, and Hon. Geo. Barrington. Since the latter date he has been on half pay.
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Surname: Austen, First Names : Algernon Stewart
Birth Date : 31 Aug 1815
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 30/04/1841

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/07/1864

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Cambrian - 20 Aug 41
June 1844 : Cambrian - 20 Aug 41

Notes:
AUSTEN. (LIEUTENANT, 1841.)
ALGERNON STEWART AUSTEN, born 31 Aug. 1815, is fourth son of Sir Henry Edm. Austen, Bart., of Shalford House, co. Surrey, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for that county, by Anne Amelia, daughter of the late Robt. Spearman Bate, Esq., E.I.C. service; and brother of Capt. Henry Edm. Austen, of the 71st Light Infantry, as also of Lieut. John Wentworth Austen, of the 49th regiment.

This officer entered the Navy 9 Sept. 1830; passed his examination 24 April, 1835 ; and, after serving for some time as Mate on board the BENBOW 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, stationed in the Mediterranean, obtained a commission, dated 30 April, 1841. His appointments have since been - 30 Aug. 1841, to the CAMBRIAN 36, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, on the East India station - and, 13 Dec. 1845, to the CARYSFORT 26, Capt. Geo. Henry Seymour, now employed in the Pacific.
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Surname: Austen, First Names : Charles John

Date promoted :
Commander: 07/06/1848
Lieutenant: 25/06/1844
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 06/06/1840

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Agincourt

Notes:
AUSTEN. (LIEUT., 1844. F-P., 14 ; H-P., 0.)
CHARLES JOHN AUSTEN is son of Rear-Admiral C. J. Austen, R.N., C: B.

This officer entered the Navy 15 Feb. 1833; passed his examination 6 June, 1840; served as Mate of the BELLEROPHON 80, commanded by his father, during the ensuing operations on the coast of Syria, where he beheld the fall of St. Jean d'Acre; and, after a further attachment to the EXCELLENT gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and AGINCOURT 72, bearing the flag in the East Indies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 25 June, 1844. He was then re-appointed to the AGINCOURT, and continued to serve in that ship until removed, 11 June, 1845, to the SERPENT 16, Capt. Wm. Nevill. His name, since 8 May, 1846, has been borne, for surveying service, on the books of the VINDICTIVE, 50, bearing the flag of his uncle, Sir Fras. Wm. Austen, on the North America and West India station. [Pencil note Died 10 Feb 1867, off Guadaloupe.]
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Surname: Austen, First Names : Charles John (a) (CB 1840)
Birth Date : 1779 Date Died: 5 Oct 1852

Date promoted :
Rear Adm: 09/11/1846
Captain: 10/05/1810
Commander: 10/10/1804
Lieutenant: 13/12/1797

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 09/11/1846

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Good Service Pension : 28/08/1840 ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : ;

Note 1:
1840 - Bellerophon ; Coast of Syria ; Died aged 72 . 2nd Burmah War Nov 51 - Jan 1853


Note 2:
AUSTEN, C.B. (REAR-ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, 1846. F-P., 31; H-P., 25.)
CHARLES JOHN AUSTEN, born in 1779, is a younger brother of Vice-Admiral Sir Fras. Wm. Austen, K. C. B.

This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in July, 1791, and embarked, in Sept. 1794, as Midshipman, on board the DAEDALUS 32, Capt. Thos. Williams, whom he successively followed into the UNICORN 32, and ENDYMION 44. He was consequently present in the UNICORN at the capture of the Dutch brig-of-war Comet, of 18 guns, also of the French frigate La Tribune, of 44 guns and 339 men, and of the troop-ship La Ville de L' Orient. For his conduct in the ENDYMION, in driving into Helvoetsluys the Dutch line-of-battle ship Brutus, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 13 Dec. 1797, in the SCORPION 16, Capt. John Tremayne Rodd. After assisting at the capture of the Courier Dutch brig, carrying 6 guns and several swivels, Mr. Austen removed, in Dec. 1798, to the TAMAR frigate, Capt. Thos. Western, and, on 16 Feb. 1799, was re-appointed to the ENDYMION; in which frigate, commanded successively by Capts. Sir T. Williams, Philip Chas. Durham, Henry Garrett, and John Larmour, he came into frequent contact with the enemy's gun-boats off Algesiras, and assisted in making prize of several privateers. On the occasion, particularly, of the capture of the Scipio, of 18 guns and 140 men, which surrendered during a violent gale, he very intrepidly put off in a boat with only four men, and, having boarded the vessel, succeeded in retaining possession of her until the following day. In April, 1803, he again joined the ENDYMION, which frigate had been paid off at the peace, and continued to serve as her First Lieutenant until promoted, on the recommendation of his Captain, the Hon. Chas. Paget, for his conduct at the capture of three men-of-war and two privateers, to the command, 10 Oct. 1804, of the INDIAN sloop.* After a successful servitude of more than five years on the North America station, Capt. Austen was posted 10 May, 1810, into the SWIFTSURE 74, Sir John Borlase Warren's flag ship, from which he removed, 25 Sept. following, to the CLEOPATRA 32. From 20 Nov. 1811, until 30 Sept. 1814, we next find him discharging the arduous duties, in the NAMUR 74, of Flag-Captain to his patron, Sir Thos. Williams, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. Being then appointed to the PHOENIX 36, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where, on the renewal of hostilities consequent on Buonaparte's escape from Elba, he was sent, with the UNDAUNTED 38, and GARLAND 22, under his orders, in pursuit of a Neapolitan squadron, supposed to be in the Adriatic. Subsequently to the surrender of Naples. Capt. Austen, who had detached the UNDAUNTED to scour the coast, instituted a close blockade of the harbour of Brindisi, and soon induced both the castle and two of the enemy's largest frigates, then lying in the port, to hoist the colours of their restored monarch. Having acquired the unqualified approbation of Lord Exmouth throughout the whole of these operations, he was next despatched iii search of a French squadron ; but a cessation of hostilities intervening, he turned his attention to the suppression of piracy in the Archipelago, which bh completely effected by the capture of two pirate vessels in the port of Pavos. On 20 Feb. 1816, the PHOENIX was at length unavoidably wrecked during a hurricane near Smyrna, a disaster solely attributable to the ignorance of her pilots. Capt. Austen, who was therefore fully acquitted of all blame on the occasion, afterwards joined, 2 June, 1826, the AURORA 46, in which frigate he proceeded, as second in command, to the Jamaica station, where his exertions in crushing the slave-trade appear to have been most successful. On the paying off of the AURORA, in Dec. 1828, it was found that, during the two years and a half of her servitude under Capt. Austen's command, she had not lost a single man by sickness or otherwise, and so favourable was the official report of her state of discipline and efficiency, that the subject of this memoir was at once nominated by Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys to be his Flag-Captain in the WINCHESTER 52, on the North America and West India station, where he continued until obliged to invalid, from the effects of a very severe accident, in Dec. 1830. His next appointment was, on 14 April, 1838, to the BELLEROPHON 80, in which ship lie returned to the Mediterranean, where his exertions at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, 3 Nov. 1840, procured him the Companionship of the Bath. On 2 Dec. following the BELLEROPHON was attacked by a violent storm, and nothing under Providence but the unparalleled exertions of the officers and crew, guided by Capt. Austen's able management, preserved her from being cast away on the iron-bound shore of Syria, where, had she been wrecked, not a soul could have been saved. Since the paying off of the BELLEROPHON, in June, 1841, Capt. Austen (to whom the good-service pension had been awarded 28 Aug. 1840) was advanced to Flag-rank, 9 Nov. 1846.

He married, first, in 1807, Frances, youngest daughter of the late J. G. Palmer, Esq., Attorney-General at Bermuda, by whom he had issue three daughters; and, secondly, in 1820, Harriet, second daughter of the same gentleman, by whom he has two sons, both in the service of their country - the one in the army, the other, Charles .John, a Lieutenant in the Navy. The youngest of the Rear-Admiral's daughters is married to her cousin, Commander F. W. Austen, R.N. AGENT- Joseph Woodhead.

The INDIAN, on 19 June, 1808, captured La Jeune Estelle privateer, of 4 guns and 25 Men.
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Surname: Austen, First Names : Ernest Leigh

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 16/12/1877

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 492 - Thetis 13 May 79

Surname: Austen, First Names : Francis William
Birth Date : 12 Jul 1809

Date promoted :
Captain: 11/11/1846
Commander: 23/11/1841

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Note 1:
21 Nov 1845 - 4 Jun 1846 Alecto ; Squadron in the Parana ; Commanding officer wounded at Tonneloro.
Note 2:
AUSTEN. (COMMANDER, 1841. F-P., 18; H-P., 7.)
FRANCIS WILLIAM AUSTEN, born 12 July, 1809, is eldest son of Vice-Admiral Sir F. W. Austen, K.C.B.

This officer entered the Royal Naval College 11 Feb. 1822 ; and embarked, 20 June, 1823, as a Volunteer, on board the REVENGE 78, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Vice Admiral Sir Harry Burrard Neale. After officiating for nearly four years as Midshipman, on the same station, of the SERINGAPATAM 46, and PELICAN 18, Capts. Chas. Sotheby and Wm. Alex. Baillie Hamilton under the former of whom he saw much anti-piratical boat service, Mr. Austen was appointed Mate, in Aug. 1828, of the BLONDE 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons, and during his continuance in that ship was employed on shore in co-operation with the French army at the ensuing reduction of the Morea Castle, which surrendered after a siege of eight days. attaining the rank of Lieutenant, 30 April, 1830, he afterwards joined in that capacity, on the North America, West India, and Africa stations, 22 Nov. following, the GANNET 18, Capt. Mark Halpen Sweny - 23 Feb. 1832, the TWEED 20, Capts. Allan Bertram and Henry Geo. Hamilton - 12 Oct. 1836, as Senior, the WANDERER 16, Capts. Thos. Dilke and Thos. Bushby - and, 1 March, 1841, as Lieut.-Commander, the BONETTA brigantine, of 3 guns. While in the TWEED, of which vessel he appears to have acted as Captain during a period of great mortality, Mr. Austen commanded her boats for the suppression of slavery off the Isle of Pines, and on one occasion had the misfortune, through the bursting of a powder-horn, to lose the use of the fore-finger and thumb of his right hand. He assumed his present rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; and since 10 Nov. 1845, has been in command of the ALECTO steam-sloop, on the south-east coast of America.

Commander Austen married, 13 July, 1843, his cousin, Frances Palmer, third daughter of Rear-Admiral C. J. Austen, R.N., C.B. AGENT-Joseph Woodhead.
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Surname: Austen, First Names : Francis William (1) (CB 1815 KCB 1837, GCB 1860)
Birth Date : 23 Apr 1774 Date Died: 10 Aug 1865
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Adm of Fleet: 27/04/1863
Adm: 01/08/1848
Vice Adm: 28/06/1838
Rear Adm: 22/07/1830
Captain: 13/05/1800
Commander: 03/02/1799
Lieutenant: 28/12/1792

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 22/07/1830

Note 1:
RA and VA of UK ; Order of the Bath - Battle of St Domingo, 6 Feb 1806
Note 2:
AUSTEN, K. C. B. (VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE RED, 1838. F-P., 27 ; H-P., 34)
SIR FRANCIS WILLIAM AUSTEN, born 23 April, 1774, at Steventon, co. Hants, is son of the late Rev. Thos. Austen, Rector of Steventon, by Cassandra, youngest daughter of the Rev. Thos. Leigh, formerly Rector of Harpsden, co. Oxford ; and brother of Rear-Admiral C. J. Austen, R.N., C.B.

This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 15 April, 1786; and (having attracted the particular notice of the Lords of the Admiralty by the closeness of his application, and been in consequence marked out for early promotion) embarked, 23 Dec. 1788, as a Volunteer, on board the PERSEVERANCE frigate, Capt. Isaac Smith, in which he proceeded to the East Indies, and there successively joined, as Midshipman, the CROWN 64, and MINERVA 38, bearing each the broad pendant of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis. Obtaining his first commission, 28 Dec. 1792, he afterwards served, on the Home station, chiefly as Senior Lieutenant, in the DESPATCH armed brig, LARK sloop, ANDROMEDA 32, PRINCE GEORGE and GLORY 98's, SHANNON, TRITON, and SEAHORSE frigates, and LONDON 98, under Capts. John Whitby, Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin, Josias Rowley, Wm. Ogilvy, Thos. Sotheby, Wm. Taylor, Jas. Bowen, Alex. Fraser, John Gore, Edw. Jas. Foote, and John Child Purvis, until promoted to the command, 3 Feb. 1799, of the PETEREL sloop, of 24 guns, including 8 carronades, and 120 men. He had, during that period, escorted the Princess Caroline of Brunswick from Cuxhaven to England, assisted at the evacuation of Ostend and Nieuport, and been present in Sir Hugh Christian's celebrated hurricanes. While in command of the PETEREL, Capt. Austen, among numerous other services which exposed him to a constant fire from the enemy's batteries, effected the capture and destruction of upwards of forty vessels of various descriptions; and, on 19 June, 1799, participated in Lord Keith's capture of a French squadron under Rear-Admiral Perrιe. On 21 March, 1800, he inexpressibly signalised himself in an encounter off Marseilles with three French national vessels, two of which (the one of 14, the other of 6 guns) he drove on the rocks, and succeeded, although close in shore, and within point-blank shot of two batteries, in capturing the third, La Ligurienne, a brig of 16 guns and 104 men, after a running fight of an hour and a half, the whole being accomplished without the loss of a man to the PETEREL, 30 of whose crew, with the First Lieutenant and gunner, were at the time absent in prizes.* At the blockade of Genoa, in May, following, Capt. Austen displayed his wonted energy ; and, for the zeal lie evinced in resolutely maintaining for a considerable period a position within less than three miles of the Mole head, received the thanks of Lord Keith. The PETEREL shortly afterwards joined Sir Sidney Smith's squadron on the coast of Egypt, and, on 13 Aug. following, had the good fortune to prevent a Turkish line-of-battle ship, of 80 guns, aground near the island of Aboukir, and totally dismasted, from falling into the hands of the French, 300 of whom had already commenced the work of plunder, but were driven off, and their prize set on fire. The Capitan Pacha, not long afterwards, testified the sense he entertained of the performance by presenting Capt. Austen with a handsome sabre and pelisse. In October of the same year (having been promoted to Post-rank on 13 of the previous May in consequence of the action off Marseilles) the Subject of this memoir resigned the command of the PETEREL, and returned home, where, on 29 Aug. 1801, he became Flag-Captain, in the NEPTUNE 98, to his patron, Vice-Admiral Jas. Gambier, with whom he served until Oct. 1802. At the renewal of hostilities in 1803, we find him employed at Ramsgate in raising a body of Sea Fencibles, the command of which lie retained until appointed, 7 May, 1804, to the LEOPARD 50, flag-ship off Boulogne of the late Sir Thoms. Louis. On subsequently accompanying the same officer into the CANOPUS 80, he shared in Lord Nelson's celebrated pursuit of the combined squadrons to the West Indies, and, for the part he eventually bore in the action off St. Domingo, was presented with a gold medal, the thanks, in common with others, of both Houses of Parliament, and a vase, worth £100, from the Patriotic Society at Lloyd's. In June, 1806, Capt. Austen went on half-pay ; but obtaining an appointment, 23 March, 1807, to the ST. ALBANS 64, he continued to serve in that ship until 22 Sept. 1810. During that period he escorted a division of transports, with a reinforcement of 2000 troops, to the coast of Portugal, where they arrived on the eve of the battle of Vimeira - after wards superintended the debarkation at Portsmouth of the remains of Sir John Moore's army - and afforded protection, to and from the East, to several large convoys of Indiamen. For his gallant exertions, in the autumn of 1809, in bringing to a successful issue a dispute with the Chinese, he was honoured with the approval of the Admiralty, and was presented by the East India Company with the sum of 1000 guineas. On 3 Dec. 1810, he became, a second time, Flag Captain to Lord Gambier, in the CALEDONIA 120, and was stationed off the coast of France during the continuance of that officer's command. From 9 July, 1811, until 7 May, 1814, he commanded the ELEPHANT 74, and was employed with Admiral Young's fleet in the North Sea; also in cruizing off the Western Islands with the PHOEBE and HERMES under his orders; and finally on the Baltic station, where he captured the American privateer Sword Fish, of 12 guns and 82 men. Capt. Austen was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815; and a Colonel of Marines (in the Woolwich division) 27 May, 1835. He became a Rear-Admiral 22 July, 1830 ; a K.C.B. 28 Feb. 1837 ; and a Vice-Admiral 28 June, 1838. He has held the chief command, since 27 Dec. 1844, on the North America and West India station, with his flag in the VINDICTIVE 50.

Sir Fras. Wm. Austen married, first, in July, 1806, Mary, eldest daughter of John Gibson, Esq., of Ramsgate ; and, secondly, in July, 1828, Martha, eldest daughter of the Rev. Noyes Lloyd, formerly Rector of Enbourne, Berks. He was again left a widower in Jan. 1843. By his first marriage, the Vice-Admiral has surviving issue, with three daughters, five sons, of whom the eldest and the fourth, Francis William and Herbert Grey, are both in the Navy - the one a Commander, the other a Lieutenant.

Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 443.
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Surname: Austen, First Names : Herbert Grey
Birth Date : Nov 1815
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 30/11/1846
Lieutenant: 23/11/1841

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 01/07/1864

Notes:
AUSTEN. (LIEUT., 1841. F-P., 16; H-P., 1.)
HERBERT GREY AUSTEN, born in Nov. 1815, is fourth son of Vice-Admiral Sir F. W. Austen, K.C.B.

This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College), 25 June, 1830, as a Volunteer, on hoard the TALBOT 28, Capt. Rich. Dickinson, employed at the Cape of Good Hope; became Mate, in 1831, of the CHILDERS 16, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, successively stationed in the Mediterranean and off the coast of Africa; and, after a further servitude in the EXCELLENT gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and MEDEA steam-frigate, Capt. Fred. Warren, attached to the squadron in the Mediterranean, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841. His appointments have since been - 30 Nov. 1841, to the MAGICIENNE 24, Capt. Rich. Laird Warren, on the latter station - 30 Aug. 1844, again to the EXCELLENT - and, 25 Jan. 1845, to the VINDICTIVE 50, as Flag Lieutenant to his father, on the North America and West India station, where he still serves.
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Surname: Austin, First Names : Horatio

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 06/11/1860

Surname: Austin, First Names : Horatio Thomas, CB

Date promoted :
Rear Adm: 28/11/1857
Captain: 28/06/1838

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 28/11/1857

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Tartarus - 8 Nov 43 (act.)
Dec 1848 : 075 - Blenheim 25 Jan 48
AUSTIN, C.B. (CAPT., 1838. F-P., 26; H-P.,)
HORATIO THOMAS AUSTIN entered the Navy, 8 April, 1813, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the THISBE 28, Capt. Thos. Dick, lying in the river Thames. Joining next, in April, 1814, the RAMILLIES 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Masternian Hardy and Chas. Ogle, he witnessed, as Fst.-cl. Vol. and Midshipman, some of the chief operations of the American war, including the attacks upon Washington, Baltimore, and New Orleans, and the bombardment: of Stonington. During the three years immediately subsequent to the peace, he served off the coast of Africa in the INCONSTANT and SEMIRAMIS frigates, bearing each the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo ; after which he became successively attached, on the Channel and South America stations, to the CAMELEON brig, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and SUPERB 74 and CREOLE 42, both the broad-pendant ships of Sir T. M. Hardy. His promotion, after acting for nine months as Lieutenant of the ALACRITY 10, Capts. Hon. Fred. Spencer and Thos. Porter, meeting with official sanction, 9 Sept. 1822, Mr. Austin, in the early part of 1823, rejoined Sir T. M. Hardy, in the CREOLE, and for some time, we believe, officiated as his Signal Officer. He next on 24 April, 1824, became First of the FURY sloop, Capt. Henry Parkyns Hoppner, and partook of all the perils and hardships of Capt. Parry's second expedition in search of a north-west passage, which terminated in the loss of the above vessel, in the summer of 1825. After an interval of half-pay he obtained an appointment, 12 Dec. 1827, to the CHANTICLEER surveying-vessel, Capt. Henry Foster, on whose death, off the Isthmus of Panama, he succeeded to the acting command. Being confirmed on his return to England, by commission dated 26 May 1831, Capt. Austin subsequently obtained command, 27 Nov. 1832, and 30 Jan. 1834, of the SALAMANDER and MEDEA steamers, in which he respectively escorted Donna Maria to Portugal, and Queen Adelaide to Holland, besides visiting different ports on the north coast of Spain. He attained Post-rank, 28 June, 1838, and was next appointed, 19 Nov. 1839, to the CYCLOPS, another steam-vessel. Joining in the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, he assisted at the bombardment and capture of the strong castle of Gebail, where he headed a body of 220 marines and 150 mountaineers in a brave though unsuccessful land-attack, in which 5 men were killed and 18 wounded. He was also present at the taking of Batroun; and on the occasion of the storming of Sidon he aided in carrying the adjacent castle, and then led the Turkish troops in forcing the passage conducting to the town, where a body of 1800 Egyptians were driven from a stronghold in which they still held out, and were compelled to surrender.* For his meritorious conduct in these affairs, as also at the capture of St. Jean d'Acre, Capt. Austin was nominated a C.B. On leaving the CYCLOPS, he obtained command, for a short period towards the close of 1843, of the TARTARUS steam surveying vessel. He has been attached as Supernumerary-Captain, since 19 Dec. 1845, to the WILLIAM and MARY yacht.

Capt. Austin married, 8 Nov. 1831, Ann Eliza, only daughter of the late Thos. Hawkins, Esq., of Penzance, and widow of the Rev. J. Rawlinson, by whom he has issue. AGENTS- Messrs. Halford and Co.

Vide Gaz. 1840, pp. 2227, 2252, 2603, 2608.

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Surname: Austin, First Names : Horatio Thos.

Date promoted :

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Notes:
1840 Cyclops, 6 - Captain ; Employed on the Coast of Syria

Surname: Austin, First Names : William

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 02/08/1838

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/07/1864

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Excellent - 42

Notes:
AUSTIN. (LIEUTENANT 1838.)

WILLIAM AUSTIN entered the Navy 7 Aug. 1823 ; passed his examination in 1830 ; and obtained his commission 2 Aug. 1838. His appointments have since been -

Surname: Auton, First Names : William John Henry

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 27/10/1877
Midshipman: 15/10/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 425 - Royal Oak 15 Oct 68 addl

Surname: Autridge, First Names : Charles

Date promoted :
Commander: 06/02/1857
Lieutenant: 10/02/1815

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Pigmy - 19 Jun 41
June 1844 : Pigmy - 19 Jun 41
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 25 Jan 47
June 1870 : NP - 31 Jan 1861

Notes:
AUTRIDGE. (LIEUT., 1815. F-P., 30; H-P., 18.)

CHARLES AUTRIDGE entered the Navy, 30 June, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the POULETTE 20, Capt. Jas. Dunbar, with whom and Capts. Hen. Hope and Anselm John Griffiths, he afterwards served, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the ASTREA 32, and LEONIDAS 38, until NOV. 1811. He was present, during that period, in the ASTREA at the siege of Copenhagen, in Sept. 1807, and in the LEONIDAS at the reduction of Cephalonia and Santa Maura in 1809-10, besides participating in many boat affairs on the coasts of Italy and Spain. He served the remainder of the war in the EREBUS, commanded by his relative, Capt. Wm. Autridge, VICTORY 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, SALSETTE 36, Capt. John Bowen, and PHOENIX 36, Capts. Wm. Henry Webley and Chas. John Austen, on the Baltic, East India, and Channel stations. Having passed his examination in 1809, he was at length promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 10 Feb. 1815 ; and was subsequently appointed -
31 Oct. 1828, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary. Lieutenant of the RAMILLIES 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot -
11 June, 1831, to the Coast Guard -
26 Sept. 1837, to the command of the SKYLARK revenue-cutter - and,
19 June, 1841, to the PIGMY steam-packet. He was superseded from the latter vessel in July, 1846.
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Surname: Avarne, First Names : Isaac

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 17/04/1824

Notes:
AVARNE. (LIEUTENANT, 1821.)

ISAAC AVARNE died in 1845.

This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1810, as Midshipman, on board the ALEXANDRIA 32, Capt. John Quilliam, stationed on the Baltic. After serving with the same officer also in the CRESCENT 36, be became successively attached, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, to the ROYAL OAK 74, flagship of Rear-Admirals Pulteney Malcolm and Lord Amelius Beauclerk, and GRASSHOPPER 18, Capts. Hen. Robt. Battersby and Sir Chas. Burrard. Between 1816, in which year he passed his examination, and the date of his promotion, 17 April, 1824, Mr. Avarne appears to have been next employed, as Mate, on board the WYE 26, commanded in North America and the West Indies by Capt. John Harper, and BRITANNIA 120, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Sir Alex. Cochrane. His subsequent appointments were - 24 July, 1824, to the ROMNEY troop-ship, Capts. Wm. Jas. Mingaye and Nich. Lockyer, in which he visited the coasts of America and Africa, and also the Mediterranean - and, 30 April, 1827, again to the BRITANNIA, bearing the flag of the Earl of Northesk. He went on half-pay in Feb. 1828, and did not afterwards go afloat. AGENTS- Messrs. Halford and Co.
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Surname: Aylen, First Names : Charles Glover William

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 04/04/1874
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 21/03/1870

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 204 - Galatea 21 Mar 70 addl (act)
June 1879 : 068 - Blanche 4 Sep 77

Surname: Aylen, First Names : John Robert

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/06/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 262 - Indus 16 Feb 70
June 1879 : 262 - Indus 27 Oct 77

Surname: Ayling, First Names : William

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 03/08/1815

Notes:
AYLING. (LIEUT., 1815. F-P., 11 ; H-P., 31.)

WILLIAM AYLING entered the Navy, 7 March, 1805, as Second-Cl. Vol., on board the ROYAL WILLIAM, Capts. John Wainwright and Hon. Courtenay Boyle, lying at Spithead. With the exception of an attachment, from Aug. 1810 to Aug. 1811, to the THISBE 28, Capt. Wm. Rogers, guard-ship in the river Thames, he was subsequently employed, between June, 1807 and the year 1815, chiefly as Midshipman, in the PAULINA, HIND, CROCODILE, NARCISSUS, and POMONE, all commanded by Capt. John Rich. Lumley, on the Mediterranean, Home, and North America stations. He was promoted from the LEANDER 50, Capt. Wm. Shiksey, to the rank be now holds 3 Aug. 1815; and has since been on half-pay. AGENTS- Messrs. Stilwell.

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Surname: Aylmer, First Names : Charles Whichcote

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 26/07/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 167 - Eclipse 9 Ocy 69

Surname: Aylmer, First Names : Frederick William, (suc. as Lord Aylmer 1850) (C:B 1816, KC B 1855)
Birth Date : 12 Oct 1777 Date Died: 5 Mar 1858
Awarded Medal (m) / Foreign Order (FO): FO

Date promoted :
Vice Adm: 03/01/1848
Rear Adm: 10/01/1837
Captain: 18/05/1805
Commander: 17/12/1796
Lieutenant: 17/12/1796

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 10/01/1837

Notes:
AYLMER, C.B., K.F.M. (REAR-ADMIRAL OF THE RED, 1837. F-P., 20; H-P., 37.)

THE HONOURABLE FREDERICK WILLIAM AYLMER born 12 Oct. 1777, is second surviving son of Henry, fourth Lord Aylmer, by Catherine, daughter of Sir Chas. Whitworth, of Leyborne, and sister of Chas. Earl Whitworth; and a descendant of Matthew, first Lord Aylmer, a distinguished naval officer in the reign of James II., who attained the rank of Rear-Admiral of the Red, and was elevated to the peerage for his professional services. Be is heir to his brother, General Lord Aylmer, G.C.B.

This officer entered the Navy, 24 Nov. 1790, as a Volunteer, on board the SYREN 32, Capt. John Manley, with whom, after conveying the Duke of York to Holland at the commencement of hostilities he served, in the APOLLO 36 until the receipt of his first commission 17 Dec. 1796. Being next appointed, 22 March, 1797, to the SWIFTSURE 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, he took part in that ship in the battle of the Nile, and assisted in the operations which led to the reinstatement of the King of the Two Sicilies in the full sovereignty of his dominions. He subsequently obtained the Turkish gold medal for his services during the Egyptian campaign of 1801 ; and, after officiating for a few months as Acting-Commander of the FURY bomb, was confirmed in that rank by commission dated 7 Jan. 1802. Capt. Aylmer, whom we subsequently find commanding the DELIGHT and WASP sloops, in the latter of which he effected the capture, 19 July, 1803, of le Dιsespoir privateer, of 2 guns and 28 men, was eventually appointed Acting-Captain, in March, 1805, of the GLORY 98, bearing the flag off Cadiz of Sir John Orde. His promotion to Post-rank was established by the Admiralty on 18 May in the same year ; but from that period he appears to have remained on half-pay until 1 June, 1809, when we find him assuming command of the NARCISSUS 32. In the early part of 1810, Capt. Aylmer, while cruizing in the Channel, captured two privateers, the Duguay Trouin, and Aimable Josephine, carrying between them 28 guns and 180 men ; and, in the course of the ensuing summer, he united with Sir Robt. Mends in a series of very active operations on the north coast of Spain, where he commanded the naval brigade in concert with the patriot forces under General Porlier, came frequently into victorious contact with the enemy between Santona and Santander, and evinced all the zeal and ability of an excellent officer.* In Jan. 1812, he next joined the FORTUNEE 36, in which he cruized for four months on the Irish station. After an interval of half-pay he was appointed, on 14 of the following Sept., to the PACTOLUS 38, and while in that frigate, in the summer of 1815, he conducted an eminently successful expedition to the Gironde in support of the French King, which terminated in the royal colours being hoisted on the castle of Bordeaux and in the surrounding districts. † Previously to the latter event, the PACTOLUS besides escorting the Duke of Cambridge to Cuxhaven, and his late Majesty to the Scheldt, had, we believe, assisted at the bombardment of Stonington, in America. Capt. Aylmer, whose last appointment was to the SEVERN, of 50 guns, commanded that ship at the memorable battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, and was in consequence nominated a C.B. ‡‡ The insignia of a K.F.M. were also conferred upon him, in consideration of his having conveyed to Naples the whole of the emancipated Italian slaves and 357,000 dollars, which the Dey of Algiers had been compelled to return to the King of the Two Sicilies. He was appointed Naval Aide-de-Camp to William IV. 4 Aug. 1830 ; and on 10 Jan. 1837, was promoted to Flag-rank. AGENTS - Messrs. Halford and Co.

* Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 1097.
† V. Gaz. 1815, p. 1513.
‡‡ V. Gaz. 1816, p. 1792.

Retd 1 Jul 1851: retd..a, 11 Aug 1854

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Surname: Aylmer, First Names : John

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 09/10/1801

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 15/04/1836

Notes:
AYLMER. (RETIRED COMMANDER, 1836.)

JOHN AYLMER was discharged from the Royal Naval College 10 April, 1786. He was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 9 Oct. 1801, in the DRAGON 74, Capt. John Aylmer, then in the Mediterranean; and was afterwards successively appointed, on the Home and West India stations, to the MORGIANA Sloop, DIAMOND 38, WINDSOR CASTLE 98, AMETHYST frigate, AIMABLE 32, FISGARD 38, HERCULE 74, ARIADNE 20, and NAMUR 74, Capts. Rainsford, Elphinstone, Albemarle Bertie, Alex. Campbell, Sir Wm. Bolton, Lord Mark Robt. Kerr, Jas. Rich. Dacres, Arthur Farquhar, and another. During the period of his attachment to the ARIADNE, we find Mr. Aylmer assisting at the capture, in 1807, of the French privateers Le Trente et Quarante, of 16 guns and 65 men, and Le Chasseur, of 2 guns and 36 men. Having been on half-pay since 30 May, 1808, he at length accepted his present rank, 15 April, 1836. AGENTS- Hallett and Robinson.

# Transferred to a subsequent retirement scheme 09-Jul-1847

Surname: Aynsley, First Names : Charles Murray, CB
Awarded Medal (m) / Foreign Order (FO): m, FO

Date promoted :
Captain: 23/06/1862
Commander: 10/05/1856
Lieutenant: 06/12/1845
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 24/07/1841

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Scout
Dec 1848 : 593 - Terrible 10 Dec 45

Notes:
AYNSLEY. (LIEUT., 1845. F-P., 12 ; H-P., 0.)

CHARLES MURRAY AYNSLEY entered the Navy in 1835 ; passed his examination 21 July, 1841 ; and after an intermediate servitude as Mate, on the South America and Mediterranean stations, of the CURAC0A 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones, and SCOUT 18, Capt. Hon. Jas. Robt. Drummond, was awarded a commission, dated 6 Dec. 1845. He has been since serving in the TERRIBLE steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Ramsay, attached to the Channel squadron.

Kt. of the Legion of Honour, Medjidie of the 5th Class.

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Surname: Ayre, First Names : Charles

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 02/11/1815

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 14/04/1864

Notes:
AYRE. (LIEUTENANT, 1.815. F-P., 8; H-P. 32.)

CHARLES AYRE entered the Navy, 5 April, 1807, as Master's Mate, on board the HOUND Sloop, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, and in that vessel was present at the embarkation of the Marquis de la Romana's army at Nyeborg, in Aug. 1808. From Oct. 1809, until April, 1812, he served off Cherbourg and in the Downs on board the NAIAD 38, Capts. Henry Hill and Philip Carteret; and on then joining the, JUNON 38, Capts. Jas. Sanders and Clotworthy Upton, proceeded, as Acting-Lieutenant, to North America, where he took part in many of the operations in the Chesapeake, and contributed to a victory gained by the JUNON, NARCISSUS, and BAROSSA, over 15 of the enemy's gun-boats, whose discomfiture was accomplished after an action of three hours, in which the JUNON had 2 men killed and 3 wounded, 20 June, 1813. He subsequently served on board the MOHAWK Sloop, Capt. Hen. Litchfield, and was Acting Lieutenant of transports under Capt. Thos. Delafons, in the expedition to New Orleans. He obtained his official promotion 2 Nov. 1815, but has not since been afloat. AGENT- J. Chippendale.

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Surname: Ayscough, First Names : Hawkins Godolphin

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 10/05/1838

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/07/1864
Lieutenant: 01/10/1860

Notes:
AYSCOUGH. (LIEUTENANT, 1838.)

HAWKINS GODOLPHIN AYSCOUGH is son of Rear Admiral John Ayscough.

This officer was educated at the Royal Naval College. He served for some time on the West India station, under the flag of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys; was employed in the North Sea during the revolution in the Netherlands; and, having passed his examination in 1834, was presented with a commission by Sir Geo. Cockburn, on that officer striking his flag as Commander-in-Chief in North America and the West Indies, 14 June, 1836. On 28 Dec. following (after an attachment of a few months to the CALEDONIA 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley in the Mediterranean, and CANOPUS 84, commanded by Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, on the coast of Spain, during the Carlist insurrection), Mr. Ayscough joined the BARHAM 50, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, in which ship he continued until 10 May, 1838. He has since been on half-pay.

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Surname: Ayscough, First Names : John
Birth Date : at Sea Date Died: 1864

Date promoted :
Adm: 03/10/1855
Vice Adm: 24/12/1849
Rear Adm: 23/11/1841
Captain: 18/04/1806
Commander: 12/05/1797
Lieutenant: 06/11/1793

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 23/11/1841

Notes:
AYSCOUGH. REAR-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE, 1841.)

JOHN AYSCOUGH, born on board H.M.S. SWAN, during a desperate action fought by that vessel while on her passage home from North America, is son of the late Capt. John Ayscough, R.N., who was in command of the SWAN on the occasion, and lost the use of a leg ; * brother of Commander Jas. Ayscough, R.N., an officer who distinguished him-self as Lieutenant of the MONARCH 74, at Copenhagen, in 1801, was afterwards presented by the Patriotic Society with a sword worth £50, for his gallantry in storming a battery of six 24-pottaders, on the island of Martinique, and ultimately fell a victim to the climate of the West Indies, while conmanding the HAWKE sloop, 8 April, 1808 ; grand- nephew of the Rev. Fras. Ayscough, D.D., Dean of Bristol, and Preceptor to King George Ill.; and cousin of Admiral Sir Geo. Cockburn, G.C.B.

[* Capt. Ayscough, after faithfully serving his country for a period of nearly half a century, died, covered with honour-able scars. He had expended a great portion of his private property in raising several thousands of seamen for the ser-vice, at the period of the dispute with Spain respecting the occupancy of Falkland's Islands.]

This officer entered the Navy (under the auspices of the late Admiral Sir Jas. Wallace), 12 Aug. 1787, as Captain's Servant, on board the GOLIATH 74, Capts. Archibald Dickson and Sir Andrew Snape Douglas. We afterwards find him serving as Midshipman and Master's Mate, onboard the JUNO and HEBE frigates, and HECTOR, ALCIDE, and MONARCH 74's, and employed in the first of those vessels, un-der Capt. Sam. Hood, in attendance on the King off Weymouth. On 6 Nov. 1793, he obtained a Lieu-tenancy in the MONARCH, flag-ship, on the New-foundland station, of his patron, Sir Jas. Wallace, with whom he continued to serve, the last two years as First of the ROMNEY 50, until April, 1797.

He then joined the QUEEN CHARLOTTE 100, bearing the flag in the Channel of Lord Howe ; and, on 12 of the following May, was promoted to the rank of Commander. Being appointed, 6 July, 1799, to the BLANCHE troop-ship, Capt. Ayscough attended the ensuing expedition to Holland, where he served as a Volunteer at the time of the debarkation near the Helder, and was in one of the first boats that effected a landing. On 28 Sept., however, in the same year, the BLANCHE, owing to the mismanagement of her pilot, was wrecked in the Texel ; but so fully acquitted was Capt. Ayscough of all share in the disaster, by a, court-martial held at Sheerness on 1 Nov., and so highly was he complimented for his great exertions in afterwards saving the crew, that, on 18 of the next month, he was appointed to the INCONSTANT, another armιe era flute ; in which, besides attending the expeditions to Quiberon and Cadiz, on each of which occasions he volunteered his services on shore, and was selected to command a party of seamen, he similarly ,joined in the Egyptian campaign of 1801, and for his exertions, which were conspicuously important, was presented with the Turkish gold medal. The INCONSTANT, after a performance of various other services, including an assistance at the occupation of the island of Madeira, being paid off in May, 1802, Capt. Ayscough, who had been violently attacked by the plague in Egypt, was next invested with the command, 2 June, 1803, of the CAMEL store-ship ; and, on then proceeding to the West Indies, continued, despite a nearly fatal fit of the yellow fever, to serve on that station, until officially posted into the SUCCESS, of 32 guns, 18 April, 1806 ; previously to which event he appears to have acted as Flag-Captain to Vice-Admirals Sir John Thos. Duckworth and Jas. Rich. Dacres, to have also commanded the REYNARD and GOELAN sloops, and to have officiated as Acting-Captain of the MALABAR 50. Towards the close of 1806, Capt. Ayscough returned with convoy to England, and was for several months employed at the blockade of Havre de Grace. After forming part, at the request of Sir Sam. Hood, of that officer's squadron in the expedition against Madeira, in Dec. 1807, the SUCCESS, on her return home with the Rear-Admiral's despatches, was sent to a high northern latitude for the protection of the Greenland fishery ; subsequently to which, she embarked the Turkish Ambassador and his suite, together with the present Earl of Roden, and proceeded to the Mediterranean in charge of a fleet of merchantmen, by the Masters of whom her captain was forwarded a letter of thanks for his great and unremitted attention. During the operations of June, 1809, against Ischia and Procida, Capt. Ayscough landed with the troops, was subsequently engaged with the enemy's sea batteries, and succeeded in destroying many of their gunboats. In the following Nov. he conveyed the Turkish Ambassador and suite from Smyrna to Malta; and, on 3 May, 1810, although excluded, in consequence of the becalmed state of his ship, from affording any assistance, was an eye-witness of the brilliant victory gained by the late Sir JahIeel Brenton, in the SPARTAN 38, over the Franco-Neapolitan squadron in the Bay of Naples.* Capt. Ayscough appears, however, about that period, to have attracted the notice of Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin by his handsome support of the SPARTAN and ESPOIR in an attack on the batteries at Terracina, from which port four deeply laden vessels were at the same time brought out. Shortly after the latter event we find Capt. Ayscough, with two frigates and several sloops under his orders, assigned the deeply responsible duty of protecting Sicily against the threatened invasion of Joachim Murat, whose every attempt, although in command of 40,000 troops and of about 200 gun-boats, to gain a footing on the island, he happily succeeded, by the most indomitable exertions, in frustrating. He was next employed, with seven men-of-war at his disposal, in reconnoitering the line of coast between Naples and Civita Vecchia; but in the summer of 1811, owing to the serious damage experienced by the SUCCESS during a severe gale off the island of Candia, was obliged to return prematurely to England, and in consequence lost an appointment to a large frigate which had been promised to him by the First Lord of the Admiralty as a reward for his zeal and activity. He afterwards, from April, 1822, until the spring of 1825, superintended the Ordinary at Plymouth; and for his subsequent able manage-ment, as Commissioner of Jamaica and Bermuda Dockyards, was honoured with the thanks of the Board of Admiralty. He attained Flag-rank, 23 Nov. 1841, and is at present unemployed.

When the practice of awarding good-service pen-sions was instituted, Rear-Admiral Ayscough was one of the first Captains to whom the boon was ex-tended. He married Anna Maria, eldest daughter of the late Commodore Thos. Parr, R.N., of Langdown House, co. Hants, a descendant of the celebrated Earl Godolphin, and has issue a son and two daughters. The son, Hawkins Godolphin, is a Lieutenant, R.N.

* Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 1134.

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Surname: Ayton, First Names : George Henry

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 04/03/1815

Notes:
AYTON. (LIEUTENANT, 1815. F-P., S ; H-P 32.)

GEORGE HENRY AYTON entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1807, as L.M., on board the ROYAL WILLIAM, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, flag-ship of Admiral Geo. Montagu, at Spithead; and, in the following March, joined the DAPHNE 20, Capts. Fras. Mason and Philip Pipon. On 25 April, 1808, he served in the boats of that ship and the TARTARUS, commanded by Lieut. Wm. Elliott, at the cutting out, with a loss to the British of only 5 persons wounded, of a convoy of 10 deeply laden vessels, moored close under the fort of a castle mounting 10 guns, in the harbour of Fladstrand, near the Skawe, defended also by a heavy fire from another battery, as well as from the crews of the vessels assembled on the beach, and made fast to the shore by hawsers. * Removing, in Feb. 1809, to the VICTORIOUS 74, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and John Talbot, he took part in the ensuing expedition to Flushing, and, on 21 Feb. 1812, assisted, as Master's Mate, while cruising in the Gulf of Venice, in company with the WEAZLE 18, at the capture - after a most gallant conflict of four hours and a half, in which the VICTORIOUS had 27 men killed, and 99, including himself, wounded, and the enemy 400 killed and wounded - of the French 74-gun ship Rivoli, whose consorts, three brigs and two gunboats, were also defeated. † In Sept. 1814, Mr. Ayton, who for the two previous months had been acting as Lieutenant of the VICTORIOUS, on the North America station, joined the ROSARIO 10, Capt. Thos. Ladd Peake, in which vessel he served for nearly twelve months. He was then promoted to his present rank, by commission dated 4 March, 1816, and has since been on half-pay.

Lieut. Ayton married, 23 Nov. 1835, Harriette, eldest daughter of Saville Smith, Esq., of Bollington. AGENTS- Holmes and Folkard.

* Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 697.
† V. Gaz. 1812, p. 887.

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‡ O'Byrne's Naval Biographical Dictionary

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