Surname: Babington, First Names : Arthur Lloyd

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 24/05/1877
Midshipman: 15/10/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 090 - Caledonia 14 Sep 69
June 1879 : 180 - Excellent 30 Sep 78 a Lieutenant addl, qualifying for Gunnery Officer

Surname: Babington, First Names : Samuel Henry

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 02/08/1854

Surname: Back, First Names : George (Kt)
Birth Date : 06 Nov 1796
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Adm: 18/10/1867
Vice Adm: 24/09/1863
Rear Adm: 19/03/1857
Captain: 30/09/1835

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 19/03/1857

Notes:
SIR GEORGE BACK was born, 6 Nov. 1796, at Stockport, in Cheshire.

This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1808, as Midshipman, on hoard the ARETHUSA 38, Capt. Robt. Mends. On 26 Nov. following he was present at the capture, off Cherbourg, of le General Ernouf French privateer, of 16 guns and 58 men ; and, in the course of March, 1809, he assisted in the boats, while serving on the north coast of Spain, at the destruction of 20 heavy guns, mounted on the batteries at Lequeytio, and defended by a detachment of French soldiers - at the seizure also of several vessels up the river Andero - and at the destruction of the guns and signal-posts at Baignio, on which latter occasion, the 20th of the month, he was made prisoner and sent to France, where he remained until May 1814. On regaining his liberty, Mr. Back joined the AKBAR 60, flag-ship for some time of Sir Thos. Byam Martin at Flushing, and afterwards employed on the Halifax station. He passed his examination 5 Feb. 1817 ; became attached, in March following, to the BULWARK 76, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley in the river Medway; and, on 14 .tan. 1818, removed to the TRENT hired brig, Lieut.-Commander, now Sir John, Franklin. After intermediately accompanying the perilous voyage of discovery made to the neighbourhood of Spitzbergen under Capt. David Buchan, * he was, early in 1819, selected to attend the former officer in his expedition overland from Hudson's Bay to the Coppermine River. To Capt. Franklin's ' Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in;1819-22 ' we must refer our readers for the particulars of that bold and hazardous undertaking - throughout every detail of which, including his journey on foot, in the depth of winter, from Fort Enterprise to Fort Chipewyan and back, a distance of 1104 miles, Mr. Back displayed in perfection all the qualities of a traveller of the most sterling, the most heroic cast. On 1 Jan. 1821, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and on being subsequently appointed to the SUPERB 78, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, visited Gibraltar and Barbadoes. We next, in Feb. 1825, find Lieut. Back, after attending a public dinner given to him by his fellow-townsmen at Stockport, again leaving England with Capt. Franklin, on another expedition to the Arctic regions, for the purpose of co-operating with Capts. Fred. Win. Beechey and Edw. Wm. Parry, in their simultaneous endeavours to ascertain, from opposite quarters, the existence of a north-west passage. Capt. Franklin's ' Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea in 1825-7 ' will also afford every information on the subject of this very interesting mission. In its execution he extended his researches to lat. 70° 24' N., long. 149° 37' W. During this last sojourn in America Lieut. Back was promoted to the rank of Commander, by commission dated 30 Dec. 1825 ; and when Capt. Franklin, on the return of the expedition, set out in advance, with five of his party, from Great Bear Lake, he was left at Fort Franklin in charge of the other officers and men, the boats, and all the collections of natural history, rough journals, notes, and astronomical, magnetical, and atmospherical observations: with orders to proceed, on the breaking up of the ice, to York Factory, and thence to England, where he arrived 10 Oct. 1827. From that period, unable to procure employment, he remained on half-pay until appointed, early in 1833, to conduct an expedition fitted out for the purpose of seeking Sir John Ross, who had, in the summer of 1829, gone in quest of the long-sought north-west passage. A full account of all the results of that harassing enterprise, in the course of which he had the good fortune to discover the sources of the river that now bears his name, Capt. Back has ably delineated in his Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in 1833-5.' he returned to England 18 Sept. 1835, and on the 30th of the same month was advanced to the well-earned rank of Post-Captain. On 11 May, 1836, he was next appointed to the TERROR bomb : and, on 23 June following, he sailed from Papa Westra, one of the Orkneys, in command of a new expedition to the frigid zone. The details of his miraculous return to Lough Swilly, where he arrived 3 Sept. 1837, after reaching as far only as the northward of Charles Island, in Hudson's Bay, have been published by Capt. Back in his ' Narrative of an Expedition in H.M.S. TERROR, undertaken with a View to Geographical Discovery on the Arctic Shores, in 1836-7.' He has since been on half-pay.

Sir Geo. Back, who was presented, 27 Nov. 1837, with the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society for his important discoveries while in search of Sir John Ross, and who received the honour of knighthood 18 March, 1839, is at present, we believe, employed by the Treasury. He married, 13 Oct. 1846, Theodosia Elizabeth, relict of the late Anthony Hammond, Esq., of Savile Row. AGENT : Wm. H. B. Barwis.

* See ' A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole performed in H.M. Ships DOROTHEA and TRENT, under the command of Capt. David Buchan, 1818.,' By Capt. F. W. Beechey, R.N. 8vo. Lund. 1843.
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Surname: Bacon, First Names : Arthur Cornwallis Anthony

Date promoted :
Naval Cadet or Entry: 25/08/1868

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

Surname: Bacon, First Names : Edmund Ker Cranstown

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 26/08/1799

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 30/01/1844

Notes:
BACON. RETIRED COMMANDER, 1844. F-P., 19 H-P., 35.)


EDMUND KER CRANSTOUN BACON entered the Navy, 23 April, 1793, as Midshipman, on board the RAISONNABLE 64, Capt. Lord Cranstoun, in which ship he served off the coasts of France and Spain, the Canary and Western Islands, and on the Irish station, until transferred, in Nov. 1794, with the same Captain, to the BELLEROPHON 74, one of the Hon. Wm. Cornwallis' squadron in his subsequent pursuit of the force under M. Vence into Belleisle of the 7th, and in his memorable retreat of the 16 and 17 June, 1795. In Sept. 1796, he joined the DUKE 98, Capt. John Holloway, and, after serving for some time also in the ROYAL SOVEREIGN 100, flagship in the Channel of Sir Alan Gardner, was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 25 Aug. 1799, in the REYNARD 20, Capt. Peter Spicer, under whom he continued to serve in the Channel until Sept. 1801. His subsequent appointments appear to have been -

Surname: Bacon, First Names : Henry
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 22/11/1856
Lieutenant: 23/11/1841

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 22/11/1871
Commander: 01/01/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Vernon - 16 Jun 42
Dec 1848 : 097 - Caledonia 24 Jun 48 addl for Racer

Notes:
BACON. (LIEUT., 1841. F-P., 18 ; H-P., 1.)

HENRY BACON entered the Navy, 22 June, 1828, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the CHALLENGER 28, Capt. Adolphus Fitzclarence, whom he followed into the PALLAS 42. After visiting India and Halifax, in the execution of particular services, he became Midshipman, in March, 1831, of the ACTAEON 26, Capt. Hon. Fred. Grey, stationed in the Mediterranean, where he subsequently served in the SCYLLA 18, Capt. Hon. Fred. Grey, VOLAGE 28, Capt. Geo. Bohun Martin, MINDEN 74, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe, and CAMBRIDGE 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard. Having passed his examination in Oct. 1831, and been employed in the last-mentioned ship during the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, Air. Bacon at length obtained a commission, dated 23 Nov. 1841. His appointments have since been -

Surname: Bacon, First Names : Henry Edmund

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 01/06/1850

Surname: Bacon, First Names : Reginald Hugh Spencer

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 21/12/1878

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 026 - Alexandra 11 Jan 79 addl

Surname: Bagehot, First Names : Charles
Birth Date : 15 Dec 1786

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 31/01/1808

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Inspecting Commander, Coast Guard 11 Oct 23
June 1844 : Inspecting Commander, Coast Guard 11 Oct 23
Dec 1848 : Inspecting Commander, Coast Guard 11 Oct 23

Notes:
BAGEHOT. (LIEUT., 1808. F-P., 36; H-P., 10.)

CHARLES BAGEHOT was born 15 Dec. 1786.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1801, as Midshipman, on board the IMPETUEUX 74, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, in which ship, and the TONNANT 80, commanded by the same Captain, he served off Rochefort and Ferrol until May, 1804. He then joined the CULLODEN 74, on board which ship Sir Edward had hoisted his flag as Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies ; attained the rating of Master's Mate 21 Sept. 1806 ; passed his examination in Dec. 1807 ; and, on 31 Jan. 1808, was confirmed a Lieutenant in the FOX 32, Capt. Archibald Cochrane. He returned to England in Feb. 1809 ; and was subsequently appointed -

Surname: Bagge, First Names : Alfred Thomas
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 25/03/1878
Lieutenant: 16/06/1865

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 552 - Crocodile 13 Apr 69
June 1879 : 163 - Duncan 1 Oct 78

Surname: Bagge, First Names : Henry Salisbury

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 26/05/1858

Surname: Bagley, First Names : Arthur

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 22/10/1853
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 18/09/1848

Surname: Bagot, First Names : Christopher

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/06/1824

Notes:
BAGOT. (LIEUTENANT, 1824.)

CHRISTOPHER BAGOT died in 1845.

This officer entered the Navy 16 Dec. 1816, and was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 28 June, 1824, in the SUPERB 78, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, on the West India station, where, with a few intervals, he continued to serve - in the ESPIEGLE 18, Capts. Rich. Augustus Yates and Williams Sandom, FAIRY 10, Capt. Fras. Blair, ICARUS 10, Capt. Dawson Mayne, SPARROWHAWK 18, Capts. D. Mayne and Henry Griffith Colpoys, and, as Lieut.-Commander, in the PICKLE schooner - until 1834. He was not afterwards employed. AGENTS- Case and Loudonsack.
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Surname: Bagot, First Names : Henry
Birth Date : 12 Jul 1810
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Vice Adm: 01/04/1870
Rear Adm: 03/12/1863
Captain: 10/12/1845
Commander: 28/06/1838

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 03/12/1863

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Wasp - 14 Jul 43

Notes:
BAGOT. CAPTAIN, 1845. F-P., 15; H-P., 9.)

HENRY BAGOT, born 12 July, 1810, is second son of the Right Rev. and Hon. Rich. Bagot, D.D., Lord Bishop of Oxford, by Harriet, youngest daughter of the fourth Earl of Jersey; brother of Capt. Edw. Bagot, an officer in the Army, and of Lady Harriet Thynne; nephew of Lord Bagot, and Sir Chas. Bagot, G.C.B.; and first cousin of the Countesses of Uxbridge and Winchelsea.

This officer entered the Navy 13 May, 1823, and served part of his time as Midshipman on board the ASIA 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, with whom he was present at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827. He passed his examination in 1829 ; obtained his first commission 15 Feb. 1832 ; was appointed, 14 April following, to the EXCELLENT gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings ; served, from 24 June, 1833, until paid off in 1837, on board the CALEDONIA 120, flag ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Josias Rowley ; and on 28 June, 1838, was promoted to the rank of Commander. His next appointment was to the WASP 16, in which sloop he served, on the North America and West India station, from 14 July, 1843, until the summer of 1844. He attained his present rank, while officiating as Commander of the EXCELLENT, 10 Dec. 1845, and has since been on half-pay.

For some time prior to March, 1843, Capt. Bagot acted as Secretary to his uncle, Sir C. Bagot, at that time Governor-General of Canada. AGENTS- Case and Loudonsack.
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Surname: Bagot, First Names : Walter Wagstaffe

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 20/05/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 422 - Royal Alfred 1 Sep 69

Surname: Bague, First Names : George

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 08/03/1805

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 13/07/1837

Notes:
BAGUE. RETIRED COMMANDER, 1837. F-P., 20 ; H-P., 29.)

GEORGE BAGUE entered the Navy, 15 June, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the HAERLEM armée en flute, Capt. Geo. Burlton, and afterwards assisted, as Midshipman, in cutting out the Prima galley from the Mole of Genoa, and in various operations on the coast of Egypt. Between March, 1801, and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 8 March, 1805, he next served in the AFRICAN and SUCCESS, both likewise commanded by Capt. Burlton, in the Mediterranean, GALATEA and AIGLE frigates, Capt. Geo. Wolfe, on the Home station, and, as Master's Mate, in the VILLE DE PARIS 110, flag-ship in the Channel of the Hon. Wm. Cornwallis. He then joined the COLOSSUS 74, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, and subsequently to the blockade of Cadiz was present and slightly wounded in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. His appointments were afterwards - 12 Nov. 1805, to the BITTERN 18, Capts. John Louis and Edw. Augustus Down, while commanding the boats of which vessel during a series of very active operations in the Mediterranean, he was again wounded - 2 March, 1808, as First Lieutenant, to the DELIMIT 16, Capt. John Brett Purvis, cruising between Malta and Gibraltar - 15 Dec. 1809, in the same capacity, to the LEONIDAS 38, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, under whom, after contributing to the reduction of Santa Maura in April, 1810, and commanding a division of gun-boats at the defence of Scylla, he proceeded to the East Indies - 1 March, 1811, and 13 Nov. 1812, also as Senior, to the ACTAEON brig, Capt. Bertie Cornelius Cator, and IPHIGENIA 36, Capts. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew and Andrew King, on tile latter and Mediterranean stations - 24 Sept. 1813, to the REPULSE 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, off Toulon - 23 Jan. 1814, to the BOYNE 98, Capt. Geo. Burlton, with whom he was present in a severe and gallant action with the French 74-gun ship Romulus, under the batteries of Cape Brun and Cape Sepet, 13 Feb. following, and, as Senior Lieutenant, at the ensuing fall of Genoa - 14 Nov. 1814, again as First, to the CORNWALLIS, 74, bearing the flag of his friend Sir Geo. Burlton, in the East Indies, whence he returned to England and was paid off, 26 Nov. 1816 - and, lastly, 15 Jan. 1819, to the ACTIVE 38, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Cordon, on the Halifax and Mediterranean stations. Having been on half-pay since 1821, he at length accepted the rank he now holds 13 July, 1837.

Commander Bague is a Magistrate for the co. of Middlesex. Ile married, 2 Dec. 1821, Miss Yarrow. AGENTS- Messrs. Stilwell.
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Surname: Baikie, First Names : John

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 04/02/1807

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 05/06/1855

Notes:
BAIKIE. (LIEUT., 1807. F-P., 14 ; H-P., 33.)

JOHN BAIKIE entered the Navy, 31 Oct. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the LYNX sloop, Capts. Alex. Skene and John W Willoughby Marshall, stationed in the North Sea ; and, from Feb. 1803, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 Feb. 1807, officiated as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the Newfoundland and Home stations, of the LAPWING 18, BARFLEUR 98, and CAMILLA and AIMABLE frigates, Capts. A. Skene, Fras. Wm. Fane, Geo. Martin, Sir Robt. Barlow, Joseph Sydney Yorke, John Tower, and Clotworthy Upton. His subsequent appointments were - 7 Feb. 1807, to the MAJESTIC 74, bearing the flag in the North Sea of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell - 8 May, 1810, to the DICTATOR 64, Capt. Robt. Williams, in which ship we find him employed in the arduous duty of affording protection to the different convoys passing through the Great Belt, and, on 5th July, 1811, contributing to the repulse of a Danish flotilla consisting of 17 gun-vessels and 10 heavy row-boats - and, 25 March, 1812, to the GLOUCESTER 74, bearing the flag at first of Rear-Admiral John Ferrier in the North Sea, and afterwards engaged, under Capt. Williams, in escorting a fleet to the Leeward Islands, the 90th regiment, to Quebec, and the trade from Barbadoes. Lieut. Baikie, who was paid off in Oct. 1814, has not since been employed.
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Surname: Bailey, First Names : Arthur Robert Francis

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 27/10/1877
Midshipman: 28/01/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 234 - Hercules 29 Jan 69
June 1879 : 553 - Euphrates 2 Jul 78

Surname: Bailey, First Names : John Crawshay
Birth Date : 22 May 1818

Date promoted :
Commander: 03/12/1851
Lieutenant: 27/08/1844
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 14/12/1840

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 01/01/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Agincourt
Dec 1848 : 542 - Sharpshooter 29 Mar 48 Lieut.-Com.

Notes:
BAILEY. (LIEUTENANT, 1844.)

JOHN CRAWSHAY BAILEY, born 22 May, 1818, is third son of Joseph Bailey, Esq., of Glanusk Park, co. Brecon (Representative of Worcester in the three last parliaments, and Deputy-Lieutenant for the co. of Monmouth, a gentleman of considerable landed property and well known for his extensive iron-works at Nant-y-Glo), by his first wife, Maria, fourth daughter of Joseph Latham, Esq. ; a younger brother of Joseph Bailey, Esq., of Easton Park, co. Hereford, M.P. for that shire ; and grandnephew of the late Rich. Crawshay, Esq., of Cy-fartha Iron-works, Glamorganshire.

This officer entered the Navy in 1831; passed his examination 14 Dec. 1840 ; and, after an intermediate attachment, as Mate, to the SERINGAPATAM 46, Capt. John Leith, in North America and the West Indies, and AGINCOURT 72, bearing the flag in the East Indies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, was promoted to his present rank, 27 Aug. 1844. He continued to serve in the AGINCOURT until 1 April, 1845, and since that period has been employed in the WOLVERINE 16, Capt. Wm. John Cavendish Clifford, also on the East India station.
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The Slave Trade off the Coast of South America, 1849-52. June 23rd, 1849 - carried off the slaver Polka.

Surname: Bailey, First Names : John William
Birth Date : 03 Jan 1781

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 23/08/1800

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 08/01/1840

Notes:
BAILEY. (RETIRED COMMANDER, 1815. F-P. 46 ; H-P., 9.)

JOHN WILLIAM BAILEY was born 3 January, 1781.

This officer entered the Navy, in 1792, on board the ROYAL GEORGE 100, lying at Falmouth; and afterwards, until the receipt of his first commission, 23 Aug. 1800, served in the RESISTANCE 44, Capt. Edw. Pakenham, WEAZLE 14, Capt. Hon. John Murray, HORNET 18, Capt. Christmas Paul, PEGASUS 28, Capts. Geo. Countess and Ross Donnelly, THAMES 32, Capt. Wm. Lukin, CALYPSO 18, Capts. Rich. Worsley and Wm. Collis, and ROYAL SOVEREIGN 100, flag-ship of Sir Alan Gardner, all on the Home station. While attached to the WEAZLE in 1794 we find him participating in a very spirited action off Havre de Grace with a French ship from St. Domingo, mounting 18 twelve-pounders, a cutter, and lugger; the two latter of which were silenced, and the former driven on shore with the loss of her foremast and bowsprit - the WEAZLE's force on the occasion consisting only of 12 long fours and 2 twelve-pounder carronades. In Sept. 1800, Lieut. Bailey joined the WRIGHT armed-ship, Capt. Thos. Campbell, on the North Sea station, where he was next appointed 29 May, 1802, to the JALOUSE 18, Capt. Christ. Strachey. On 14 June, 1803, the latter vessel, in company with L'IMMORTALITE 36 and CRUISER 18, effected the capture, after an hour's engagement with the batteries on the east side of Cape Gris-nez, of two French gun-vessels, forming part of the French invasion flotilla - others of which she also assisted in destroying. Lieut. Bailey continued to serve in the JALOUSE, latterly on the Mediterranean station, until appointed. 5 Aug. 1806, to the ATLAS 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis, off Cadiz, at the blockade of which port she appears to have been employed for the unprecedented period of 19 months and 12 days without once letting go an anchor. In 1808, in consequence of a severe injury received in the execution of his duty, he was compelled to invalid and return home, thereby losing a very fair chance of the promotion to which, as First Lieutenant of the ATLAS, he had already in part become entitled. On 22 Sept. in the same year, however, although not perfectly recovered, he entered the Transport service, in which he continued, for the long space of 30 years, in the active and zealous discharge of duties of high importance. In 1809 he was conspicuously employed, after the battle of Corunna, in embarking the troops - 500 of whom he conveyed to England. He acquired also the sterling approbation of Lieut.-Gen. Lord Wm. Bentinck for his conduct as officer in charge of the Transport department during the operations against Genoa, Leghorn, and Marseilles; and when at Genoa, in 1814, was selected to convey the Imperial Guard, the suite, and effects of Napoleon Buonaparte from Savona to Elba, and afterwards to escort thither from Genoa the Comtesse Bertrand. For the services last mentioned he received the personal acknowledgments of the Emperor, with an elegant ring set in brilliants, as a memento of his high esteem. He had been previously presented, for his services in Sicily and at Marseilles, with the Order of St. Ferdinand and Merit from the King of Naples, and the decoration of the "Lys" from Louis XVIII. After filling at various periods the duties of Resident-Agent at Malta, Cowes, and Portsmouth, Mr. Bailey was at length, 15 March, 1831, permanently appointed to Deptford, where he remained until compelled to retire at the close of 1838, from the effects of severe bodily injuries received in the public service. He was placed, 3 June, 1840, on the Retired Commander's list of 1830, and on 27 Feb. 1845, was promoted to the list of 1816. Commander Bailey, from 1800 until the death of King William IV., was honoured with the patronage and correspondence of that monarch, and to his Majesty's commands owed his long tenure of office.

He is married, and has, with other issue, a son, Lucius Curtis, Master, R.N. (1838), now surveying the Irish Channel, in the FIREFLY steam-vessel, Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey. AGENTS- Messrs. Stilwell.
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Transferred to a subsequent retirement scheme 27-Feb-1845

Surname: Bailey, First Names : William (a)

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 27/06/1814

Notes:
BAILEY. (LIEUT., 1814, F-P., 8; H-P., 33.)

WILLIAM BAILEY (a) was born, towards the close of the -last century, at Berkeley, co. Gloucester.

This officer entered the Navy, 21 Jan. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the LION 64, in which ship he continued to serve for upwards of seven years, the greater part of the time as Midshipman and Master's Mate, under the successive command of Capts. Robt. Rolles and Henry Heathcote, and of Rear-Admirals Hon. Robt. Stopford and Chas. Tyler. During that period he escorted various convoys to and from the East Indies and China; was frequently employed, during several months of dispute with the natives of the latter country, in landing and re-embarking troops, and was twice engaged in boat actions with a very superior force of piratical armed vessels ; accompanied from England to Persia, in 1810, their Excellencies Sir Gore Ouseley and Mirza Abul Hassan, the Persian Ambassador; and, while co-operating in the reduction of Java, served with a division of boats under Capt. Robt. Maunsell, at the capture of a large sloop-rigged gun-boat, mounting 4 heavy guns and 2 brass swivels, a Malay-rigged gun-boat, carrying 1 twelve pounder carronade, and a despatch-boat, near Samarang; on the night of 10 Sept. 1811. In April, 1814, having invalided home from the East Indies on board the RACEHORSE 18, Capt. Jas. De Rippe, Mr. Bailey joined the ROYAL SOVEREIGN yacht, Capts, John Poo Beresford and Sir Edw. Berry; and while in that vessel, after escorting Louis XVIII. to Calais, and the Allied Sovereigns to Dover, was in attendance on the latter during the grand naval review at Spithead. Since the receipt of his commission, which bears date 27 June, 1814, Lieut. Bailey has not been able to procure employment.
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Surname: Bailey, First Names : William (b)

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 23/11/1841

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 03/01/1865

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Vixen - 6 Jan 42
June 1844 : Vixen - 6 Jan 42
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 16 May 46
June 1879 : NP 6 Apr 1877

Notes:
BAILEY. (LIEUTENANT, 1841.)

WILLIAM BAILEY (b) entered the Navy 5 Jan. 1828 ; passed his examination 29 Nov. 1834 ; and for some time previously to his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841, served as Mate on board the COMET steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commanders Geo. Thos. Gordon and Fred. Chevalier Syer, on the Home station. His appointments have since been - 4 Dec. 1841, to the MINDEN 74, Capt. Mich. Quin, fitting at Plymouth - 6 Jan. 1842, to the VIXEN, steam-sloop, Capts. Henry Boyes and Geo. Giffard, on the East India station - and, 16 May, 1846, to the Coast Guard, in which service he is still occupied. AGENT- Frederick Dufaur.
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Surname: Bailey, First Names : William Swaffield
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 10/12/1861
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 18/03/1859

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

Surname: Baillie, First Names : Thomas
Birth Date : 30 May 1811

Date promoted :
Adm: 22/01/1877
Vice Adm: 01/04/1870
Rear Adm: 30/11/1863
Captain: 13/11/1845
Commander: 21/12/1841

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 30/11/1863

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Modeste - 5 Jun 43
June 1844 : Modeste - 5 Jun 43

Notes:
BAILLIE. (CAPTAIN, 1845.)

THOMAS BAILLIE, born 30 May, 1811, is sixth and youngest son of the late Geo. Baillie, Esq., of Jerviswood and Mellerstain (great-grandson of Thomas, sixth Earl of Haddington), by Mary, youngest daughter of Sir Jas. Pringle, Bart. ; brother of Capt. Robt. Baillie, of the 72nd Highlanders ; brother-in-law of the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Earl of Ashburnham, Viscount Haddo, and Lord Polwarth; and first cousin of Capt. W. A. B. Hamilton, R.N., Second Secretary of the Admiralty.

This officer entered the Navy 5 May, 1827, and on 20 Oct. following was present, in the DARTMOUTH 42, Capt. Thos. Fellowes, at the battle of Navarin. His appointments in the capacity of Lieutenant, which rank he attained 18 Oct. 1837, appear to have been, after serving for some time as Additional of the DUBLIN 50, and PRESIDENT 52, flagships in South America of Admirals Sir Graham Eden Hamond and Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross -12 July, 1838, to the FLY 18, Capt. Granville Gower Loch, on the same station - and, 31 Oct. 1840, and 20 Aug. 1841, to the 50-gun ships VERNON and WARSPITE, Capts. Wm. Walpole and Lord John Hay, on the Home station. Ile was promoted to the command of the ROSE 18, on the South America station, 21 Dec. 1841; and, from 5 June, 1843, until the year 1846, was afterwards employed in command of the MODESTE 18, in the Pacific. Capt. Baillie's elevation to the rank he now holds took place 13 Nov. 1845.
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Surname: Bain, First Names : Edward Joseph

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 18/01/1876
Naval Cadet or Entry: 13/04/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 079 - Britannia [Cadet under training]
June 1879 : 325 - Modeste 9 Feb 77

Surname: Bain, First Names : Henderson

Date promoted :
Captain: 06/04/1813

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Vice Adm: 28/12/1855

Notes:
BAIN. (REAR-ADMIRAL, 1846, F-P., 21 ; H-P., 33.)

HENDERSON BAIN entered the Navy, 4 Sept. 1793, as A.B., on board the TRITON 32, Capt. Geo. Murray, on the Home station, where, during nearly the whole of the war, he continued to serve, in LA NYMPHE 36, Capt. Geo. Losack, ATLAS 98, Capts. Edm. Dod, Matthew Squire, and Theophilus Jones, ROYAL GEORGE 100, bearing the flag of Lord Bridport, and EXCELLENT 74, Capts. Hon. Robt. Stopford and John Nash. While in the latter ship, of which he was confirmed a Lieutenant 22 Jan. 1800, Mr. Bain, in the course of the same year, succeeded, with the boats under his orders, in cutting out three large brigs near Abervrach, on the coast of France. * From the summer of 1802, when he returned from a visit to the West Indies, until Dec. 1808, we next find him serving, chiefly with Capt. (latterly Rear-Admiral) Stopford, in the SPENCER 74, and participating during that period, as Second Lieutenant, in the action off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806, and, as Senior, in the bombardment of Copenhagen, in Sept. 1807. In Aug. 1809, after an interval of half-pay, he rejoined Admiral Stopford in the SCIPION 74 ; and, on ultimately proceeding to the Cape of Good Hope, was there promoted to the command, 29 March, 1811, of the HARPY sloop, part of the force employed at the ensuing reduction of Java. He ultimately became Acting-Captain, 26 Jan. 1812, of the LION 64, bearing the flag of his friend Admiral Stopford, but was not confirmed until 6 April, 1813, a few weeks previously to which period he had rejoined the HARPY. In the following Aug. he was again appointed to the LION, flagship at the time of Rear-Admiral Chas. Tyler, in which came home, and was paid off 24 May, 1814. He has not since been employed. He was invested with his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.

Rear-Admiral Bain married, 3 April, 1821, Sarah, eldest daughter of the Rev. Wm. Haggitt, Chaplain of Chelsea Hospital.

Vide Gaz. 1800; p, 1227.
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Surname: Bainbridge, First Names : Henry
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 21/02/1845
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 26/09/1836

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Caledonia
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 29 Sep 46

Notes:
BAINBRIDGE. (LIEUTENANT, 1845.)

HENRY BAINBRIDGE is second son of the late Geo. Cole Bainbridge, Esq., of Gattonside House, Roxburghshire.

This officer passed his examination 26 Sept. 1836 ; served for some time as Mate in the HOWE 120, and CALEDONIA 120, flag-ships in the Mediterranean and at Devonport of Sir Fras. Mason and Sir David Milne ; and, on 21 Feb. 1845, was promoted into the ROLLA 10, Capt. John Simpson, With whom he is now serving on the coast of Africa, as First Lieutenant.

He married, 5 March, 1815, Mary Agnes, daughter of Lieut.-Col. Harvey, K.H., Inspecting Field Officer of the Leeds District.
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Surname: Bainbridge, First Names : John Hugh
Birth Date : May 1845
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 18/08/1876
Lieutenant: 28/06/1866
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 07/06/1864

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 119 - Columbine 15 Jun 70
June 1879 : 367 - Penelope addl for Coast Guard Services 29 Sep 77 ; Yarmouth

Surname: Bainbridge, First Names : Joseph Andrew

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 20/11/1826

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Pickle - 28 Jan 43
June 1844 : Pickle - 28 Jan 43

Notes:
BAINBRIDGE. (LIEUTENANT, 1826.)

JOSEPH ANDREW BAINBRIDGE died of yellow fever at Port Royal, Jamaica, in the early part, we believe, of 1846.

This officer entered the Navy, 30 Jan. 1812 ; passed his examination in 1819 ; and obtained his commission, 20 Nov. 1826. he was afterwards appointed - 30 April, 1834, to the PRESIDENT 52, flagship of Sir Geo. Cockburn - 15 May, 1835, to the SCYLLA 16, Capt. Edw. Geo. Carpenter - 18 May, 1836, to the TALAVERA 74, Capts. Thos. Ball Sulivan and Wm. Bowen Mends - 22 June, 1837, to the DONEGAL 78, Capts. Fras. Brace and John Drake - 18 Oct. 1838, to the GANGES 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds - and, 14 May, 1842, as First Lieutenant, to the CAMBRIDGE 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard - on the North America and West India, Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations. From 28 Jan. 1843, until the period of his death, he commanded the PICKLE schooner, in the West Indies. AGENTS- Messrs. Stilwell.
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Surname: Baird, First Names : Andrew
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 01/04/1856
Commander: 20/05/1826

Notes:
BAIRD. (COMMANDER, 1826.)

ANDREW BAIRD entered the Navy, 7 April, 1807 or 1808, as A.B., on board the QUEBEC 32, Capt. Hon. Geo. Poulett, under whose successor, Capt. Chas. Sibthorp John Hawbayne, he continued to serve until Jan. 1812, during which period he was present, as Midshipman, in the boats of the QUEBEC, with those of the DIANA, IMPERIEUSE, and JASON, in an unsuccessful attack on the enemy's flotilla in the river Scheldt in 1809, and witnessed the subsequent capture of a large number of privateers and other armed vessels. He was next employed for three years, latterly as Master's Mate, in the PIQUE 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, mostly on the West India station, where, for a short period, from Feb. to April, 1815, he served on board the VENERABLE 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir Philip Durham. He obtained his first commission on 19 Sept. in the latter year, but did not succeed in procuring an appointment until 6 April, 1815, when he joined the SAPPHO 18, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge, and proceeded to St. Helena, from which station he invalided in April, 1820. On 8 Dec. in the following year, he joined the FLY 18, Capts. Geo. Tyler, Edw. Curzon, and Wm. Fanshawe Martin ; and, on his eventual return from a visit to South America, became attached, in Oct. 1824, to the BOADICEA 46. In that frigate Mr. Baird immediately sailed for the East Indies with the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Brisbane, by whom, on 2 Dec. 1825, he was promoted to the command of the ARACHNE sloop, stationed at Rangoon during the latter part of the Burmese war - an appointment which the Admiralty confirmed by commission, dated 20 May, 1826. The subject of this memoir, who left the ARACHNE towards the close of the same year, was subsequently, from 4 Oct. 1837, until the close of 1842, employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay. AGENTS- Messrs. Stilwell.
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Surname: Baird, First Names : Daniel

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 03/02/1815

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

DANIEL BAIRD entered the Navy, 28 July, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the LOIRE 46, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, and attained the rating of Midshipman 23 Feb. 1804. On 16 March and 17 Aug. in the same year, he assisted at the capture of the French privateers Braave, of 16 guns and 110 men, and (after a chase of 20 hours) Blonde, of 30 guns and 240 men ; was under fire of the batteries in Muros Bay when they were gallantly stormed and carried, and the privateers Confiance and Bélier taken by the boats under Lieut. the late Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, 4 June, 1805 ; aided, on 25 of the same month, in capturing another privateer, Le Vailliant, of force similar to the Blonde ; on 24 Dec. following was in company with L'EGYPTIENNE at the capture, after an obstinate resistance, of La Libre, of 40 guns and 280 men ; and, in July, 1806, conveyed to Sir Rich. Keats, off L'Orient, intelligence which led to the capture of Le Rhin, of 44 guns. He returned home, and was paid off in Oct. 1806 ; and, after an intermediate attachment to the MAGNIFICENT 74, VOLONTAIRE 38, and ROYAL WILLIAM 98, was, in Dec. following, appointed, with Capt. Maitland, to the EMERALD 36. In April, 1807, we find him contributing to the capture, among other vessels, of the Austerlitz privateer, of 14 guns and 96 men, and during the remainder of the year employed with the force under Sir Rich. John Strachan at the blockade of Rochefort. On the night of 13 March, 1808, Mr. Baird participated, under Lieut. Chas. Bertram, in a very desperate effort to bring out from Vivero harbour, on the coast of Spain, a large French schooner, L'Apropos, of 8 guns and 70 men, of which, while the majority of the boats were engaged with two heavy forts, he was deputed to take possession. The attack however proving impracticable, in consequence of the vessel having gone on shore at high water, she was eventually fired and blown up ; previously to which, Mr. Baird, who had been rejoined by Lieut. Bertram, had taken part in a sharp affray with the enemy, and had been for several hours exposed to a galling fire from the musketry of a body of troops not 30 yards distant.* He afterwards, in April, 1809, witnessed, as Master's Mate, Lord Gambier's destruction of the shipping in Basque Roads; left the EMERALD in 1810; then joined in succession, for short periods, as a Supernumerary, the POMPEE 80, NEPTUNE 98, and STATIRA 38, all flag-ships of Sir Alex. Inglis Cochrane, in the West Indies; became attached, in the course of the same year, to the CONQUESTADOR 74, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, in the Channel ; and, on 27 Dec. 1811, was taken prisoner in a brave but inauspicious attack on a French flotilla near Isle d'Aix. He returned from captivity 20 April, 1814 ; served, from May following until 28 May, 1815, as a Supernumerary Master's Mate, in the ROYAL WILLIAM, Capt. Robt. Hall, at Spithead, and NORGE 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, in the West Indies; was then promoted by commission, ante-dated to 3 Feb. 1815, into the EMULOUS 16, Capts. Thos. Wren Carter and Caleb Jackson; came home and was placed on half-pay, 27 June, 1816; and has not since been afloat. AGENTS - Messrs. Chard.

Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 416.
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Surname: Baird, First Names : John Kennedy Erskine, AdC
Birth Date : 16 9 1832
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 16/02/1864
Commander: 03/07/1857
Lieutenant: 28/02/1854
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 10/02/1852

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 273 - Juno 8 Mar 70

Surname: Bairnsfather, First Names : George Edward Beckwith
Qualified in: Gunnery: Torpedoes: Navigation: N

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 20/12/1875

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 079 - Britannia [Cadet under training]
June 1879 : 554 - Jumna 24 Sep 78 (N)

Surname: Bake, First Names : John Wolland

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 04/02/1815

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
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Notes:
BAKE. (LIEUTENANT, 1815. F-P., 10; H-P., 32.)

JOHN WALLAND BAKE entered the Navy, 8 April, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the AVON 18, Capt. Fras. Jackson Snell, employed off Lisbon and Cadiz; became Midshipman, in Dec. 1806, of the GLATTON 50, Capts. Thos. Secombe, John Clavell, Henry Hope, and Geo. Miller Bligh, on the Mediterranean station; removed in Aug. 1809, to the CRETAN brig, Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne, in the North Sea, where he witnessed the capture, 28 Oct. 1810, of the privateer Neptune of 5 guns and 24 men; and afterwards served, from June, 1812, until May, 1815, in the TEAZER gun-brig and RACER schooner, both commanded by Lieut. John Julian, in the Channel and off the north coast of Spain, SALVADOR DEL MUNDO first-rate, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Vice-Admiral Wm. Domett, and QUEEN 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, in the Mediterranean. Mr. Bake, whose commission bears date 4 Feb. 1815, left the QUEEN in the following May, and has not since been employed.
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Surname: Baker, First Names : Arthur Heberden

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 08/04/1873
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 24/03/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 208 - Gladiator 20 Aug 69

Surname: Baker, First Names : Casper Joseph

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 15/04/1875
Midshipman: 15/10/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 058 - Barrosa 9 Jun 69 addl
June 1879 : 301 - Magpie 24 Feb 77 ; Surveying Service China Station

Surname: Baker, First Names : Charles Henry

Date promoted :
Commander: 01/01/1848
Lieutenant: 09/11/1827

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Dec 1843 HM Revenue Vessel Harpy - 28 Jan 43
June 1844 : HM Revenue Vessel Vulcan (steam vessel) 29 Jun 44
Captain: 01/08/1860

Notes:
BAKER. (LIEUTENANT, 1827.)

CHARLES HENRY BAKER is brother of Lieut. Gustavus Spicker Baker, R.N.

This officer passed his examination in 1817 ; and obtained his commission 9 Nov. 1827. He was subsequently appointed, - 26 July, 1828, as First Lieutenant, to the METEOR bomb, Capt. David Hope, employed for some time in blockading the port of Tangier - 4 Feb. 1830, as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant to the ASIA 84, Capt. Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone, in the Mediterranean - in May following, to the SAMARANG 28, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, on the same station - 20 Feb. 1833, to the Coast Guard - 13 June, 1839, and 6 Oct. 1840, to the successive command of the FOX and STORK Revenue-cruizers - 9 Aug. 1842, to the Coast Guard again - 28 Jan. 1843, to the HARPY, another Revenue-vessel - and, 29 Jan. 1846, to the VULCAN steamer, also in the service of the Revenue, which he still commands.
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Surname: Baker, First Names : Charles Hougham

Date promoted :
Commander: 09/11/1846
Lieutenant: 29/03/1833

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:

Notes:
BAKER. (COMMANDER, 1846. F-P., 13; H-P., 8.)

CHARLES HOUGHMAN BAKER is son of the late Rev. Chas. Baker, Vicar of Tilmerstone, co. Kent; nephew of the late Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Thos. Baker, K.C.B. (whom see); and brother-in-law of Commander John Goodrich Dick, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 18 Dec. 1826, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the GLOUCESTER 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton, on the Home station; removed the year following, as Midshipman, to the OCEAN 80, Commodore Patrick Campbell, employed after the battle of Navarin in blockading that port; next joined in succession, the GLASGOW 50, Capt. Jas. Ashley Maude, on the same station, and the SHANNON 46, Capt. Benj. Clements, fitting for the West Indies; and from 1829 until 1833, in March of which year he passed his examination, was borne on the books of the WARSPITE, 76, flag-ship of his uncle, Sir T. Baker, Commander-in-Chief in South America. For two years of the latter period, however, he was lent to the TRIBUNE 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze, and in that ship he was present at the blockade of Callao, and capture of the Peruvian corvette Libertad, laden with dollars for the payment of the Columbians. Prior to rejoining the WARSPITE, Mr. Baker was also for some time employed in the ADELAIDE schooner, at Cape Frio, for the purpose of recovering the treasure lost in H. M. S. THETIS. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 29 March, 1833 ; served from 30 May, 1834, until paid off in June, 1838, on board the THALIA 46, Capt. Robt. Wauchope, stationed on the coast of Africa, where he assisted at the capture of three slavers ; and on 10 April, 1839, was appointed to the DRUID 44, Capts. Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill and Henry Smith. While participating, under the latter officer, in the subsequent operations of the Chinese campaign, he served in the boats at the capture of the barrier-fortifications at Macao, 19 Aug. 1840; also at the reduction of Tycocktow and capture of the Bogue forts, 7 Jan. and 26 Feb. 1811 ; and on many occasions was actively engaged in watching fire-rafts and otherwise. Lieut. Baker invalided home in the spring of 1841, in consequence of ill-health, produced by the effects of the climate, on board the MELVILLE, 72, Capt. Rich. Saunders Dundas; and was advanced to the rank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846. AGENTS- Goode and Lawrence.
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Surname: Baker, First Names : Francis Clarence Rechab
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 10/12/1861
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 23/09/1860

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 173 - Endymion 27 May 69 (Flying Squadron - World Cruise)
June 1879 : 510 - Valiant addl for Coast Guard Services 24 Apr 75 ; Sligo

Surname: Baker, First Names : George
Birth Date : 03 May 1795

Date promoted :
Captain: 09/11/1846
Commander: 17/01/1822

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 04/02/1857

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Lily - 18 Dec 41

Notes:
BAKER. (CAPTAIN, 1846. F-P., 16 ; H-P., 23.)

GEORGE BAKER, born 3 May, 1795, in London, is third son of the late Sir Robt. Baker, of Montague Place, Russell Square, formerly Chief Magistrate of Bow Street, and Treasurer of the County of Middlesex, by Harriet, fourth daughter of Anthony Aufrere, Esq., of Hoveton Hall, co. Norfolk, and niece, maternally, of John Norris, Esq., of Wilton Place, in the same county, founder of the Norrisian Professorship at Cambridge. Commander Baker, who has two brothers in the Hon. E.I.C.'s army, is cousin of Hon. Capt. Wodehouse, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the AMAZON 38, Capt. Wm. Parker, with whom, until Feb. 1812, he was actively employed, the last two years as Midship-man, in blockading the French ports in the Bay of Biscay, and in co-operating with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. He was then transferred to the NORTHUMBERLAND 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Ho-tham, and, on 22 of the following May, assisted at the destruction, after a gallant engagement of some hours, in which the British sustained a loss of 5 men killed and 28 wounded, of the two French 44-gun frigates Arienne and Andromaque, and 18-gun brig Mameluke, under a galling fire from the batteries at the entrance of L'Orient. From Jan. 1813, until the receipt of his first commission, which bears date 7 March, 1815, Mr. Baker further served, chiefly as Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, on board the PEMBROKE 74, Cart. Jas. Brisbane, VILLE DE PARIS 110, flag-ship of Sir Harry Neale, SAL-VADOR DEL MUNDO first-rate, Capt. Jas. Nash, VENGEUR 74, Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, SUPERB 74, bearing the flag of Hon. H. Hotham, PACTOLUS 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer SUPERB again, and CYRUS 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll. He served during that period on the Home and North America stations, and was pre-sent in the SUPERB off the coast of France on the occasion of Buonaparte's surrender after the battle of Waterloo, to whom, in common with the other officers of the ship, when visited by the Emperor, he had the honour of being introduced. His next appointments were - 20 Nov. 1818, to the DAUNTLESS 20, Capt. Hon. Valentine Gardner - and, 11 May, 1820, as First Lieutenant, to the LEANDER 50, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, both on the East India station, whence he returned to Eng-land in July, 1822. He subsequently held a command in the Coast Guard from 6 July, 1836, to 5 July, 1839 ; and on 18 Dec. 1841, was appointed to the LILY 16, in which sloop he sailed for the Cape station, and had the good fortune, in March, 1843, while cruizing in the Mozambique Channel, to effect the destruction of a celebrated armed slaver, and the capture of two others. Since 2 Jan. 1844, the date of his being paid off, Capt. Baker has been on half-pay. His promotion to his present rank took place 9 Nov. 1846.

He married, 17 Jan. 1827, Elizabeth Octavia, fourth daughter of the late Wm. Harding, Esq., of Baraset House, co. Warwick, and has issue two sons and four daughters. AGENTS- Messrs. Halford and Co.
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Surname: Baker, First Names : George

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 18/03/1844
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 31/03/1837

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Alfred addl - 8 May 44
Dec 1848 : 496 - Rodney 16 Mar 45

Notes:
BAKER. (LIEUTENANT, 1844. F-P., 17; H-P., 1.)

GEORGE BAKER entered the Navy 7 March, 1829; passed his examination 31 March, 1837; served as Mate, from 1838 until 1843, of the PARTRIDGE 10, Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Morris and John Thos. Nott, in South America; then joined the ALFRED 50, Commodore John Brett Purvis, on the same station; and obtained his commission 15 March, 1844. He was reappointed to the ALFRED 8 May following; and since 16 March, 1846, has been attached to the RODNEY 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, part of the Channel squadron.
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Surname: Baker, First Names : Gustavus Spicker
Birth Date : 25 Jul 1796

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 12/01/1824

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

Notes:
BAKER. (LIEUTENANT, 1824. F-P., 32 ; H-P., 5.)

GUSTAVUS SPICKER BAKER, born 25 July, 1796, is brother of Lieut. Chas. Henry Baker, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the UNICORN 32, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, and assisted in blockading the French ports in the Bay of Biscay. During the whole of the American war he was very actively employed with the same officer, as Midshipman, in the ACASTA 40. Until Sept. 1823, he afterwards served on the Home, East India, South America, Mediterranean, and West India stations, on board the NAMUR 74, TOWEY 24, GRASSHOPPER 18, VENGEUR and GENOA 74'S, EDEN 28, and GLOUCESTER 74, Capts. Geo. M'Kinley, Houston Stewart, Wm. Hill, David Buchan, Fred. Lewis Maitland, Sir Thos. Livingstone, John Lawrence, and Jas. Lillicrap. He then (having passed his examination in Sept. 1816) became Acting-Lieutenant of the TYNE 28, Capt. John Walter Roberts; and on being officially promoted, 12 Jan. 1824, was placed on half-pay. He subsequently held the temporary command of a Falmouth packet; and from 21 May, 1829, until 1831, was employed in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the RAMILLIES and TALAVERA 74's, Capts. Hugh Pigot and David Colby. Since 31 March in the latter year he has served uninterruptedly in the Coast Guard. We should not omit to mention that, in March, 1830, while in discharge of his duty, Lieut. Baker encountered a band of smugglers, and, in a desperate conflict which ensued, received several very severe wounds on the head and in different parts of the body ; and that his conduct on the occasion was reported in the most flattering terms to the Admiralty. AGENTS- Messrs. Ommanney.
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Surname: Baker, First Names : Henry

Date promoted :
Commander: 23/09/1850
Lieutenant: 07/06/1846

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 10/12/1866

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 328 - Kestrel 30 Mar 47 Lieut.-Com

Notes:
BAKER. (COMMANDER, 1814. F-P., 11 ; H-P., 33.)

HENRY BAKER entered the Navy, 31 July, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the VIRGINIE 38, Capt. John Poo Beresford, stationed in the North Sea, where he removed, 11 Aug. 1804, as Midshipman, to the CLEOPATRA, of 38 guns and 200 men, Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie. On 17 Feb. 1805, the latter ship was captured, after a brilliant and self-sought action of nearly three hours, and a loss of 20 killed and 38 wounded, by La Ville de Milan, of 46 guns and 350 men, 10 of whom appear to leave been slain. The French ship, however, was herself taken with her prize on the 23rd of the same month, by the LEANDER 50, Capt. John Talbot; and being added to the British Navy as the 38-gun frigate MILAN, was commissioned by Sir Robt. Laurie, under whose orders Mr. Baker continued to serve, as Master's Mate and Lieutenant - his commission bearing date 31 Oct. 1809 - until Aug. 1810. From 2 Nov. following until advanced to his present rank, 15 June, 1814, he was next employed, latterly as Senior Lieutenant, in the ETHALION 42, Capts, Edm. Heywood and Wm. Hugh Dobbie, on the Baltic and Cork stations. Since the latter date he has not been afloat.

Commander Baker married, 4 June, 1830, Henrietta Margaret, relict of the late Lieut.-Col. Digby, of Bath.
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Surname: Baker, First Names : Henry

Date promoted :
Commander: 15/06/1814

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

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 20/12/1876

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 143 - Decoy 1 Mar 79 (N)

Surname: Baker, First Names : Henry Loraine, CB (Bart)
Birth Date : 03 Jan 1787

Date promoted :
Captain: 13/06/1815

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : 19/01/1842 ;

Notes:
BAKER, Bart., C.B. (Captain, 1815. F-P., 17; H-P., 33.) SIR HENRY LORAINE BAKER, born 3 Jan. 1787, is eldest surviving son of the late Sir Robt. Baker, Bart., by Dinah, daughter and sole heir of Wm. Hayley, Esq., alderman, and Representative in parliament of the City of London; and brother of Capt. Onslow Baker, of the Hon. E.I.C.'s artillery. he succeeded his father as second baronet 4 Feb. 1826. This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the UNITE 38, Capt. Chas. Rowley, in which ship, the CRUIZER 18, Capts. Chas. Wollaston and Jas. Brisbane, and, as Midshipman, in the BOADICEA 38, commanded also by Capt. Rowley, he continued to serve on the Home station until the peace. In July, 1802, he joined the CENTAUR 74, Capt. Bendall Robt. Littlehales, and after assisting under Sir Sam. flood at the reduction of Ste. Lucie, in June, 1803, returned home with the former officer on board the MORNE FORTUNEE hired brig, in charge of the despatches. He then became attached to the NORTHUMBERLAND 74, Capt. Hon. Alex. Inglis Cochrane; but, returning soon to the West Indies, served, in the THESEUS 74, Capt. John Bligh, at the blockade of Cape Francois; the reduction of Port Dauphin, where two forts and a 28-gun ship, La Sagesse, were taken from the enemy; and the surrender of the French squadron with the remains of General Rochambeau's army from Cape Francois on board. On 16 July, 1804, Mr. Baker removed with Capt. Bligh, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the SURVEILLANTE 38, from which frigate he was transferred, in March, 1805, to the REYNARD, of 18 guns and 121 men, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, for his meritorious conduct under whom, at the annihilation, on the 20th of the same month, after a warm conflict of 35 minutes, of Le Général Ernouf French privateer, of 20 guns and 160 men, he was confirmed by commission, dated back to 18 Oct. 1804. His next appointments were, between Dec. 1805, and the latter part of 1807, to the FORTUNEE 36, Capt. Henry Vansittart, MEDIATOR 32, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, and VETERAN 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres; during which period, while First Lieutenant of the MEDIATOR, he took part in the capture of several privateers, and, in company with Capt. Wise, Lieuts. John Norton and Shaw, and a party of seamen, gallantly stormed and carried, after a cannonade of four hours, the fort of Samana, St. Domingo, 14 Feb. 1807. On his return home from the West Indies in 1807, Lieut. Baker joined the CASTOR 32, Capt. Wm. Roberts, and, next, the EAGLE 74, and LEDA 38, Capts. Chas. Rowley and Geo. Sayer. In Aug. 1809, he took charge of a gun-boat, and was particularly mentioned by Sir Geo. Cockburn for his exertions at the bombardment of Flushing ;* and on 15 Aug. 1810, he assumed command of the ANHOLT schooner, of 10 guns. His distinguished skill and gallantry, as second in command under Capt. Jas. Wilkes Maurice, at the glorious defence of Anholt, when attacked, in March, 1811, by a Danish force of at least four times the strength of the garrison, on which occasion he gave the coup-de-grace to the defeat of the enemy by bearing down along the northern shore of the island, and placing them between two fires, was acknowledged, on his arrival in England with the despatches, by promotion to the rank of Commander, 8 April, 1811. † On 28 Oct. 1812, Capt. Baker was appointed to the CONFLICT 16, and on 18 March, 1814, to the FAIRY 18, both on the North America station. In Aug. of the latter year he was present, up the Potomac, at the capture of Fort Washington and the capitulation of Alexandria; and, in the despatches of Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, again acquired especial praise for the zealous alacrity of his conduct on every one of those salient occasions of difficulty and danger which attended the ascent and descent of the river - but, above all, for the prominent part borne by him in rescuing the grounded DEVASTATION from falling a sacrifice to the boats and fire-vessels of the enemy. ** He subsequently brought home the despatches announcing the surrender of Guadeloupe, an event to which he had also, as officially testified, very creditably contributed, and was in consequence promoted to Post rank, by commission dated 13 June, 1815, ‡‡ and, about the same period, nominated a C.B. On 29 July, 1810, the subject of this memoir was selected by Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Digby to be his Flag-Captain in the HOWE 120, at Sheerness, where, in Oct. following, a few days after his removal with the above officer to the CAMPERDOWN 104, he had the misfortune, while in attendance on the Lords of the Admiralty, to break his leg and receive other severe injuries ; owing to which circumstance, and to his former services, he was granted, 19 Jan. 1842, a pension of £180. He resigned the command of the CAMPERDOWN in Dec. 1841, and accepted the half-pay of retirement 1 Oct. 1846.

Sir Henry Loraine Baker married, 27 June, 1820, Louisa Ann, only daughter of Wm. Williams, Esq., of Belmont House, South Lambeth, formerly M.P. for Weymouth, and by that lady has issue a son and three daughters. AGENTS Messrs. Chard.

* Vide Gaz.. 1809, p. 1326.
† V. Gaz. 1811, pp. 649-50.
** V. Gaz. 1814, pp. 2080-81.
‡‡ V. Gaz. 1815, p. 1914.
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Surname: Baker, First Names : Henry Vashon

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 23/09/1874
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 20/06/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 422 - Royal Alfred 2 Nov 69 supernumerary for disposal (act)
June 1879 : 509 - Urgent 23 May 78

Surname: Baker, First Names : Horace Geo Spencer

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 17/05/1864

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 106 - Challenger 15 May 69

Surname: Baker, First Names : Horace Mann

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 08/10/1841

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Pique - 17 Jun 42
June 1844 : Pique - 17 Jun 42

Notes:
BAKER. (LIEUTENANT, 1841.)

HORACE MANN BAKER is second son of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Baker, K.C.B.

This officer entered the Navy 29 March, 1829 ; passed his examination 31 Jan. 1840 ; and was then appointed Mate of the ALLIGATOR 26, Capt. Alex. Leopold Kuper. During the operations on the coast of China, he landed at the storming, 27 Feb. 1841, of the enemy's works close to Whampoa Reach, where 54 pieces of cannon were taken ; assisted at the first capture of Canton ; was, officially mentioned for the activity with which, when in partial command of the ALLIGATOR's boats, he aided in towing clear of that vessel a body of fire-rafts sent by the Chinese to effect her destruction; and, on 26 May, was again employed in the boats at the demolition of the line of defences extending about two miles from the British factory at Canton. * He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant (while serving in the TWEED 20, Capt. Hugh Donald Cameron Douglas) by commission dated 3 Oct. 1841 ; and since 17 June, 1842, has been employed, in North America and the West Indies, on board the PIQUE 36, Capt. Hon. Montagu Stopford.
‡

Surname: Baker, First Names : James Frederick
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/08/1862

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 14/03/1873

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 422 - Royal Alfred 1 Sep 69

Surname: Baker, First Names : James Vashon

Date promoted :
Vice Adm: 26/05/1869
Rear Adm: 30/01/1863
Captain: 10/07/1843

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 30/01/1863

Notes:
BAKER. (CAPTAIN, 1843. F-P., 26 ; H-P., 10.)

JAMES VASHON BAKER entered the Royal Naval College 2 Aug. 1811, and embarked, 16 Dec. 1812, as a Volunteer, on board the NORGE 74, Capt. John Spratt Rainier, stationed in the North Sea, where he attained the rating of Midshipman, 17 Dec. 1813. He next, between June, 1814, and June, 1819, joined, in succession, the LIVERPOOL 40, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, employed chiefly at the Cape of Good Hope, FORTH 40, Capt. Sir John Louis, in North America, and NEWCASTLE 60, bearing the flag at Halifax of Rear-Admiral Edw. Griffith, of which ship he became Acting-Lieutenant, 9 March, 1820. He received his first Admiralty commission 19 July following, and was afterwards appointed - 2 Oct. 1820, to the MERSEY 26, Capt. Edw. Collier, in North America -
26 Nov. 1822, and 31 May, 1823, to the RAMILLIES 74 and GANGES 84, Capts. Edw. Bruce and Patrick Campbell, on the Home and Jamaica stations -
31 Aug. 1826, to the RINGDOVE 18, Capts. Edw. Le Cras Thornbrough and Chas. English, employed at Chatham and Halifax -
19 March, 1830, as Senior, to the PYLADES 18, Capts. Patrick Duff Henry Hay and Edw. Blanckley, on the Cork and South America stations -
28 Sept. 1832, to the DRUID 46, Capt. Sam. Roberts, off Lisbon -
20 May, 1833, as First Lieutenant, to the FORTE 44, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, in North America and the West Indies - and,
19 June, 1837, in the same capacity, to the DONEGAL 78, Capts. Fras. Brace and John Drake, flag-ship for some time of Sir John Acworth Ommanney, on the Lisbon station.

Capt. Baker, who received his second promotal commission 22 Feb. 1838, was subsequently appointed, 1 Oct. 1840, Commander of the Howl 120, Capts. Sir W. O. Pell and Robt. Smart, flag-ship latterly of Sir Fras. Mason, in the Mediterranean; on his return whence he was advanced to Post-rank, 10 July, 1843. He has since been on half-pay. AGENTS- Messrs. Stilwell.

* Vide. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1501, 1505, 2504, 2505.
‡

Surname: Baker, First Names : John
Birth Date : c 1770

Date promoted :
Captain: 21/10/1810

Notes:
BAKER. (CAPTAIN, 1810. F-P., 19; H-P., 44.)
JOHN BAKER was born about the year 1770, and died at Walmer, co. Kent, in March, 1845. He was elder brother of the late Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Thos. Baker, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1782, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ROEBUCK 44, under the auspices of Capt. John Orde, on the Baltic sta-tion ; joined, in Nov. 1784, the EUROPA 50, flag ship at Jamaica of Rear-Admiral Innes ; and from Sept. 1787, until Dec. 1793, served as Midshipman, in the ORION and CARNATIC 74's, Capts. Sir Hyde Parker and Hon. P. Bertie, both lying at Plymouth, ST. GEORGE 98, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King at Spithead, LONDON 98, Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, in the Channel, and FLORA 36, flag ship on the same sta-tion of Rear-Admiral John Macbride. He then became Acting-Lieutenant of the VICTORIOUS 74, Capt. Sir John Orde, also in the Channel, where he was confirmed in the VENERABLE 74, commanded by the same officer, 9 July, 1794; next joined, in suc-cession, the PRINCE GEORGE 98, Capt. Sir J. Orde, TRIDENT 64, Capts. Jones and Osborn, and COMMERCE OF MARSEILLES, Capt. Child, all similarly stationed ; and was afterwards, from March, 1797, till Sept. 1800, employed as Flag-Lieutenant, in the CAMBRIDGE 80, PRINCESS ROYAL 90, and BLENHEIM 74, flag-ships at Plymouth and in the Medi-terranean of his friend Sir J. Orde, and in the VILLE DE PARIS, bearing the flag in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent. In May, 1801, Mr. Baker as-sumed command of the VIXEN gun-brig, in which we find him employed in the Downs until the re-ceipt of his second commission, 29 April, 1802. His next appointment was, 20 April, 1804, to the armed ship BLENING; from which, after an intermediate servitude in the North Sea and Baltic, he was trans-ferred, 20 Jan. 1806, to the KANGAROO sloop, of 18 guns. On 20 Nov. 1808, he captured, near Bou-logne, L'Egayant privateer, of 14 guns and 31 men, and continued actively engaged, on the Home sta-tion and off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, until advanced to Post-rank, 21 Oct. 1810. From that period until the time of his death, Capt. Baker re-mained unemployed. AGENT - J. Hinxman.
‡

Surname: Baker, First Names : John

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 26/12/1822

Notes:
BAKER. (LIEUT., 1822. F-P., 10; H-P., 22.)

JOHN BAKER died 5 Dec. 1845.

This officer entered the Navy, 15 Aug. 1813, as A.B., on board the INCONSTANT 36, Capt. Sir Edw. Tucker, on the Brazilian station; attained, very soon afterwards, the rating of Midshipman; and continued to serve in the same ship and the SEMIRAMIS 36, under Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, on the coast of Africa, until the death of the latter in Sept. 1818. Between that period and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 26 Dec. 1822, he appears to have been further employed, as Master's Mate, on board the ALERT and MYRMIDON sloops, both commanded by Capt. Henry John Leeke, in the North Sea, and again on the Africa station. He did not afterwards go afloat. AGENTS- Messrs. Ommanney.
‡

Surname: Baker, First Names : John Popham

Date promoted :
Commander: 29/01/1821

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Out-Pension of Greenwich Hospital - 7 Jul 28
June 1844 : Out-Pension of Greenwich Hospital - 7 Jul 28
Dec 1848 : GHP

Notes:
BAKER. (COMMANDER, 1821. F-P., 22; H-P., 29.)

JOHN POPHAM BAKER entered the Navy, 13 March, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the VENUS 32, Capt. Thos. Graves, off Newfoundland; and from July, 1799, until July, 1802, during which period he assisted in subduing an alarming insurrection of the 8th West India regiment in the island of Dominica, served as Midshipman and Master's Mate on board the MAGNIFICENT 74, Capts. Edw. Bowater, Peter Turner Bover, and John Giffard. Being confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 18 Oct. following, in the VENUS, he continued attached to that frigate, commanded on the West India and Irish stations by Capts. T. Graves and Henry Matson, until July, 1805 ; after which, until Feb. 1816, he served, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, chiefly as First Lieutenant, in the DRAGON 74, Capts. Edw. Griffith and Matthew Henry Scott, SULTAN 74, Capts. E. Griffith and John West, VILLE DE PARIS 110, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood, SUCCESS 32, Capt. John Ayscough, QUEEN 74, Capt. Lord Colville, BARHAM 74, Capt. John Wm. Spranger, RIPPON 74, Capt. Sir Christ. Cole, PRINCE, ROYAL SOVEREIGN, and TONNANT, flag-ships of Sir R. Bickerton and Sir Benj. Hallowell, SPENCER 74, Capt. Wm. Root. Broughton, and LEANDER 60, Capt. Wm. Skipsey. In 1809, while in the SULTAN, Mr. Baker suffered a rupture from over-fatigue in the execution of his duty; and, when next in the RIPPON, he assisted at the capture, 21 Oct. 1813, of the French 44-gun frigate Le Weser. After an employment of nearly two years in the NEWCASTLE 60, flag- ship .of Rear-Admiral E. Griffith, on the Halifax station, he was made Acting-Commander, 16 Oct. 1820, of the BELLETTE 16. He was superseded on being officially promoted, 29 Jan. 1821; and or 7 July, 1829, was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital. AGENTS- Messrs. Halford and Co.
‡

Surname: Baker, First Names : John Robinett
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 26/08/1828

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : Revenue Vessel Wickham

Notes:
BAKER. (LIEUTENANT, 1828.)

JOHN ROBINETT BAKER entered the Navy 8 April, 1814 ; passed his examination in 1820 ; and obtained his commission 26 Aug. 1828. He was subsequently appointed -
27 Aug. 1832, to the Coast Guard -
10 Oct. following, to the SPARTIATE 76, Capt. Robt. Tait, on the South American station -
25 Nov. 1833, to the CANOPUS 84, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, in the Mediterranean -
13 Aug. 1835, to the Coast Guard again -
10 Aug. 1838, to the command of the HORNET Revenue-vessel -
13 May, 1840, as First Lieutenant, to the RODNEY 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, under whom he visited the Mediterranean, and in 1843 escorted a body of troops to the Cape of Good Hope - and,
27 June, 1844, as Admiralty-Agent, to a Contract Mail Steam-vessel.

He has been on half-pay since the early part of 1846.

He married, 26 Jan. 1838, Catherine, eldest daughter of Thos. Oxley, Esq., of Killiney, co. Dublin.
‡

Surname: Baker, First Names : Joseph Francis
Birth Date : 31 Jul 1798

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 22/05/1828

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 22 Apr 31
June 1844 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 22 Apr 31
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 22 Apr 31

Notes:
BAKER. (LIEUTENANT, 1828. F-P., 33; H-P.,4.)

JOSEPH FRANCIS BAKER, born 31 July, 1798, at Baldock, co. Herts., is second son of the late Rich. Baker, Esq., by Catharine, only daughter of Wm. Richards, Esq., M.D. ; and brother of the present Rich. Westbrook Baker, Esq., of Cottesmore and Langham, co. Rutland, a distinguished agriculturist.

This officer entered the Navy, 13 July, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the MACEDONIAN, of 48 guns and 204 men, Capts. Lord Wm. Fitzroy, Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, and John Surman Carden, and was for some time very actively engaged with the batteries on the coast of France. On 25 Oct. 1812, he was present and wounded in the brilliant action of two hours and ten minutes which rendered the MACEDONIAN, after losing 36 men killed and 68 wounded, a shattered prize to the American frigate United States, of 56 guns and 474 men, 12 of whom only appear to have been killed and wounded. Mr. Baker next, in June, 1813, joined the MAIDSTONE 36, Capt. Geo. Burdett, on the North America station; and on 24 Dec. following became Midshipman of the SHELBURNE schooner 12, Lieut.-Commanders David Hope and Wm. Hamilton, in which vessel he assisted at the capture, 20 April, 1814, of the Frolic American sloop, of 22 guns and 171 men, and also took part in the expedition to New Orleans, and the destruction of the enemy's forts at Pensacola. He was subsequently employed, between Jan. 1815, and Aug. 1817, in the PLANTAGENET 74, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, FURIEUSE 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, and PANDORA 18, Capts. Hon. Fred. Noel and Geo. Matthew Jones, on the America, Channel, and Irish stations; passed his examination 13 Dec. 1817 ; served on the Coast Blockade, as Admiralty Midshipman of the SEVERN, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, from Oct. 1818, to April, 1822; then joined the RACEHORSE 18, Capt. Wm. Benj. Suckling, under whom he was wrecked in Douglas Bay, Isle of Man, towards the close of the same year; and, until advanced to his present rank, 22 May, 1828, officiated as Admiralty Midshipman and Mate, on the Home, East India, and Africa stations, of the VIGILANT 12, Lieut.-Commander Nich. Colthurst, WINDSOR CASTLE 78, Capt. Edw. Durnford King, JAVA, BOADICEA, and BRITANNIA, flag ships of Admirals Wm. Hall Gage and the Earl of Northesk, ONYX 10, Lieut.-Commander Wm. John Cole, and SYBILLE 48, Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier. Lieut. Baker, who served for some months subsequently to his promotion in the NORTH STAR 28, Capt. Septimus Arabin, has been in the Coast Guard since 22 April, 1831. While in the Coast Blockade at Standgate Creek in 1820, he was on one occasion, with only one man to support him, overwhelmed by a band of 300 armed smugglers, and so desperately wounded as to be left apparently lifeless on the spot.

He married Miss Elizabeth S. Middlecourt, and has issue several children. AGENTS- Messrs. Halford and Co.
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Surname: Baker, First Names : Julian Alleyne

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 24/06/1868
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 24/12/1867
Naval Cadet or Entry: 11/03/1861

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Awards and Qualifications: : E ; ;

Surname: Baker, First Names : Robert George
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 25/01/1866

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 348 - Northumberland 19 Aug 68

Surname: Baker, First Names : Samuel

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 21/05/1823

Notes:
BAKER. (LIEUTENANT, 1823. F-P., 18; H-P., 22.)

SAMUEL BAKER entered the Navy, 18 Nov. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the VALIANT 74, Capts. Jas. Young, Alex. Robt. Kerr, John Bligh, Thos. Geo. Shortland, and Robt. Dudley Oliver. During the three years of his attachment to that ship he witnessed the destruction, in April, 1809, of the French shipping in Basque Roads; was in continual boat service at the subsequent siege of Flushing ; assisted, in June, 1810, in capturing and spiking the guns of a strong battery between Rochefort and Rochelle, and in bringing out several vessels anchored for protection under its walls ; and for several months afterwards was in constant collision with the enemy's row-boats while endeavouring to destroy their trade along that part of the coast of France. In Nov. 1810, he joined the LYNX 18, Capt. Thos. Percival, on the North Sea station, but was soon transferred to the EDINBURGH 74, Capt. Robt. Rolles, with whom, on arriving in the Mediterranean, he removed to the UNION 98, in which ship lie passed his examination, 4 Jan. 1814, and assisted at the ensuing reduction of Genoa. After a further attachment of 12 months to the SWIFTSURE 74, Capt. W m. Henry Webley, on the West India and Home stations, Mr. Baker was appointed, 5 Dec. 1815, Admiralty Midshipman of the TOWEY 24, Capts. Hew Stewart and Wm. Hill, with whom we find him employed in the East Indies and Persian Gulf until his return home in April, 1819; from which period until 24 March, 1823, he continued to serve, in the same capacity, on board the BULWARK 74, bearing the flag at Chatham of Sir John Gore, TARTAR 36, Commodore Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, on the coast of Africa, BULWARK again, and GLOUCESTER 74, flag-ships of Sir Benj. Hallowell at Chatham, and OWEN GLENDOWER 36, Commodore Sir Robt. Mends. In the boats of the latter frigate, as of the TARTAR., he was actively engaged in suppressing the slave-traffic up the different rivers between Sierra Leone and Cape Coast Castle. On the date last mentioned he became Acting-Lieutenant of the CYRENE 18, Capt. Percy Grace; and, shortly after his confirmation, which took place on 21 Aug. in the same year, he returned to England. He was subsequently, from 22 Sept. 1825, until Jan. 1828, employed on the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the HYPERION 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, but has since been on half-pay.

Lieut. Baker married, 21 Sept. 1830, Margaret, daughter of the late S. Burnet, Esq., of Lloyd's Coffee-House. AGENTS - Messrs. Stilwell.
‡

Surname: Baker, First Names : Thomas (1) (C B 1815, KCB 1831)
Birth Date : Date Died: 26 Jan 1845
Awarded Medal (m) / Foreign Order (FO): FO

Date promoted :
Vice Adm: 10/01/1837
Rear Adm: 19/07/1821
Captain: 13/06/1797
Commander: 24/11/1795
Lieutenant: 13/10/1792

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 19/07/1821

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Good Service Pension : 19/02/1842 ;

Notes:
BAKER, K.C.B., K.W.N. (VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE RED, 1837. F-P., 28; H-P., 36.)

SIR THOMAS BAKER died 26 Jan. 1845. He was younger brother of the late Capt. John Baker, R.N. ; brother-in-law of the late Admirals Sir Rich. Lee and John Bazely, by the marriage of his two sisters to those gallant officers; and uncle of the present Lieut. Chas. Hougham Baker, R.N.*

This officer entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1781, as Midshipman, on board the DROMEDARY store-ships Capt. Stone, and (with the exception of an interval, from Oct. 1785, to March, 1788) was afterwards employed, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 13 Oct. 1792, on board the KITE Sloop, CARNATIC 74, HERMIONE 32, BRISK Sloop, ROYAL SOVEREIGN 100, DICTATOR 64, WINCHELSEA frigate, and MINERVA 44, commanded, on the Home, Halifax, and East India stations, by Capts. Peyton, Stone, Sandys, Edw. Buller, Hon. Hen. Curzon, Fisher, Wm. Bligh, and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis. He then joined the SWAN sloop, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted, and on his return to England, towards the close of 1793, was successively invested with the command of the LION cutter and VALIANT lugger; for the celerity he exhibited in the latter of which vessels in conveying despatches to the West Indies, he was advanced to the rank of Commander, 24 Nov. 1795. After a subsequent cruize of seven months in the FAIRY sloop, on the Downs station, Capt. Baker was made Post, 13 June, 1797, into the PRINCESS ROYAL 98, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir John Orde, with whom, however, he continued but a few weeks. Assuming command, in Jan. 1799, of the NEMESIS 28, he succeeded in making prize, 12 Jan. 1800, of Le Regard French privateer, of 14 guns and 65 men; and, on 25 July following, while in charge of a small squadron in the North Sea, he intercepted, in pursuance of his instructions, a Danish convoy under protection of a frigate, the Freija, with whom, in consequence of the resistance offered to an attempt made by the British to search the merchantmen, a sharp conflict of 25 minutes ensued, terminating in the capture of the whole. As a reward for his coolness, firmness, and judgment on the latter occasion, Capt. Baker was appointed to command, 1 Jan. 1801, the PHOEBE 36, on the Irish station, where he continued until May, 1802. In April, 1803, he joined the PHOENIX, of 42 guns and 245 men, attached to the fleet in the Channel under Admiral Cornwallis, by whom he appears to have been intrusted for some time with the direction of the inshore squadron of frigates. On 10 Aug. 1805, being in lat. 43° 16' N. and long. 12° 14' W., Capt. Baker had the good fortune, after a memorably furious engagement of three hours and a half, in which the British lost 12 killed and 28 wounded, and the enemy 27 killed and 44 wounded, to capture la Didon, of 46 guns and 330 men, a remarkably fine frigate, and the fastest sailer in the French navy. † Subsequently to that event he fell in with the four French line-of-battle ships that had effected their escape after the battle of Trafalgar, and through his zealous energy in conveying the intelligence to Sir Rich. Strachan, and his skill in leading that gallant officer's squadron into action, proved the great instrument of the defeat and capture of the enemy. Capt. Baker's next appointments were, on the Home and Baltic stations - 17 Nov. 1805, to the DIDON, the ship he had so nobly won - 19 May, 1806, to the TRIBUNE 38, in which frigate he destroyed, when in company with the Iris, the greater part of a convoy of 30 vessels passing from Ferrol to Bilboa under the protection of several gun-boats, 29 April, 1807, and afterwards commanded a squadron off Bordeaux - and, 21 May, 1808, to the VANGUARD 74, bearing the flag for some time of Rear-Admiral Thos. Bertie. While in that ship he was usefully engaged in affording security, during their passage through the Sound, to various British and Swedish convoys ; was in almost daily collision with the Danes, either in destroying their trade or in chasing their gun-boats ; and on one occasion repelled, with considerable loss to the enemy, the attack of a large flotilla. From 22 Nov. 1811, until 2 Aug. 1815, Capt. Baker, after two years' leave of absence in Sweden, further commanded the CUMBERLAND 74, and during that period was employed in the discharge of many arduous duties. He sailed for the West Indies, in Dec. 1812, with a convoy of 70 vessels ; escorted in safety home, in May, 1813, a fleet of 220 sail, and was presented by the Masters of the London ships with a service of plate as a mark of their gratitude ; served next on the coast of Holland, where, in Nov. of the same year, having been apprised of the change in the fortunes of Buonaparte, he landed a body of marines for the protection of the Hague, a service which the Prince of Orange subsequently acknowledged by conferring on him the Order of Wilhelm of the Netherlands ; in June, 1814, proceeded to the Cape with a convoy of vessels destined for the East Indies ; and, in April, 1815, returned to England with another, for his protection of which the East India Company presented him with the sum of £300. Capt. Baker was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; was made Colonel of Marines 12 Aug. 1819 ; became a Rear-Admiral 19 July, 1821 ; held the chief command in South America, with his flag on board the WINCHESTER 76, from 6 March, 1829, to 3 March, 1833 ; was created a K.C.B. 8 Jan. 1831 ; attained the rank of Vice-Admiral 10 Jan. 1837 ; and was awarded a good-service pension of £300. per annum 19 Feb. 1842.

Sir Thos. Baker married the daughter of His Excellency Count Routh, a member of one of the most ancient and noble families in Sweden, and by that lady has left several children, of whom the second son, Horace Mann, is a Lieutenant, R.N.

* Sir Thos. Baker was descended of a very ancient naval family, long seated in the co. of Kent. As a tribute to the professional celebrity of one of his ancestors - many of whom lie interred in Westminster Abbey - Queen Anne granted the family the honorable crest of a naval crown and trident.

† Vide Gaz. 1805, pp. 1091, 1115.
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Surname: Baker, First Names : Thomas (a)

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 06/02/1815

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

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

THOMAS BAKER (a) entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 1805, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the PEARL, Lieut.-Commander Woodger, lying at Spithead ; removed, in Feb. 1808, to the ANTELOPE 50, Capt. Edw. Galwey, with whom he cruized for some time in the Mediterranean and off St. Helena ; attained the rating of Midshipman 6 Jan. 1810 ; and continued to serve in the same ship, under Vice-Admiral John Holloway, Admiral Sir John Thos. Duckworth, and Capt. Sam. Butcher, off Newfoundland, and in the Baltic, West Scheldt, and North America, till Oct. 1814. In March of the latter year the ANTELOPE, while endeavouring to force the Hondt passage, grounded abreast of Flushing, where she lay exposed for 48 hours to an incessant discharge of shells from the batteries, until at length got off through the most extraordinary exertions. Mr. Baker afterwards served, on the Canadian lakes, in the ST. LAWRENCE 98, bearing the broad pendant successively of Commodores Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo and Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 6 Feb. 1815 ; and since the following April. when he invalided home, has been on half-pay. AGENT- J. Hinxman.
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Transferred to another retirement scheme 28-Jul-1870

Surname: Baker, First Names : Vashon
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 08/05/1849
Lieutenant: 18/10/1839

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 01/01/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 209 - Espiegle 11 Mar 45

Notes:
BAKER. (LIEUTENANT, 1839.)

VASHON BAKER entered the Navy 4 Nov. 1824; passed his examination in 1831 ; served latterly, as Mate, in the HOWE 120, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Robt. Waller Otway ; and obtained his commission 18 Oct. 1839. His appointments have since been -
9 Nov. 1839, to the WINCHESTER 50, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Harvey, in North America and the West Indies -
18 Feb. 1840, to the SERPENT 16, Capt. Arthur Mayne Noad, in which vessel he returned to England -
14 Jan. 1841, to the ENDYMION 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, on the East India station - and,
11 March, 1845, as First, to the ESPIEGLE Sloop, Capt. Thos. Pickering Thompson, with whom he still serves in the East. AGENTS - Messrs. Stilwell.
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Surname: Baker, First Names : William (b)

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 20/02/1815

Notes:
BAKER. (LIEUT., 1815. F-P., 8 ; H-P., 32.)

WILLIAM BAKER (b) entered the Navy, 16 Dec. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the HALCYON 16, Capts. Henry Whitmarsh Pearse and Thos. Stamp, under the former of whom, in Sept. 1808, he witnessed, as Midshipman, the capture of a flotilla of 38 vessels, four of them large gun-boats, in Diamante Bay, near the Gulf of Policastro ; as also, 30 Aug. 1809, of the St. Anna, French privateer, of 2 guns and 46 men. From Dec. 1811, until Aug. 1815, he afterwards served, in the PYLADES (subsequently CARLOTTA) gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders Newdigate Poyntz and Rich. Howell Fleming, on the Mediterranean station, ACORN Sloop, Capt. Geo. Miller Bligh, for passage home, RAISONNABLE 64, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, lying at Sheerness, ZEALOUS 74, Capts. Thos. Boys and Jas. Anderson, employed in the Baltic and Basque Roads, and KANGAROO 16, Capt. Wm. Sumner Hall, on the Halifax station. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 20 Feb. 1815 ; and, since the date of his quitting the last-mentioned vessel, has not been afloat. AGENT- J. Hinxman.
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Surname: Baker, First Names : William Colvin Vashon

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 15/06/1874
Midshipman: 19/12/1865

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 657 - Minstrel 2 Mar 70
June 1879 : 367 - Penelope 7 Oct 78 (G)

Awards and Qualifications: : G

Surname: Baker, First Names : William Henry
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 01/01/1853
Lieutenant: 18/02/1815

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 01/08/1860

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 HM Revenue Vessel Ranger - 18 Nov 39
June 1844 : HM Revenue Vessel Ranger - 18 Nov 39
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 22 Jan 45

Notes:
BAKER. (LIEUT., 1815. F-P., 27; H-P., 14.)

WILLIAM HENRY BAKER entered the Navy 6 Aug. 1806, on board the BRISTOL, Lieut.-Commander Joseph Coxwell ; and, in Oct. 1807, joined the PROSERPINE 40, Capt. Chas. Otter, under whom he escorted Lord Leveson Gower, the British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, from Gothenburg to England. In Dec. 1808, after having been nearly lost during an attachment of a few months to the CYGNET Sloop, Capt. Edw. Dix, he became Midshipman of the ROCHESTER prison-ship, Lieut.-Commander John Hindes Sparkes; but early in the following year was transferred to the SCEPTRE 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, bearing the broad pendant afterwards of Commodore Sam. Jas. Ballard. Subsequently to the fall of Flushing, Mr. Baker proceeded to the West Indies, where, in 1809-10, he witnessed the destruction of the two French frigates Loire and Seine, and the capture of the island of Guadeloupe. Between March, 1812, and the receipt of his commission, which bears date 18 Feb. 1815, we next find this officer serving on board the MONTAGU, STIRLING CASTLE, VENERABLE, and MAJESTIC 74's, Capts. Manley Hall Dickson, Sir JahIeel Brenton, Augustus Brine, Sir Home Popham, David Milne, and John Hayes. While in the last-mentioned ship, he assisted at the blockade of Boston, when the Constitution was lying in that port ready for sea ; was also present at the capture, 3 Feb. 1814, after a running fight of two hours and a half, of the French frigate Terpsichore. of 44 guns and 320 men; and, on 15 Jan. 1815, was in company with the ENDYMION at the taking of the United States 44-gun frigate President. From 13 Dec. 1823, until 1827, he was further employed on the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the RAMILLIES 4, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch and Hugh Pigot ; and since 14 Oct. 1833, with the exception of one interval, from 18 Nov. 1839, to Jan. 1845, when he commanded the RANGER Revenue-cruizcr, has been in the Coast Guard.

He is married, and has issue. AGENTS- Messrs. Stilwell.
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Surname: Baker, First Names : William John Forrest

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 13/08/1850

Surname: Baker, First Names : Wm Henry Baker

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 21/06/1878

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 543 - Wolverine 25 Mar 79 addl

Surname: Baldey, First Names : Robert

Date promoted :
Commander: 26/07/1821

Notes:
BALDEY. (COMMANDER, 1821. F-P., 20; H-P., 27.)

ROBERT BALDEY entered the Navy, in Oct. 1798, as Midshipman, on board the RENOWN 74, Capt. Albemarle Bertie, stationed in the Channel, where he continued to serve, until April, 1802, in the BARFLEUR 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Collingwood, WINDSOR CASTLE 74, commanded by various Captains, bearing the flag for some time of Sir Andrew Mitchell, and, as Master's Mate, in the MALTA 80, Capt. A. Bertie. Joining, in Nov. of the latter year, the CALCUTTA armée-en-flute, Capt. Dan. Woodriffe, he proceeded to Van Diemen's Land, and, after witnessing the formation of the settlement at Hobart's town, was employed for 17 weeks, on the Africa and Jamaica stations, in the SUCCESS 32, Capt., Geo. Scott. He then, in 1806, returned home with convoy, as Acting-Lieutenant of the ATLAS 74, Capt. Sam. Pym ; after which he officiated, for two years and a half, as Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, in LA VIRGINIE 38, Capt. Edw. Brace, and BELLEROPHON and LEOPARD, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral A. Bertie, on the Irish, Channel, and Cape stations. Being at length promoted by the Admiralty, 27 Sept. 1809, into the SAPPHIRE 18, he continued to serve in that vessel, in the West Indies, under different officers, until 1814 ; in the summer of which year we find him assuming the successive command of the VARIABLE and DECOUVERTE schooners. Having returned to England, in Sept. 1815, on board the RINALDO 10, Capt. John Undrell, he was next appointed First Lieutenant, 1 Sept. 1818, of the LEVEN 24, Capt. David Ewen Bartholomew, on whose death, after surveying the coast of Africa, the Azores, and Cape Verde Islands, he succeeded to the acting-command, 19 Feb. 1821. He was confirmed, on his arrival at Spithead, by commission dated 26 July, 1821, but has not since been employed.
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Surname: Baldock, First Names : Thomas
Awarded Medal (m) / Foreign Order (FO): m, FO

Date promoted :
Captain: 09/01/1854
Commander: 23/11/1841

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 421 - Ocean 11 Jan 48 addl for Packet Service at Dover

Notes:
BALDOCK, K.T.S. (COMMANDER, 1841. F-P., 25 ; H-P., 16.)

THOMAS BALDOCK is son of the late Rev. Thos. Chaloner Byng Baldock, M.A., Rector of Milton, in Dorsetshire; and nephew, maternally, of the late Rear-Admiral Thos. Western, of Tattingstone, co. Suffolk.

This officer (who had previously served with the fleet of Indiamen under Commodore Dance, when that officer so memorably discomfited the French squadron under Admiral Linois) entered the Navy, 25 Oct. 1806, as Midshipman, on board the LONDON 98, commanded by his uncle, Capt. Thos. Western, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith; and, in Nov. 1807, after blockading the Tagus, escorted the Royal Family of Portugal to the Brazils. He removed, in June, 1809, to the NEMESIS 28, Capt. Wm. Ferris, employed in the Baltic ; joined next, for a few months in 1810, the TONNANT 80, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole, off Cadiz ; was then sent to assist in navigating a Spanish squadron to Minorca; and on returning, in October, to Cadiz, was for 11 consecutive months actively engaged with the flotilla, latterly in command of a gun-boat, at the defence of that place. From Sept. 1811, until June 1813, he further served in the BARBADOES 24, Capt. Wm. Rushworth, and in the DRAGON 74, TRIBUNE 36, and GRAMPUS 50, flag-ships of Sir Fras. Laforey, all on the West India station, where, on 10 Nov. in the latter year, he was promoted into the ARACHNE 16, Capts. Chas. Hope Watson and Wm. M'Kenzie Godfrey, of which sloop he soon became First Lieutenant. As Senior of the HERALD 28, Capt. Clement Milward, Mr. Baldock subsequently took part in many operations on the coast of North America; and, during the expedition against New Orleans, captured the advanced guard of the enemy at the Belize previous to the arrival of the forces - commanded also every detached operation at the mouth of the Mississippi, including the capture of a privateer, &c.-and negotiated the exchange of prisoners on the withdrawal of the army. After a continued servitude of some mouths, in the ROYALIST 18, Capt. Houston Stewart, and SABINE 16, Capt. Alex. Campbell, both on the Jamaica station, he invalided home in March, 1816 ; and was next in succession appointed, 13 Sept. 1824, 25 Nov. 1831, and 9 Nov. 1832, to the command of the SWALLOW packet, * and FIREBRAND and FIREFLY steamers, the first and last employed on the Falmouth, the other on the Mediterranean station. On 9 March, 1839, having been for three years on half-pay, he assumed command of the SNIPE cutter, in which vessel he served, off the coast of Ireland, until promoted to his present rank, 23 Nov. 1841. He has been in discharge, since 19 Aug. 1846, of the duties attached to the superintendence of the Packet service at Dover, with his name on the books of the OCEAN 80.

Commander Baldock, in Aug. 1836, formed part of a Committee of three officers appointed by the Admiralty to effect an organization of the steam department of the Navy. He was granted, 1 May, 1837, the royal permission to accept and wear the Cross of a Knight of the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword, for the services rendered by him, and the great skill he displayed, while conveying Her Most Faithful Majesty's August Consort Prince Ferdinand of Portugal to Lisbon. The Order of Ernest of Saxe Coburg appears to have been also conferred upon him.

* The SWALLOW was built in 1810 by Mr. Baldock, who commanded her, order the authority of the Post-Office, from that period until the date above mentioned, when he sold her to the Admiralty, by whom he was re-appointed. The gallant manner in which Mr. Baldock and his crew, when at New York, in the autumn of 1815, extinguished a fire that had broken out on board a vessel laden with tar and rosin, and thereby preserved a vast amount of property from destruction, was so highly appreciated by the different Insurance Companies of that city, that they united in presenting, the former with a handsome piece of plate, and the men with a sum of money.
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Surname: Baldrey, First Names : Andew D

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 08/02/1816

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

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

Surname: Baldwin, First Names : Augustus

Date promoted :
Captain: 01/01/1817

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Vice Adm: 30/07/1857

Notes:
BALDWIN. (Captain, 1817. F-P., 20; H-P., 33.)

AUGUSTUS BALDWIN entered the Navy, in May, 1794, on board the TROMPEUSE Sloop, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, with whom he continued uninterruptedly and actively to serve, on the Home and Halifax stations, in the same vessel, and in the GARLAND 28 and BOSTON 32, of which latter frigate he was created a Lieutenant, 28 June, 1800, until Dec. 1804. He then joined the PRINCE OF WALES 98, bearing the flags, in succession, of Sir Robt. Calder, Sir Jas. Saumarez, Sir Edw. Thornbrough, and Lord Gambier; and while in that ship was present in the action of 22 July, 1805, and also at the attack upon Copenhagen in Sept. 1807. Early in Jan. 1808, he became First of the IMPLACABLE 74, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, and, on 26 Aug. following, he highly distinguished himself, and was officially reported as being a most thoroughly deserving officer for his conduct, in a gallant engagement of 20 minutes with the Russian 74-gun ship Sewolod, which was completely silenced, and shortly afterwards, with the assistance of the CENTAUR 74, captured and burnt, in sight of the whole Russian fleet near Rogerswick ; on which occasion the enemy sustained a total loss of 303 men, and the British, in both ships, of not more than 62. † Mr. Baldwin, whose behaviour was rewarded with a Commander's commission, dated 19 Sept. in the same year, did not however succeed in procuring further employment afloat until 7 Feb. 1812, when he was appointed to the TYRIAN brig, in which he served in the Channel until posted, 1 Jan. 1817. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.

Capt. Baldwin married Augusta Mary Melissa, daughter of John Mills Jackson, Esq. AGENTS- Messrs. Stilwell.

† Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 1283.
‡

Surname: Balfour, First Names : Andrew Francis

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 02/07/1875
Midshipman: 26/01/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 351 - Ocean 26 Jan 67
June 1879 : 301 - Magpie 24 Feb 77 ; Surveying Service China Station

Surname: Balfour, First Names : Charles James
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 09/11/1846
Lieutenant: 28/06/1838

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 27/11/1865

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Collingwood - 7 May 44

Notes:
BALFOUR. (COMMANDER, 1846.)

CHARLES JAMES BALFOUR entered the Navy 16 Aug. 1829; passed his examination in 1834; and obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838. His succeeding appointments were - I2 July, 1838, to the CORNWALLIS 80, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, in North America and the West Indies - 3 April, 1839, to the INCONSTANT 36, Capts. Dan. Pring and Fred. Thos. Michell, employed for some time on same, and then on the Home station - and 7 May 1844, to the COLLINGWOOD 80, flag ship in the Pacific of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. He rose to the rank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846. AGENTS - Messrs. Stilwell.
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Surname: Balfour, First Names : Charles John

Date promoted :
Commander: 03/11/1859

Surname: Balfour, First Names : Charles John
Birth Date : Oct 1841
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 04/10/1875
Lieutenant: 10/12/1861
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 24/10/1860

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 366 - Pembroke 31 Mar 79 for Steam Reserve at Sheerness

Surname: Balfour, First Names : Charles John

Date promoted :
Commander: 03/11/1849

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 433 - St Vincent 6 Jun 70

Surname: Balfour, First Names : Edwin Robert Joseph

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 23/11/1841

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 02/07/1862

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Agincourt - 17 May 44
Dec 1848 : 085 - Brilliant 12 Jun 47

Notes:
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Surname: Balfour, First Names : George Macintosh
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 10/05/1856
Lieutenant: 03/11/1846

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

Surname: Balfour, First Names : James Bower (Mate)

Date promoted :

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Notes:
25 Nov - 29 Dec, 1851, Action against Coçioco, who wouldn't assist in fight against slavery, in support of Akitoye, the legitimate king of Lagos

Surname: Balfour, First Names : William
Birth Date : 08 Dec 1781

Date promoted :
Commander: 22/01/1806

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 10/09/1840

Notes:
BALFOUR. (RET. CAPT., 1840, F.-P., 11; H-P., 4O.)

WILLIAM BALFOUR was born 8 Dec. 1781, and died in 1846. He was only surviving son of the late Thos. Balfour, Esq., of Elwick, a Colonel in the Army, by Frances Ligonier, niece of Field-Marshal John Earl Ligonier, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces, and only sister of Edward, second Earl Ligonier. His elder brother, Capt. John Edw. Ligonier Balfour, of the 9th foot, fell at Alkmaar, 19 Sept. 1799. Copt. Balfour was the representative of a family of high antiquity and large possessions in Scotland, whose chiefs, long heritable Sheriffs of Fife, were directly traceable to Siward, of Balfour Castle, in that county, who flourished so early as the reign of Duncan I.

This officer entered the Navy, 9 July, 1795, as Midshipman, on board the MALABAR, Capt. Thos. Parr. From that year, until the receipt of his first commission, 4 Sept. 1801, he served, on the home, Mediterranean, and Baltic stations, in the MAGlCIENNE 32, IRRESISTIBLE and NORTHUMBERLAND 74's, SEAHORSE 38, ROYAL WILLIAM guard-ship, and VENGEANCE 74, Capts. Geo. Martin, Edw. Jas. Foote, Fras. Pickmore, and Geo. Duff. While in the IRRESISTIBLE, besides being wounded in the action off Cape St. Vincent, * Mr. Balfour assisted, in company with the EMERALD 36, at the capture, 26 April, 1797, after a smart contest of an hour and a half, of the two Spanish frigates Ninfa and Santa Elena. He also, when in the NORTHUMBERLAND, witnessed the surrender, during the blockade of Malta in 1800, of the French 74-gun ship Le Généreux and frigate La Diane. Between Sept. 1801, and April, 1805, we find him further employed, on the Home and North America stations, in the HOUND and LYNX sloops, AMETHYST 38, and CLEOPATRA 32, Capts. Geo. Sarradine, John Willoughby Marshall, Alex. Campbell, and Sir Robt. Laurie. On the occasion of the capture, 16 Feb. 1805, of the last-mentioned ship, by the 46-gun frigate Ville de Milan, after a self-sought action of nearly three hours, in which the British sustained a loss of 22 men killed and 36 wounded, he bore a distinguished part as First Lieutenant, and was again wounded. † The CLEOPATRA being soon, however, re-taken, Mr. Balfour obtained for a few months the acting-command of the BERMUDA Sloop. He was officially promoted 22 Jan. 1806 ; but from that period, with the exception of a brief command, in 1808, of the COCKATRICE sloop, was not afterwards employed. His retirement with the rank of Captain took place 10 Sept. 1840.

Capt. Balfour was twice awarded a gratuity for his wounds by the Patriotic Society. He married, first, in 1806, his cousin, Mary Balfour, only child of Wm. Manson, Esq., of Kirkwall ; and, secondly, in 1823, Mary Margaret, daughter of Andrew Baikie, Esq. He has left issue five sons and six daughters. His eldest son, the late Thos. Balfour, Esq., was M.P. for Orkney. Another son, William, was recently a Lieutenant in the 79th Highlanders. AGENT- J. Hinxman.

* Vide Gaz. 1797, p. 212.

† V. Gaz. 1805, p. 542.

‡
Retired Capt OIC 10 Aug 1840.

Surname: Ball, First Names : Thomas

Date promoted :
Commander: 28/08/1828

Notes:
BALL. (COMMANDER, 1825. F-P., 26 ; H-P., 24.)

THOMAS BALL entered the Navy, 15 Nov. 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the TERRIBLE 74, Capts. Sir Rich. Bickerton and Wm. Wolseley, forming part of the fleet in the Channel, where he became successively attached to the CAMBRIDGE 80, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, and IMMORTALITE 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham. After an additional servitude of nearly eight years in the East Indies on board the EURYDICE 24, TERPSICHORE 32, and PITT alias SALSETTE 36, all commanded by Capt. Walter Bathurst, CULLODEN 74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, and SAN FIORENZO 40, Capt. John Bastard (during which period he was on one occasion taken prisoner), Mr. Ball obtained a commission, dated 2 Jan. 1809. His subsequent appointments were9 March, 1809, to the CLIO 18, Capts. Thos. Folliott Baugh and Wm. Ffarington, on the Home station - 27 Sept. 1815, to the SATELLITE 18, Capt. Jas. Murray, in the Mediterranean - 10 Feb. 1811, after upwards of two years of half-pay, to the VALOUROUS 28, commanded by the same officer, off Newfoundland - 13 Feb. 1822, to the OWEN GLENDOWER 42, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Robt. Mends, on the coast of Africa - and, 14 June, 1824, to the BLONDE 42, Capt. Lord Byron, under whom he escorted from this country the remains of the late King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands. He was paid off from the BLONDE in Dec. 1826, and on 28 Aug. 1828, was advanced to his present rank. Since that period he has not been afloat.
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Surname: Ball, First Names : William
Birth Date : 29 Nov 1794

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 06/03/1815

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 10/04/1863

Notes:
BALL. LIEUTENANT, 1815. F-P., 10 ; H-P., 30.)

WILLIAM BALL was born 29 Nov. 1794.

This officer entered the Navy, 4 Nov. 1807, as Second-cl. Vol., on board the PREVOYANTE storeship, Master-Commanders Dan. M'Coy and Alex. Black ; removed as Midshipman, in May, 1810, to the CRETAN 18, Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne; and, in the course of 1814, successively joined the LIVERPOOL 40, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, NAMUR 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Williams, LEYDEN 60, Capt. John Davie, and BERWICK 74, Capt. Edw. Brace. In Jan. 1813, while in charge, with only four of his own men to assist him, of a captured vessel, a body of 12 prisoners who were on board contrived to gain possession of her; but nine of them being killed, and the rest wounded and secured by the British in a desperate attempt made by the latter to recover their ascendancy, the prize was brought triumphantly into port. On rejoining the CRETAN, Mr. Ball was employed on the West Scheldt in the arduous duty of obstructing the supplies intended for the enemy's fleet ; and when in the BERWICK he witnessed the siege and surrender of Gaeta. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 6 March, 1815, but did not take up his commission until his return to England in June, 1816; since which period, with the exception of a twelvemonth in the Coast Guard, which he was obliged to leave in consequence of having broken a leg, he has been on half-pay. AGENT- J. Chippendale.
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Surname: Ballantyne, First Names : Alexander John

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 03/04/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 457 - Sparrowhawk ?? Aug 68

Surname: Ballantyne, First Names : John
Birth Date : 20 Aug 1775

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 04/06/1807

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 10/02/1843

Notes:
BALLANTYNE. (RETIRED COMMANDER, 1843. F-P., 19 ; H-P., 34.)

JOHN BALLANTYNE was born 20 Aug. 1775.

This officer entered the Navy, 9 July, 1794, as A.B., on board the GLORY 98, Capt. Thos. Larcom, bearing the flag in the Channel of Rear-Admiral Bourmaster. Proceeding subsequently to the West Indies in the PRINCE OF WALES 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Harvey, he assisted as Midshipman at the reduction of Trinidad, and the attack upon Porto Rico, in 1797; after which he became attached, as Master's Mate, to the WEAZLE and AMBUSCADE, both commanded by Capt. Wm. D'Urban, in the Mediterranean, and served, from Jan. 1805, to Feb. 1808, as Sub-Lieutenant, in the STEADY gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Arthur Stow, on the Channel and South America stations. Having been awarded a commission, dated 4 June, 1807, he subsequently joined - 5 March, 1808, the PROSELYTE bomb, Capt. Henry Jas. Lyford, in the North Sea - 1 Sept. 1809, the CHANTICLEER 10, Capt. Rich. Spear, off Yarmouth - and, 18 Feb. 1814, the ARIEL 18, Capt. Dan. Ross, on the coast of Africa. Commander Ballantyne, who has not been employed since Jan. 1815, accepted his present rank 10 Feb. 1843.
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Transferred to another retirement scheme 11-Jan-1856

Surname: Ballard, First Names : George Alexander

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 21/06/1877

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 003 - Achilles 21 Jun 77

Surname: Ballard, First Names : James Boucher
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 10/05/1856
Lieutenant: 20/10/1843

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 21/03/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Cornwallis addl - 20 Oct 43
June 1844 : Cornwallis addl - 20 Oct 43
Dec 1848 : 024 - Alecto 8 Mar 48

Notes:
BALLARD. (LIEUTENANT, 1843.)

JAMES BOUCHER BALLARD entered the Navy 1 Aug. 1831; and in Dec. 1836, while Midshipman of the LEVERET 10, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Bosanquet, assisted, after a chase of 800 miles, at the boarding and capture, within musket-shot distance of a Portuguese frigate and an 84-gun battery at Mozambique, of the Diogenes, a slaver, mounting five 24-pounders, with a complement of 70 men. Passing his examination 5 Oct. 1837, he subsequently served as Mate, in the Mediterranean and East Indies, of the VANGUARD 80, Capt. Sir Thos. Fellowes, CONFIANCE steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Stopford, and CAMBRIAN 36, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads ; from which latter ship he was promoted to an Additional-Lieutenancy, 20 Oct. 1843, in the CORNWALLIS 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker. Since 26 June, 1844, Mr. Ballard has been serving, also in the East Indies, on board the WOLVERENE 16, Capt. Wm. John Cavendish Clifford.
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Surname: Ballard, First Names : Volant Vasbon (CB 1815)
Birth Date : 1774 Date Died: 12 Oct 1832

Date promoted :
Rear Adm: 27/05/1825
Captain: 25/12/1798
Lieutenant: 06/11/1795

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

Surname: Bamber, First Names : Charles Ross
Birth Date : 10 Jun 1812

Date promoted :
Commander: 06/02/1857
Lieutenant: 01/09/1837

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 632 - Victory 1 Dec 47

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : 20/04/1837 ;

Notes:
BAMBER, (LIEUT., 1837. F-P., 14 ; H-P., 7.)

CHARLES ROSS BAMBER, born 10 June, 1812, is son of the late Commander Wm. Rich. Bamber, R.N., an officer of very distinguished merit, who died in Nov. 1843, after having faithfully served his country, for 55 years, 28 of which had been passed in active employment, chiefly during the hottest part of the late wars. *

This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1826, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the GANGES 84, Capt. Patrick Campbell, with whom, after serving for nearly four years as Midshipman, off Lisbon and in the Mediterranean, of the SPARTIATE and WINDSOR CASTLE 76's, Capts. Fred. Warren and Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, he returned to England in 1830 on board the OCEAN 80. He then served for three years, on the Home station, in the WELLESLEY 72, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, and EXCELLENT gunnery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings; and in Nov. 1833, shortly after passing his examination, was appointed Mate of the EDINBURGH 74, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, in the Mediterranean. In March, 1837, Mr. Bamber had the misfortune to have his right ankle so crushed between two lower-deck guns, while superintending the removal of one of them, as to render amputation of the leg unavoidable. He obtained his commission 1 Sept. following, and was afterwards appointed, 11 May, 1839, again to the EXCELLENT, and, 11 May, 1841, to the INDUS, 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, also stationed in the Mediterranean, whence, owing to a fall from a ladder, he was obliged to invalid, on 3 of the ensuing Nov. He has since been on half-pay.

Lieut. Bomber is in receipt of a pension of £45. 12s. He married, 27 May, 1839, a daughter of U. Godfrey, Esq., of Woodlands, co. Surrey, by whom he has issue three children.

* Commander Bamber served on shore at the siege of Leogane, St. Domingo, and at the reduction of Trinidad ; received the public thanks of Sir Andrew Mitchell for his exertions during the expedition to Holland in 1799; fought under Lord Nelson at Copenhagen ; and for the ability, real, and enemy he subsequently displayed as Principal Transport Officer on the occasion of the return of Lord Cathcart's army from Hanover to England, was again publicly thanked both by that nobleman and the Transport Board.
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Surname: Bamber, First Names : Walter Leigh

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 11/09/1866

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 180 - Excellent 25 Apr 70 addl

Surname: Bamber, First Names : William R

Date promoted :
Commander: 21/10/1810

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Notes:
NL 20/12/1843 Death reported qtr. cg. 20 Sep 1843 - Sen. as a Cdr. 1810 : per NBD died Nov. 1843.

Surname: Bampton, First Names : Augustus Henry

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 28/12/1872
Midshipman: 30/01/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 280 - Liffey 30 Jan 68

Surname: Bance, First Names : Henry Prescott
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 12/12/1851

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/01/1867

Awards and Qualifications: : E ; ;

Surname: Bance, First Names : James

Date promoted :
Commander: 23/11/1841

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 24/12/1857

Notes:
BANCE. (COMMANDER, 1841. F-P., 16 ; H-P., 28.)

JAMES BANCE entered the Navy, in May, 1803, as A.B., on board the PRINCE OF ORANGE 74, Capt. Chas. Cunningham, employed in watching the Dutch fleet in the Texel. In Sept. following he accompanied the same officer, as Midshipman, into the LEOPARD 50, of which ship, on Capt. Rich. Raggett assuming the commend, as Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral Billy Douglas, on the Downs station, he became, in Aug. 1806, Master's Mate. He next served with Capt. Raggett in the LEANDER and AFRICAINE frigates, and with Sir Jas. Saumarez in the VICTORY 100, on the Halifax and Baltic stations; received an acting order as Lieutenant of the ZEBRA sloop, Capt. Thos. Rich. Toker, 13 June, 1808 ; and, on 9 Jan. 1809, was confirmed into the MARS 74, Capts. Wm. Lukin, John Surman Carden, and Henry Raper. After serving in the latter ship for four years on the Lisbon and Home stations, Lieut. Bance joined, 3 June, 1813, the ERIDANUS 36, Capt. Henry Prescott, with whom we find him cruising off the Western Islands until obliged to invalid, in March, 1815. His next and last appointment afloat was, 6 April, 1821, as first Lieutenant, to the AURORA 46, also commanded by Capt. Prescott, in which frigate he returned to England from South America, and was paid off in Feb. 1825. He attained the rank he now holds 23 Nov. 1841. Commander Bance is at present employed as Port-Captain at Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope. AGENTS- Goode and Lawrence.
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Surname: Bance, First Names : James Martin

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 30/12/1872
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 05/10/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 173 - Endymion 22 May 69 (Flying Squadron - World Cruise)

Surname: Banister, First Names : Wilhelm John Anstice Edward

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 13/01/1872
Midshipman: 14/04/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 158 - Donegal 25 Nov 69 addl §

Notes:
§ Whilst shown as being on the books of Donegal the officers are borne in Duke of Wellington (for administration purposes), and will be transferred to Ocean when she is recommissioned and the officers now in Ocean will return home in Donegal

Surname: Banks, First Names : John

Date promoted :
Captain: 04/11/1845
Commander: 29/05/1812

Notes:
BANKS. (RET. CAPT., 1845. F-P., 15; H-P., 35.)

JOHN BANKS, born 2 March, 1786, in the pariah of St. Austell, Cornwall, is first cousin of Commander Joseph Pearse, R.N., and of Kennet Banks, Esq., Master, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 8 June, 1797, as a Volunteer, on board the EUROPE, prison-ship at Plymouth, Lieut.-Commander Gardner; and, on removing to the CANADA 74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir John Borlase Warren, was present at the defeat and capture of Commodore Bompart's squadron off the coast of Ireland, in Oct. 1798. After further serving, as Midshipman, on board the SUPERB 74, Capt. John Sutton, IMMORTALITE 36, Capts. Hon. Henry Hotham and Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and MARS 74, Capt. John Sutton, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, he became Acting-Lieutenant, 14 July, 1804, of the COLOSSUS 74, Copt. Jas. Nicoll Morris; from which ship he was soon transferred, in a similar capacity, to the HERO 74, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, the leader of the van in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805. On 14 Sept. in the latter year Mr. Banks was appointed Sub-Lieutenant of the FALCON 16, Capt. Geo. Sanders, with whom he continued to serve until promoted into LA RESOLUE 36, as Flag-Lieutenant to his old friend Rear-Admiral Sutton. Rejoining Capt. Hotham, in Jan. 1807, on board the DEFIANCE 74, he continued to be employed under that officer, in the same ship, and the NORTHUMBERLAND 74, for upwards of five years. During that period he assisted at the destruction of three French frigates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, 24 Feb. 1809, on which occasion the DEFIANCE, besides being much cut up in her masts and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 25 wounded; and, when First of the NORTHUMBERLAND he meritoriously contributed to the annihilation, 22 May, 1812, near L'Orient, of the 40-gun frigates L'Arienne and L'andromaque, and 16-gun brig Mamalouck, whose united fire, conjointly with that of a galling battery, cost the British a loss of 5 men killed and 28 wounded. * For his conduct on the latter occasion, Mr. Banks was promoted to the rank of Commander, by commission dated 29 May, 1812, exactly a week after the action. Unable to procure further employment, he accepted the rank of Retired Captain 4 Nov. 1845. When First of the DEFIANCE and Senior Lieutenant on the coast of Spain, Capt. Banks was employed for six weeks in equipping the Spanish men-of-war at Ferrol, preparatory to their removal for better security to Cadiz, and so great was the weakness and attenuation of frame produced by over-fatigue during that period, that he was ultimately obliged to be landed at Plymouth, and placed under the care of the physician of the Channel fleet. On another occasion, while officer of the watch during the close blockade of a line-of-battle ship in the port of L'Orient, he received a frightful injury by the falling of a block from the main-top on his head, which divided the scalp and laid him prostrate on the deck. He was for six months in consequence on the sick list, but has never obtained the slightest compensation for his sufferings.

Capt. Banks married, 10 March, 1815, Miss Elizabeth Banks, of Bath, and by that lady has issue four children. AGENTS- Pettet and Newton.

" Vide Gaz. 1812, p. 999.

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Surname: Banks, First Names : Robert Frederick

Date promoted :
Naval Cadet or Entry: 07/04/1868

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

Surname: Bannatyne, First Names : John

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 08/02/1815

Notes:
BANNATYNE. LIEUTENANT, 1815. F-r., 13; a-r., 31. )

JOHN BANNATYNE entered the Navy, 22 May, 1803, as Ordinary, on board the APOLLO 38, Capt. John Wm. Taylor Dixon, and after serving as Midshipman and Master's Mate in the PRINCE GEORGE 98, Capts. Joseph Sydney Yorke and Geo. Losack, on the Channel and West India stations, was, in Sept. 1806, transferred, in the latter capacity, to the VOLONTAIRE 38, Capts. Chas. Bullen, Joseph Nourse, and Hon. Geo. Granville Waldegrave. Subsequently to the reduction of the island of Pomégue, we find him, on the night of 31 Oct. 1809, assisting, in the boats of the latter frigate and of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour, at the capture and destruction, after a desperate 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 merchantmen, defended by numerous strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas. * He was subsequently engaged in active co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain; and, on 26 Dec. 1811, was again employed in the boats at the capture of the Décidé privateer, of 2 guns. † Removing, in Sept. 1813, to the CALEDONIA 120, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, Mr. Banks, on 5 Nov. following, shared in a partial action with the French fleet off Toulon; after which he ,joined the PRINCE FREDERICK, at Plymouth, and on 8 Feb. 1815, was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the CADMUS 10, Capt. John Gedge, employed in the North Sea. He was placed on half-pay 27 Oct. following, and has not since been afloat. AGENTS- Messrs. Chard.

* Vide Gaz. 1809., p. 1908.
† V. Gaz. 1812 p. 567.
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Surname: Barber, First Names : Basil Cadogan

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 21/06/1877

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 062 - Bellerophon 21 Jun 77

Surname: Barclay, First Names : Andrew
Birth Date : 28 Jan 1793

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 06/09/1823

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 6 Jul 32
June 1844 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 6 Jul 32

Notes:
BARCLAY. (LIEUT., 1823. F.P.., 33 ; H-P., 6.)

ANDREW BARCLAY, born 28 Jan. 1793, is second son of Jas. Barclay, Esq., and belongs to an ancient and respectable family, settled at Huntley, co. Aberdeen.

This officer (in the early part of his career a protéqé of the late Duchess of Cordon and of Admiral Sir Geo. Hope, entered the Navy in April, 1808, on board the NAMUR 74, and first went to sea, in April, 1809, as Midshipman of the VICTORY 100, Capt. Geo. Hope, bearing the flag in the Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez. He continued to serve on that station for 20 months in the STATELY 64, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Bertie, and AFRICA 64, Capt. Geo. Fred. Ryves, for the protection of the trade passing through the Great Belt and Sound, and while so engaged was perpetually in collision with the enemy's gun-boats and batteries. On one occasion, while returning home as prize-master of a vessel captured by the AFRICA, he was taken by a Danish gun-boat, between the islands of Langeland and Laland, but on the same night was fortunately rescued by the boats of the ST. GEORGE 98. In Dec. 1810, he rejoined the STATELY, then commanded by Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, and, during the next year and a half, shared, part of the time in charge of a flat-bottomed boat, in all the arduous operations at the defence of Cadiz, Tarifa, and Malaga - assisted in escorting the troops under Sir Thos. Graham from Cadiz to Algesiras, and in conveying away the wounded, amongst whom was the French General Rufin, after the battle of Barossa - was also repeatedly opposed to the heavy fire of the numerous French batteries along the coast, a shot from one of which, on 22 March, 1811, struck the boat he was in and ultimately caused it to sink, and, under the immediate orders of Capt. Geo. Cockburn, thrice commanded the STATELY's yawl in action with the enemy's privateers. On 18 Aug. 1812, Mr. Barclay became Master's mate of the SUPERB 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, stationed in the Channel, whence, after contributing to the capture of several American vessels of great value, one of which, the Star of New York, he brought into port, he visited the coast of Africa, the West Indies, and South America. While afterwards on the shores of North America, he was in active employment against New York, New London, and New Bedford; and was also present at the attack upon Wareham, on which occasion he commanded the rocket-boat, set fire to a large cotton-factory, and aided in destroying between 30 and 40 sail of shipping. On her return home, in March, 1815, the SUPERB received the flag of Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, and during the "hundred days" was engaged in affording assistance to the Royalists in La Vendée. Mr. Barclay, soon after the surrender of Napoleon Buonaparte, had the honour of assisting the unfortunate Emperor up the side of the ship when proceeding to breakfast with the Commander-in-Chief. On 27 Aug. 1816, being still in the SUPERB, he took part, under Capt. Chas. Ekins, in the battle of Algiers. On that memorable day he had charge of the seven foremost guns on the lower deck - twice commanded the launch, once for the purpose of throwing rockets to destroy the enemy's fleet, and, again, to assist in extricating the QUEEN CHARLOTTE from the course of a blazing frigate, then drifting out of the harbour - was the bearer, with the jolly-boat under his orders, of a communication from the Commander-in-Chief to Rear-Admiral Milne - and proved of further utility by his great exertions in removing the SUPERB out of reach of gun-shot to a place of safety. For his zeal, energy, and exemplary conduct throughout the whole of the proceedings he received the high and deserved encomiums of his Captain, and of Lieut. Joseph Soady, who had succeeded to the command on the latter and the First Lieutenant being placed hors de combat; yet, although he had passed his examination 16 months previously, he was unable, until after a lapse of nearly seven years, to procure his commission. On quitting the SUPERB, Mr. Barclay, in Sept. 1818, joined the VENGEUR 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, in which ship we find him accompanying Viscount Beresford from South America to Lisbon, and the King of the Two Sicilies from Naples to Leghorn. In April, 1820, he became Admiralty Midshipman of the ROCHFORT 80, flagship of Sir Graham Moore, in the Mediterranean; and, on his return home in the spring of 1821, at the instance of his friend the Hon. Capt. Paget, joined that officer in the APOLLO yacht, and, on subsequently following him into the ROYAL GEORGE yacht, attended George IV. to Scotland in the summer of 1822. Ile was at length advanced to his present rank, 6 Sept. 1823 ; and since 5 April, 1829, has been in the Coast Guard.

He married, 26 March, 1826, Miss Anne Dance, and has issue two sons and six daughters.
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Surname: Barclay, First Names : John

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 20/11/1805

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 12/05/1838

Notes:
BARCLAY. RETIRED COMMANDER, 1838. F-P., 18; H-P., 32.)

JOHN BARCLAY entered the Navy, 1 May, 1797, on board the MASTIFF, Lieut.-Commander John Black. In Feb. 1798, he became Midshipman of the REPULSE 64, Capt. Jas. Alms, and, after an intermediate servitude in the Mediterranean, was on board that ship when lost off Ushant, 10 March, 1800. During the next five years we find him successively serving in the ARETHUSA 38, Capt. Thos. Wolley, CARYSFORT 28, Capt. Adam Drummond, HYDRA 38, Capt. Geo. Mundy, and VICTORY 100, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson, whom he accompanied to the West Indies and back in pursuit of the combined squadrons of France and Spain. On 1 Aug. 1803, Mr. Barclay appears to have in part commanded the boats of the HYDRA at the capture of the French armed lugger Ie Favori, of 4 carriage-guns, hauled close to the beach about two miles to the westward of the river Toucques, near Havre de Grace, and defended by a constant fire of musketry from a body of troops, and also from the crew of the vessel, who had landed and posted themselves behind some sand-banks. On his eventual return, in the VICTORY, from the West Indies, he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the BRITANNIA 100, bearing the flag of Lord Northesk, to which ship, after participating in the battle of Trafalgar, he was confirmed by commission dated 20 Nov. 1805. His subsequent appointments, we find, were - 9 June, 1806, to the LATONA 38, Capt. Jas. Atholl Wood, under whom he served at the reduction of Curacoa, and the blockade of the Danish West India islands in 1807 - 16 Oct. in the latter year, to the THAIS, Capt. Ferrieres, chiefly employed at the Cape of Good Hope - 17 June, 1809, to the FISGARD 38, Capts. Sir Wm. Bolton and Fras. Mason, in which frigate he accompanied the expedition to Flushing, assisted in bringing off the rearguard of the British army at the subsequent evacuation of the Walcheren, and was otherwise actively employed - and, 2 June, 1813, to the PRESIDENT 46, Capts. Fras. Mason and Archibald Duff, under whom he witnessed the storming of San Sebastian, and served off the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, for the purpose of affording them protection against the American cruisers. Having been on half-pay since 4 Sept. 1815, he at length accepted the rank he now holds, 12 May, 1838.

Commander Barclay married, in April, 1843, Caroline, daughter of the late lion. Mr. Justice Rooke.
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Surname: Barclay, First Names : Peter

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 11/04/1843

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

Surname: Barclay, First Names : Robert
Birth Date : 13 Sep 1793

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 14/12/1814

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 09/04/1859

Notes:
BARCLAY. (LIEUT., 1814. F-P., 9 ; H-P., 32.)

ROBERT BARCLAY was born, 13 Sept. 1793, at Tain, co. Ross, N.B.

This officer entered the Navy, 24 Oct. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the NARCISSUS 32, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, with whom he continued to serve, in the same frigate and the RHIN 38, until 26 Nov. 1813. He assisted, while in the former ship, at the capture, 18 Aug. 1807, of the Spanish schooner Cantela, pierced for 12 guns, and also at the reduction of the Saintes in 1809 ; and, on his removal to the RHIN, he contributed to the capture of four privateers, carrying in the whole 58 guns and 310 men ; was actively employed in co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain ; and was twice wounded while serving in the boats as Master's Mate. On leaving the RHIN he became Acting-Lieutenant of the EMULOUS 12, Capts. Wm. M'Kenzie Godfrey, John Gore, and Thos. Wren Carter, on the Jamaica station; whence, having been confirmed by commission dated 14 Dec. 1814, he returned home, in Sept. 1815, on board the WOLVERENE 18, Capt. Geo. Guy Burton. Unable to procure further employment, he has since been on half-pay.

He married, 18 Sept. 1836, the only daughter of the late T. B. Matthews, Esq., of Rochester, and by that lady, who died in 1839, had issue two sons and two daughters.
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Surname: Baring, First Names : Alexander

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 30/12/1872
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 09/12/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 548 - Zealous 19 Jan 70

Surname: Baring, First Names : Arthur Thomas Napier (Hon)

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 27/10/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 096 - Captain 30 Apr 70

Surname: Baring, First Names : Henry Alexander

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 24/05/1871
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 01/06/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 280 - Liffey 15 Jul 68

Surname: Barker, First Names : Charles

Date promoted :
Commander: 18/11/1845
Lieutenant: 28/06/1838

Notes:
BARKER. COMMANDER, 1845.

CHARLES BARKER entered the Navy 22 Dec. 1826; passed his examination in 1833; and obtained his commission 28 June, 1838. His after-appointments were - in the course of 1839, to the INCONSTANT 36 and SNAKE 16, Capts. Dan. Pring and John Baker Porter Hay, on the North America and West India station - 31 Oct. 1840, to the MONARCH 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, in the Mediterranean - and, 24 Sept. 1841, as First Lieutenant, to the FIREBRAND steam-frigate, Capts. Armar Lowry Corry and Jas. Hope, employed on the south-east coast of America. He acquired his present rank 18 Nov. 1845. AGENT- Joseph Woodhead.
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Surname: Barker, First Names : George

Date promoted :
Adm: 27/12/1847
Vice Adm: 12/11/1840
Captain: 08/06/1799
Commander: 19/12/1796
Lieutenant: 19/03/1782

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Notes:
BARKER. VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE RED, 1840. F-P., 27 ; H-P., 49.)

GEORGE BARKER entered the Navy, 1 June, 1771, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the BARFLEUR, Capt. Milbanke, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Thos. Pye ; removed in 1777 to the RESOLUTION, Capt. Sir Chaloner Ogle, stationed off the coast of Portugal; served subsequently, in the Channel and West Indies, as Midshipman of the VENGEANCE, Capts. Mich. Clements and Hon. Fred. Maitland, PRESTON, Capt. Wm. Truscott, and MONTAGU, Capt. John Houlton ; and, on 19 March, 1782, was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the DROMEDARY, flag-ship in the Downs of Vice-Admiral Wm. Drake. After an interval of seven years, he next, between June, 1790, and the date of his promotion to the rank of Commander, 19 Dec. 1796, served, on the Newfoundland, Mediterranean, West India, and Home stations, in the PEGASUS 28, Capts. Herbert Sawyer and Wm. Domett, and ST. ALBANS 64, and POMPEE 74, both commanded by Capt. Jas. Vashon. He then joined the INCENDIARY 14, in which vessel he assisted at the destruction of the French store-ship Suffrein, off Ushant, 8 Jan. 1797 ; and, on 8 June, 1799, was confirmed in the command of the BARFLEUR 98, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Lord Keith, whom he presently accompanied into the QUEEN CHARLOTTE 100. He left the latter ship, however, on 14 July in the same year; and was subsequently appointed - 21 Feb. 1821, to the SEVERN 44, on the West India station, whence he returned in Jan. 1803 - and, 19 Feb. 1806, to the Impress service at Bristol, which he continued to regulate until 18 July, 1810. He has since been on half-pay. His advancement to the rank of Rear-Admiral took place 6 June, 1825 ; and to that of Vice-Admiral 12 Nov. 1840.

He married, 8 Jan. 1833, Mary Ann, daughter of J. Hunter, Esq., of Compton Terrace, Islington. AGENTS- Messrs. Stilwell.
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Retd 1825: restd 1840

Surname: Barker, First Names : George

Date promoted :
Adm: 27/12/1847
Vice Adm: 12/11/1840
Captain: 08/06/1799

Surname: Barker, First Names : George
Birth Date : 09 Sep 1789

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 23/07/1814

Notes:
BARKER. (LIEUT., 1814. F-P., 16 ; H-P., 26.)

GEORGE BARKER was born 9 Sept. 1789. He had a brother who died a Midshipman in the service.

This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ORION 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington. After participating in the battle of Trafalgar, he removed, as Midshipman, to the TIGRE 80, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, and while under that officer, in 1807, witnessed the surrender of Alexandria, and was much employed on the Nile and the lakes of Lower Egypt. Rejoining Capt. Codrington, in Aug. 1809, on board the BLAKE 74, he accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren, and served on shore with the army during the operations against Flushing ; subsequently to which we find him actively employed on the coast of Spain, where he assisted at the defence of Tarragona, and for his conduct in a breaching battery was awarded the rank of Acting-Lieutenant. He was ultimately, after serving for some months, in South America, on board the Isis 50, confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 23 July, 1814, in the PORT MAHON 18, Capt. Fred. Wm. Burgoyne. From 10 June, 1815, until paid off, 9 Sept. 1818, Mr. Barker was next employed in the CHERUB and WASP Sloops, Capts. Thos. Tudor Tucker and Wm. Wolrige, on the Home and Mediterranean stations. His next appointment was, on 4 Sept. 1822, to the CHEROKEE 10, Capt. Wm. Keats, off the coast of Scotland. He has not since 1826 been afloat.

He married, 9 Sept. 1826, Judith Maria daughter of Chas. Palmer, Esq., of Coleshill.
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Surname: Barker, First Names : James Darling
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 17/12/1857

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 359 - Pallas 26 May 68 addl for Coast Guard Service as Officer of Station at Dunany Point

Surname: Barker, First Names : John

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 29/04/1802

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 04/08/1848

Notes:
BARKER. (LIEUT., 1802. F-P., 21 ; H-P., 31.)

JOHN BARKER is brother of Lieut. Wm. C. Barker, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ALCMENE 32, Capt. Wm. Brown, stationed in the North Sea ; and on removing, as Midshipman, to the SALISBURY 50, Capt. Wm. Mitchell, was wrecked, on Isle la Vache, St. Domingo, 13 May, 1796. From Nov. in the latter year, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 April, 1802, he next served, on the West India and Home stations, in the QUEEN 98, flag-ship of Sir Hyde Parker, RENOMMEE 44, Capts. Robt. Rolles and Wm. Sanderson, and EXCELLENT 74, Capt. Hon. Robt. Stopford ; and during that period, independently of other captures, assisted in making prize, 10 Oct. 1799, of L'Aréthuse, national corvette, of 18 guns. His subsequent appointments afloat appear to have been - 7 July, 1802, to the HORNET sloop, Capts. Robt. Tucker, Peter Hunt, and John Lawrence - and, 23 April, 1804, to the command of the GRENADA brig, both on the Leeward Islands station. While in the latter vessel, which he left in April, 1808, Mr. Barker effected the capture, at various periods, of L'Intrépide, La Petite Aricere, La Princesse Murat, La Désirée, and Le Tigre privateers, carrying altogether 14 guns and 199 men. * From Oct. 1808, until Dec. 1815, he was next employed, also in the West Indies, as Resident-Agent for transports and prisoners of war. He has since been on half-pay.

* La Princesse Murat was superior in force to the GRENADA, and did not surrender until after a long and obstinate engagement, in which both combatants were much crippled. The enemy lost three men killed, and seven wounded. The British had their Master severely, and a boy mortally, wounded.

Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 510.
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Surname: Barker, First Names : Robert
Birth Date : 20 Jun 1788

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 17/10/1809

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 09/11/1848

Notes:
BARKER. (LIEUT., 1809. F-P., 14; H-P., 32.)

ROBERT BARKER was born 20 June, 1788.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1801, as L.M., on board the DREADNOUGHT 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, employed off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean. From Feb. 1803 (previously to which period he had further served for a few months in the DRYAD 36, Capt. Robt. Williams), until Jan. 1810, he appears to have been employed, chiefly in the East Indies, as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Lieutenant (commission dated 17 Oct. 1809), on board the RUSSEL 74, Capts. R. Williams, Wm. Warden, and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, flag-ship for some time of Vice-Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury. He then joined the PIEDMONTAISE 38, Capts. Chas. Foote, Chas. Rayley, and Henry Folkes Edgell; and while in that frigate assisted at the reduction, in Aug. 1810, of the Dutch Spice Islands. His next appointments were - 23 Dec. 1812, to the DESPATCH 18, Capt. Jas. Galloway, of which sloop, stationed off the coast of North America, he held for nearly two months the acting-command - and, 11 April, 1815, to the SUPERB 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham on the coast of France, where he cooperated with the Royalists in La Vendée, and was present at the surrender of Buonaparte. He has since been unemployed.

Lieut. Barker married, 14 March, 1821, Martha, daughter of Chas. Hamilton, Esq., by whom he has issue six children. AGENTS - Messrs. Chard.
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Surname: Barker, First Names : William Collins
Birth Date : 20 Jul 1779

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 25/03/1802

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Notes:
BARKER. (LIEUT., 1802. F-P., 23 ; H-P., 29.)

WILLIAM COLLINS BARKER, born 20 July, 1779, is brother of Lieut. John Barker, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 6 March, 1795, as L.M., on board the ALCMENE 32, Capt. Wm. Brown, attached to the fleet in the North Sea. On 13 May, 1796, having been transferred as Midshipman to the SALISBURY 50, Capt. Wm. Mitchell, he was wrecked, on Isle la Vache, St. Domingo; but he continued to serve, on the Jamaica station, until Oct. 1800, in the QUEEN 98, flag-ship of Sir Hyde Parker, and during that period was much employed in the boats, and was twice wounded. On his subsequent removal to the WASP 16, Capt. Chas. Bullen, we find Mr. Barker landing, as Acting-Master of that vessel, and effecting the destruction of a native town in Cape Bay, Sierra Leone, where 1000 of the enemy were killed and 3000 wounded. Shortly after the latter event, which took place in Dec. 1801, he obtained an order to act as Lieutenant of the WASP, and, on 25 March, 1802, he was confirmed in that rank by the Admiralty. The WASP being paid off in the following August, Mr. Barker was next, from 25 May, 1803, to 16 April, 1806, employed on the river Thames, under the orders of Capt. Richbell, in raising seamen for the service. He then, for 10 years, commanded the ENTERPRIZE, receiving-ship off the Tower; and, on 12 Feb. 1814, when the late Custom-house was consumed by fire, he proved the great instrument, through his own exertions and those of his ship's company (as appears by the ' Times' newspaper of 17 of that month, and the Wharfingers' Memorial to the Admiralty of 12 April following), of saving from otherwise inevitable destruction the warehouses belonging to the Crown on Brewer and Galley quays, &c., and the vast amount of property there deposited. For a few months in 1817, at the request of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, he afterwards held charge of the BATAVIER, lying at Blackwall, for the superintendence of foreign seamen. He next, from 4 May, 1818, until 6 July, 1821, commanded the PERSEUS receiving-ship at Deptford; but was then superseded by Capt. Jas. Couch, with whom however he continued to serve until the following Sept. He has since been on half-pay.

Lieut. Barker married in Nov., 1803, and has issue five children.
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NL 20/12/48 Obituary (no details) for this officer as a Commander seniority of 1848

Surname: Barkley, First Names : Edward

Date promoted :
Commander: 11/09/1865
Lieutenant: 14/02/1849
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 21/01/1849

Surname: Barlow, First Names : Charles Anstruther, CB
Birth Date : 05 Feb 1800
Awarded Medal (m) / Foreign Order (FO): FO

Date promoted :
Captain: 08/06/1841

Notes:
BARLOW, C.B., K.S.F. (CAPTAIN, 1841. F-P., 22 ; H-P., 13.)

CHARLES ANSTRUTHER BARLOW, born 5 Feb. 1800, is second surviving son of Sir Geo. Hilaro Barlow, Bart., G.C.B., Governor of Fort St. George, Madras, and late Governor-General of India, by Elizabeth, daughter of Burton Smith, Esq., of the co. Westmeath; nephew of Admiral Sir Robt. Barlow, G.C.B., the gallant captor of L'Africaine, who died 11 May, 1843; first cousin both of the Dowager Viscountess Torrington and of the Countess Nelson, widow of the first Earl ; and a near relative of Rear-Admiral Sam. Butcher.

This officer entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the VICTORIOUS 74, Capt. John Talbot, on the North America station, where he attained the rating of Midshipman, 10 Dec. 1813. Between Sept. 1814, and March, 1822, he served in succession on the Home and Mediterranean stations, on board the MAEANDER 42, Capt. John Bastard, QUEEN CHARLOTTE 100, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth, under whom he took part in the battle of Algiers, ROCHFORT 74, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, and REVOLUTIONNAIRE 4E, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood B. R. Pellew, in the boats of which frigate he contributed, as Mate, to the capture of two piratical gun-vessels, off Zante, 18 May, 1821. He obtained a Lieutenancy, 1 July, 1822, in the DESPATCH 18, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jervoise, on the Mediterranean station ; and was afterwards appointed - 6 Dec. 1822, to the PRINCE REGENT 120, flag-ship at Chatham of Sir Benj. Hallowell - 20 Feb. 1826, to the FORTE 44, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, on the coast of South America - 25 Feb. 1831, to the ST. VINCENT 120, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham in the Mediterranean - 25 Jan. 1834, as Senior, to the MALABAR 74, Capt. Henry Shovell Marsham, on the same station - and, 15 Dec. following, to the ROYALIST 10. The latter vessel he commanded off the north coast of Spain from the siege of Bilboa, in June, 1835, until shortly after the receipt of his second promotal commission, 10 Jan. 1837, and for his exertions during that period was presented, 23 Dec. 1839, with the Order of the First Class of San Fernando. Assuming command, 2 Dec. 1839, of the NIMROD 20, Capt. Barlow sailed for the East Indies, and ultimately enacted a very prominent part in the operations on the coast of China. On 13 March, 1841, we find him obtaining official mention for his voluntary and efficient support of Capt. Thos. Herbert at the capture of several rafts, and of the last fort protecting the approaches to Canton - next rendering himself conspicuous by his zeal in command of the first division of boats employed at the proximate capture of that city - and, during the hostilities of the ensuing May heading the second naval battalion, and obtaining the official recommendation of Sir Hugh Gough for the able assistance afforded by him to Capt. Bourchier, who commanded the naval brigade. * On the occasion of the final conquest of Canton, Capt. Barlow, whose Post-commission bears date 8 June, 1841, was made the bearer, by Sir Le Fleming Senhouse, of the despatches announcing that event to the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Gordon Bremen also to the Governor-General of India at Calcutta, † and thence overland to England. He was made a C.B. on 14 Oct. in the same year, and has since been unemployed. AGENTS- Messrs. Ommanney.

* Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503, 1505, 2496, 2500, 2506.
† V. Gaz. 1841, p. 2510.
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Surname: Barlow, First Names : Charles James

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 03/09/1872
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 21/06/1868
Naval Cadet or Entry: 11/03/1862

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 398 - Pylades 21 Jun 68 (act)
June 1879 : 192 - Flamingo 26 Jun 77

Surname: Barlow, First Names : William Law

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 07/11/1849

Surname: Barnard, First Names : Adolphus Holford

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 21/01/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 162 - Duke of Wellington 23 Jun 69

Surname: Barnard, First Names : Edward

Date promoted :
Captain: 04/07/1817

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Vice Adm: 22/08/1857

Notes:
BARNARD, (Captain, 1817. F-P., 24 ; H P., 26.) EDWARD BARNARD entered the Navy, 12 May, 1797, as A.B., on board the SIRIUS 36, Capts. Rich. King and Wm. Prowse, and attained the rating of Midshipman in August following. On 24 Oct. 1798, when off the Texel, he aided in capturing the two Dutch frigates Waahzaamheid, of 26, and Furie, of 36 guns, with French troops, arms, and ammunition on board, destined for the use of the disaffected in Ireland - the latter vessel after a running fight of half an hour. He further assisted, on 28 Jan. 1801, in taking the French 36-gun frigate Dédaigneuse, off Cape Finisterre, after a chase of two days; and, on the return of hostilities, was very actively engaged on the coast of France. On 9 May, 1805, Mr. Barnard, who had passed his examination in Dec. 1803, rejoined Capt. King, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the ACHILLE 74, one of Lord Collingwood's blockading squadron before Cadiz. At the close of the battle of Trafalgar, in which he had the fortune to participate, we find him taking possession of the French 74-gun ship Berwick, in which he remained until wrecked in the six days' gale that ensued. His appointment to the ACHILLE being confirmed 7 Jan. 1806, he continued to serve in that ship under Sir Rich. King for an additional period of five years, and was consequently present with Sir Sam. hood's squadron at the pursuit and capture, 25 Sept. 1806, of the four French frigates from Rocheforte, besides contributing to the bombardment of Flushing in Aug. 1809, and sharing for 10 months in the arduous boat-service at the defence of Cadiz in 1810. From Feb. 1811, until April, 1812, he was next, under the same Captain, attached to the SAN JOSEF 110, flag ship in the Mediterranean and Channel of Sir Chas. Cotton ; and on the former assuming, as Rear-Admiral, a command off Toulon, with his flag in the SAN JOSEF, became, in April, 1818, his Signal-Lieutenant, in which capacity he bore a part in the attacks on the French fleet of 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814. On the death of Capt. Wm. Stewart, the Flag-Captain, during the SAN JOSEF's passage home in July of the latter year, Lieut. Barnard was invested with the command in his stead, and on his arrival in England was officially promoted 10 Aug. following. His next appointment was, 17 Dec. 1816, to the BACCHUS 18, on the East India station, where he was posted by the Commander-in-Chief, his friend Sir Rich. King, into the CONWAY of 26 guns, 4 July, 1817. From that period until 20 Jan. 1820, we find him employed in protecting the trade in the Persian Gulf; and in suppressing the slave-traffic in the Isle of France. Capt. Barnard's subsequent appointments appear to have been - 15 Aug. 1833, to the OCEAN 80, flag-ship of his patron Sir R. King, at Sheerness, where he remained until the death of that gallant officer in Sept. 1834 - 25 Jan. 1839, to the HERCULES 74, in which he conveyed troops from the West Indies to North America, and afterwards to Lisbon - and, 31 Jan. 1840, to the CAMBRIDGE 78, part of the force subsequently employed during the operations on the coast of Syria, and the blockade of Alexandria. He paid the CAMBRIDGE off 26 Jan. 1843, and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.

Capt. Barnard married, in Aug. 1811, Miss Mary Parkin, and by that lady has, with four daughters, five sons, of whom four are in the service of their country; viz. - Frederick Lamport and Edward King, Lieutenants, R.N. -John James, a Midshipman - and Charles Loudon, Second Lieutenant, R.M. Agents- Messrs. Stilwell.

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Surname: Barnard, First Names : Edward

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 23/11/1841

Notes:
BARNARD. (LIEUTENANT, 1841.)

EDWARD BARNARD entered the Navy 1 Aug. 1822 ; passed his examination 26 Jan. 1829 ; and obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841. He has been for several years employed in the Coast Guard.
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Surname: Barnard, First Names : Edward King
Birth Date : 01 Jul 1815
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 02/05/1857
Lieutenant: 23/11/1841

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 13/04/1870

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Virago - 27 May 43
June 1844 : Virago - 27 May 43
Dec 1848 : 215 - Excellent 7 Jan 48

Notes:
BARNARD. (LIEUT., 1841. F-P., 19 ; H-P., 0.)

EDWARD KING BARNARD, born 1 July, 1815, is son of Capt. Edw. Barnard, R.N.

This officer entered the Royal Naval College in Aug. 1828; and embarked, 17 Dec. 1829, as Midshipman, on board the BRITOMART 10, Capt. Johnson, on the Home station. During the four following years he served, in the Mediterranean, on board the FAVORITE 18, Capt. Joseph Harrison, PELICAN 18, Capt. Joseph Gape, BRITANNIA 120, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, and, we believe, the SCYLLA 16. He then, on joining the OCEAN 80, commanded by his father as flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Rich. King, passed his examination, and for another period of four years was employed in the East Indies on board the WINCHESTER 52, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel. At length Mr. Barnard, after a further attachment to the ROYAL ADELAIDE 104, flag-ship at Plymouth of Lord Amelius Beauclerk, GORGON steam-frigate, commanded during the Carlist warfare in Spain by Capt. Sidney Colpoys Dacres, and WIZARD 10, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Fred. Birch, employed in suppressing the African slave-trade, obtained a commission, dated 23 Nov. 1841 ; since which period his appointments have been - 8 June, 1842, to the EXCELLENT gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings - and, 27 May, 1843, to the VIRAGO steam-sloop, Capts. George Graham Otway and John Lunn, now in the Mediterranean. AGENTS- Messrs. Stilwell.
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May - July, 1855: Racehorse, 14 - Various actions against Pirates between Amoy, Foochow, & Hong Kong.

Surname: Barnard, First Names : Frederick Lamport
Birth Date : 20 Feb 1813

Date promoted :
Captain: 10/10/1855
Lieutenant: 26/10/1840

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Vice Adm: 30/01/1879
Captain: 01/07/1864

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Cleopatra - 21 Apr 42
June 1844 : Cleopatra - 21 Apr 42
Dec 1848 : 461 Prince Regent 24 Jan 48

Notes:
BARNARD. (LIEUT., 1840. F-P., 20; H-P., 0.)

FREDERICK LAMPORT BARNARD, born 20 Feb. 1813, is son of Capt. Edw. Bernard, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 3 June, 1827, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the REVENGE 76, Capt. Norborne Thompson, employed on the Home station. In the autumn of 1828, after a further attachment to the CHALLENGER 28, Capt. Adolphus Fitz Clarence, and WINDSOR CASTLE 74, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, he became Midshipman of the JASEUR 18, Capt. John Lyons, and in that sloop, and the BADGER 10, served for five years at the Cape of Good Hope. Passing his examination 26 June, 1833, he next, from May, 1834, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 26 Oct. 1840, officiated as Mate in succession of the HASTINGS 74, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Hall Gage on the Lisbon station, INCONSTANT 36, Capt. Dan. Pring, employed in the conveyance of troops to North America and the West Indies, WINCHESTER 50, flag-ship on the latter station of Sir Thos. Harvey, and VESTAL 26, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter. His appointments have since been - 4 Nov. 1840, to the EXCELLENT gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings - 21 April, 1842, to the CLEOPATRA 26, Capt. Christ. Wyvill, at the Cape of Good Hope - 8 July, 1845, to the THUNDERBOLT steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Nathaniel Broke, on the North America and West India station - and, 27 Feb. 1846, again to the CLEOPATRA, in which frigate he is still serving. AGENTS- Messrs. Stilwell.
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Surname: Barnard, First Names : George

Date promoted :

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 09/03/1840

Notes:
BARNARD. RETIRED COMMANDER, 1840. F-P., 12 ; H-P., 45.)

GEORGE BARNARD entered the Royal Naval Academy 15 April, 1790; and embarked, 25 Oct. 1793, as A.B., on board the SWIFTSURE 74, Capt. Chas. Boyles, flag-ship on the Irish station of Rear-Admiral Rich. Kingsmill, in which he attained the rating of Midshipman 1 Nov. following. In Feb. 1795, he joined the VICTORY 100, bearing the flags in succession of Lord Hood, Rear-Admiral Robt. Mann (under whom he was present in Hotham's action of 13 July, 1795), Vice-Admiral Robt. Linzee, and Sir John Jervis. Between 16 Jan. 1796, and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 May, 1797, he next served, on the Mediterranean and Channel stations, in the COMET fire-ship, Capt. Edw. Hamilton, LOWESTOFTE frigate, Capt. Robt. Plampin, TRITON 32, Capt. John Gore (in which vessel he assisted at the capture, in Feb. 1797, of three privateers, carrying in the whole 42 guns and 314 men), and ROYAL GEORGE 100, flag-ship of Lord Bridport. Mr. Barnard, who then joined the SYLPH sloop, Capt. John Chambers White, contributed, in the course of the same year, to the destruction of La Calliope, French frigate, of 36 guns, the capture of several convoys, and the annihilation of Le Petit Diable cutter, of 18 guns and 100 men, on the coast of France. During the rest of the war we find him serving, in the Channel, on board the SPY sloop, Capt. Wm. Grosvenor, MARS 74, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, and NAIAD 38, Capts. Wm. Pierrepont and Wm. Henry Ricketts. With the exception of a few months passed in 1804 in the Sea Fencibles, he has not been since employed. His acceptance of the rank he now holds took place 9 March, 1840.
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Retired OIC 30 Jan 1816

Surname: Barnard, First Names : George Henry

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 22/09/1855

Surname: Barnard, First Names : Horace Harry

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 03/09/1872

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 398 - Pylades 21 Jun 68 (act)
June 1879 : 205 - Frolic 7 Dec 75

Surname: Barnard, First Names : John James

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 06/12/1847

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 312 - Investigator 2 Mar 48

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

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 14/02/1815

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 18/01/1861

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

WILLIAM BARNARD entered the Navy, 5 May, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the KINGFISHER 18, Capts. Rich. Wm. Crabb, Nathaniel Day Cochrane, Hon. Geo. Fras. Seymour, Wm. Hepenstall, and Ewell Tritton, under whom he successively served, the greater part of the time as Midshipman and Master's Mate, for upwards of nine years. He assisted during that period at the capture of L'Elizabeth privateer, of 14 guns and 102 men, and was also present in the action off St. Domingo - with the despatches relative to the result of which the KINGFISHER was sent home. After serving for some years in the Mediterranean, he became attached for short periods, as Supernumerary-Midshipman, to the TRIDENT 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Laugharne, REDWING 18, Capt. Sir John Gordon Sinclair, and PRINCE 98 Capt. Geo. Fowke. During the year preceding his promotion, which took place 14 Feb. 1815, he appears to have been employed in the CRESSY 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, ROSAMOND 20, Capts. Donald Campbell and Edw. Stopford, and SLANEY 20, Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius; and in the second named of those vessels to have made a voyage to Hudson's Bay. He has since been on half-pay.
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Transferred to another retirement scheme 23-Mar-1871

Surname: Barnard, First Names : William Job Woodman
Qualified in: Gunnery: Torpedoes: Navigation: N

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 10/08/1877

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 548 - Zealous 27 Jan 70
June 1879 : 157 - Dragon 20 Mar 79 (N)

Surname: Barnardiston, First Names : Thomas
Birth Date : 4 Dec 1833
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 14/08/1868
Commander: 24/06/1862
Lieutenant: 03/02/1855
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 26/03/1853
Naval Cadet or Entry: 16/02/1847

Surname: Barnes, First Names : George Edward
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Naval Cadet and Midshipman 01/06/1846
Mate 12/08/1851
Lieutenant: 08/11/1854

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

Date of Navy List - Appointments and date:
Dec 1852 - 16 Apr 1852 - Britomart, brig, for service on the West Coast of Africa.
Jun 1856 - 12 Dec 1855 - Arachne, sloop, North America and West Indies Station.
Sep 1859 appears to be on half-pay.
Sep 1862 - 15 May 1862.- St. Vincent, Training ship at Portsmouth.
Jun 1865 appears to be on half-pay.
Dec 1868 - 9 Nov 1867 - Coast Guard service at Flamborough Head.
Jun 1870 - Wivern 22 Apr 69 addl for Coast Guard Service as Inspecting Officer of Division at Wells, Norfolk

Notes:

GEORGE EDWARD BARNES was born on 13th September 1829 in Montego Bay Jamaica (His father was serving there in the 91st Regiment of Foot) His mother was Martha Sarah Barnes nee Whittaker.

He entered the Royal Navy on 12th February 1843 as assistant clerk on H.M.S.Bittern serving off the West Coast of Africa and came to Simon"s Bay on 10th November 1843 under the command of William Cornwallis Aldham, and on 11th November 1845 transferred to Calypso as  clerk.
He served aboard the gunnery training ship Excellent and Superb as midshipman in Portsmouth and the Mediterranean.
Following promotion to mate in 1851 he joined the Victory and went on to serve on the Britomart and Prometheus.
His first commission was on 9th November 1854 aboard Hastings in the Baltic Fleet in the Crimean War for which he received the Baltic Medal.
His later service was aboard Impregnable, Arachne,Tartar,and Terrible.On 30th August 1860 he received a letter (as did all the officers and crew aboard Terrible ),of thanks from 54 British residents of  Smyrna for protecting them against an insurgency,and at that he was promoted to senior lieutenant.
On 15th May 1862 he was posted to the St.Vincent training boy cadets.
He served at Sheerness Dockyard and Naval barracks  being taken off sea duty due to ill health and then was posted to Coast Guard as Commander and retired on 22 April 1869.

His marriage to Eleanor Charlotte Doveton (daughter of John Gabriel Doveton Colonial Secretary at St. Helena Island) took place on the 18th August 1858.   After his death on 11th July 1879, his widow came to Cape Town with their children to live with her parents, hence his progeny now all being resident in South Africa.
With thanks to Michael Barnes for the Notes.

Surname: Barnes, First Names : John (a)

Date promoted :
Captain: 22/10/1861
Commander: 23/12/1847
Lieutenant: 30/09/1813

Notes:

BARNES. (LIEUT., 1813. F-P., 20 ; H-P., 25.)

JOHN BARNES (a) entered the Navy, in Oct. 1802, as a Volunteer, on board the HUNTER 18, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield. Proceeding in 1803 to the West Indies with the despatches announcing the declaration of war with France, he there assisted in capturing many of the enemy's privateers and merchantmen. In March, 1807, he became Midshipman of the GOLIATH 74, Capt. Peter Puget, and after sharing, we believe, in the expedition to Copenhagen, removed to the LEVIATHAN 74, Capt. John Harvey, under whom, on 25 Oct. 1809, he witnessed the destruction, by a squadron under Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin, of the French line-of-battle ships Robuste and Lion, off Frontignan. From Jan. 1811, until officially promoted, 30 Sept. 1813, Mr. Barnes further served, part of the time as Acting-Lieutenant, and principally at the defence of Cadiz, in the SAN JUAN 74, Capt. Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, the HOUND 18, Capts. Chas. Philips and Chas. Squire, also in No. 15 gun-boat, and in the REVENGE, IMPETUEUX, and STATELY, flag ships of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin. He was employed, during the rest of the war, again in the SAN JUAN, and also in the ZENOBIA 16, Capts. Rich. Foley and Nich. Chas. Dobree. His subsequent appointments were - 23 Dec. 1831, to the command of the Semaphore at Portsmouth, which he retained until 15 Feb. 1837 - 1 Aug. 1839, to the VICTORY 104, commanded at the latter port by Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch - and, 18 Sept. 1841, to the command of the NIGHTINGALE steamer. He was placed on half-pay in the spring of 1842, and has not since been employed.

Surname: Barnes, First Names : Lionel Aubrey Walter

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

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

Surname: Barnes, First Names : Peter
Birth Date : 30 May 1793
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 09/01/1854
Lieutenant: 17/02/1815

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 26 Oct 36
June 1844 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 26 Oct 36
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 26 Oct 36

Notes:

BARNES. (LIEUT., 1815. F-P., 20; H-P., 21.)

PETER BARNES was born 30 May, 1793.

This officer entered the Navy, 19 July, 1806, as Second-cl. Vol., on board the EMERALD 36, Capts. John Larmour and Fred. Lewis Maitland. On 13 March, 1808, he served in the boats in a very gallant attempt made in Vivero harbour to cut out the French corvette L'Apropos, of 20 guns and 70 men ; and in April, 1809, was present, as Midshipman, at the destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads. From Dec. 1811, until the receipt of his commission, 17 Feb. 1815, Mr. Barnes served on the Home and Baltic stations in the BELLEROPHON and VIGO 74's, flag ships of Rear-Admirals John Ferrier and Graham Moore, PUISSANT 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, GROWLER, Lieut.-Commander Hugh Anderson, and AJAX 74, Capt. Geo. Mundy. During the subsequent months of 1815 he appears to have been employed on board the POMPEE 80, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood. He has been in charge, since 26 Oct. 1836, of a station in the Coast Guard.

We understand that Lieut. Barnes filled the post of Vice-Consul at Bruges from 1823 to 1836, without however receiving the slightest remuneration. He married, first, 6 Oct. 1818, Miss Agnes Maxwell; and, secondly, 12 March, 1839, Miss Georgina Clarkson, by whom, as well as by his former wife, he has issue two children. His son, Edgar Broughton Barnes, a B.A., is at present Naval Instructor on board H.M.S. TRAFALGAR.

Surname: Barnett, First Names : Edward
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Adm: 01/08/1877
Vice Adm: 14/07/1871
Rear Adm: 09/02/1864
Captain: 20/06/1846
Commander: 28/06/1838

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 09/02/1864

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Thunder - 13 Jul 41

Notes:

BARNETT. (COMMANDER, 1838.

EDWARD BARNETT entered the Navy 14 Feb. 1811; passed his examination in 1819; and obtained his first commission 1 June, 1826. He was afterwards appointed to the command, on surveying service -12 Feb. 1812 (sic) [should probably be 1833], of the LINNET tender, off the coast of Jersey - 20 Feb. 1833, of the JACKDAW schooner, which vessel he had the misfortune to lose, 11 March, 1835, on a reef off Old Providence, not then laid down in the Admiralty charts - and, 22 Sept. 1835, and 30 Nov. 1837, of the LARK 4, and THUNDER 6, stationed in North America and the West Indies. He was promoted to his present rank, 28 June, 1838, and still continues to command the THUNDER. AGENTS.- Hallett and Robinson.

Surname: Barnett, First Names : Frank Henry

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 15/10/1870
Midshipman: 16/04/1866

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 398 - Pylades 24 Dec 67 addl

Surname: Barnett, First Names : John Barker
Awarded Medal (m) / Foreign Order (FO): m, FO

Date promoted :
Captain: 22/11/1876
Commander: 11/04/1866
Lieutenant: 22/09/1855

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 262 - Indus 30 Oct 67

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

Surname: Barr, First Names : Francis Thomas
Qualified in: Gunnery: Torpedoes: Navigation: N

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 12/07/1878

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 058 - Barrosa 9 Jun 69
June 1879 : 130 - Cruiser 9 May 79 (Borne in ""Alexandra"" addl for appointment to ""Cruiser"" when recommissioned) (N)

Surname: Barr, First Names : William Frederick

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 29/10/1811

Notes:

BARR. (LIEUTENANT, 1811. F-P., 11 ; H-P., 33.)

WILLIAM FREDERICK BARR entered the Navy, 13 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the TRIBUNE 36, Capts. Geo. Henry Towry, Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, Thos. Baker, and Geo. Reynolds. Continuing to serve in that frigate until Aug. 1811, he assisted, under Capt. Baker, at the destruction, 29 April, 1807, of the greater part of a convoy of 30 vessels, passing from Ferrol to Bilboa, in escort of several gun-boats ; and, on 12 May, 1810, was present under Capt. Reynolds when the TRIBUNE, after a smart action of two hours and a quarter, and a loss of 9 men killed and 15 wounded, gallantly beat off, on the coast of Norway, four Danish man-of-war brigs, carrying altogether 74 guns. Mr. Barr, who was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 29 Oct. 1811, in the GLOIRE, 38, Capt. Jas. Carthew, on the West India station, subsequently joined, 6 Aug. 1813, after an interval of 12 months, the VENGEUR 74, Capts. Thos. Dundas and Tristram Robt. Ricketts; under the latter of whom we find him attending the expedition to New Orleans, and participating in the last hostile operation of the American war, the reduction of Fort Bowyer. He has been on half-pay since 28 Oct. 1815.

Surname: Barrell, First Names : Justinian

Date promoted :
Commander: 21/03/1815

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 19/03/1852

Notes:

BARRELL. (COMMANDER, 1815. F-P., 23; a-P., 33.)

JUSTINIAN BARRELL is son of the late Savage Barrell, Esq., by his wife, the sister of Gen. Rainsford ; and great-grandson of the late Gen. Wm. Barrell, 15 years Colonel of the 4th, or King's Own, and Governor of Pendennis Castle.

This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1791, as a Boy, on board the BRUNSWICK 74, Capts. Sir Roger Curtis and John Harvey, under the latter of whom he fought in the battle of 1 June, 1794. He afterwards joined in succession the RUSSELL 74, Capt. Joseph Larcom, KINGFISHER 18, Capts. John Marsh, John Bligh, and John Maitland, KENT 74, bearing the flag of Lord Duncan, VETERAN 64, Capt. Archibald Collingwood Dickson, ZEBRA bomb, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, PLOVER 18, Capt. Edw. Galwey, and SANTA MARGARITTA 36, Capts. Augustus Leveson Gower, Henry Whitby, and Wilson Rathborne. Of these ships (which were chiefly employed on the Home and West India stations) the KINGFISHER appears to have taken part in the capture, during the year 1797, of L'Egalité national brig, and Le Général privateer; and the KENT and VETERAN in the expeditions of 1799 and 1800 to Holland and Elsineur. Having passed his examination in 1802, Mr. Barrell, in July, 1805, became Acting-Lieutenant of the DESPATCH 18, Capts. Edw. Hawkins, Jas. Lillicrap, and Jas. Aberdour, and while in that vessel was present, 27 Sept. 1806, in a gallant engagement with the French 40-gun frigate Le Président, on which occasion he had the satisfaction, during an hour's cannonade, of firing the only shot that hulled the enemy. On 19 Dec. 1807, after he had co-operated in the siege of Copenhagen, Mr. Barrell was at length confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant. He continued to serve in the DESPATCH, on the Jamaica station, until Aug. 1811 ; after which he joined - 23 Nov. 1811, the LOIRE 38, Capts. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg and Thos. Brown, employed off Lisbon and St. Helena - and, 28 July, 1813, the GLADIATOR, as Flag-Lieutenant at Portsmouth to Rear-Admiral Edw. Jas. Foote. In 1814 he was sent to Bordeaux to superintend the embarkation of the troops; and on 21 March, 1815, was promoted, on the occasion of Rear-Admiral Foote striking his flag, to the rank he now holds. He has not since been employed.

Commander Barrell, in 1815, submitted some valuable liable suggestions to the Admiralty, having for their object an improvement in the mode of supplying and receiving stores. His plan at the time attracted the very favourable notice of their Lordships. He married, in 1811, Miss Townley.

Surname: Barrett, First Names : Francis William
Qualified in: Gunnery: Torpedoes: Navigation: N

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 27/10/1877
Midshipman: 28/01/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 532 - Warrior 28 Jan 67 addl
June 1879 : 483 - Teazer 17 Oct 77 (N)

Awards and Qualifications: : ; I ;

Surname: Barrett, First Names : Joseph Fauriel
Birth Date : 24 Sep 1793

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 07/12/1815

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 7 Apr 30
June 1844 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 7 Apr 30
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 7 Apr 30

Notes:

Retired Commander of the RN, retired as Lieutenant from the Coast Guard on pension granted by the Treasury - 1st Class at £30 pa 13 Feb 55

BARRETT. (LIEUT., 1815. F-P., 32 ; H-P., 12.)

JOSEPH FAURIEL BARRETT, born 24 Sept. 1793, is brother of Wm. Barrett, Esq., Purser and Paymaster, R.N. (1810) ; and uncle of Lieut. Sam. Fowell, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 4 Aug. 1803, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the BORER gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John Price, stationed in the North Sea. In May, 1801, he joined the AURORA 28, Capt. Micajah Malbon, off Newfoundland; and on accompanying the latter officer into the HEBE 32, participated in several skirmishes with the Invasion flotilla off Calais, Boulogne, and Dieppe, and on reaching the West Indies assisted in capturing, besides a variety of other vessels, the Voladore Spanish man-of-war brig, of 20 guns, and a large part of her convoy. Returning home, in Oct. 1809, as Midshipman of the SANDWICH 12, Lieut.-Commander Foley, Mr. Barrett became attached to the CADMUS 10, Capt. Thos. Fife; while under whose command we find him figuring in several cutting-out affairs on the coast of France, and, on the occasion of the destruction of a fleet of merchant-vessels in St. Mary's Bay, Oléron, gallantly rescuing the Semaphore signals from a brig that had already been set in flames. He was subsequently wounded in cutting out a vessel under the grand batteries of Belleisle, and on 3 March, 1810, while master of a prize which had been similarly captured, was wrecked, taken prisoner, and sent to Verdun, where he remained until the peace of 1814. From April to Aug. 1815, he next officiated as Midshipman and Master's Mate of the ROYAL SOVEREIGN 100, flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell. He obtained his commission on 7 Dec. in the same year; was afterwards employed for nearly four years on the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the RAMILLIES and TALAVERA 74's, both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot; and since 7 Sept. 1830, has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.

He married, 21 Sept. 1816, and has issue five children. AGENT - Joseph Woodhead.

Surname: Barrett, First Names : Robert John
Birth Date : 28 Aug 1799

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 08/08/1828

Notes:

BARRETT. (LIEUT., 1828. F-P., 10; H-P., 24.)

ROBERT JOHN BARRETT, born 28 Aug. 1799, is son of the late gallant Capt. John Barrett, R.N., who, with nearly 500 of his crew, perished on board the MINOTAUR 74, when wrecked, on the Haak sands, near the Texel, 22 Dec. 1810.

This officer (who had already attained a proficiency in mathematics) entered the Navy, 11 Dec. 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the HEBRUS, of 42 guns and 281 men, commanded by his friend and patron, Capt. Edm. Palmer. On 27 March, 1814, having attained the rating of Midshipman, he took charge of the foremost quarter-deck guns, and assisted at the capture, under Cape La Hogue, after a close and obstinate engagement of two hours and a quarter, in which the British had 13 men killed and 25 wounded, and the enemy 40 killed and 73 wounded, of the French frigate L'Etoile, of 44 guns and 315 men. Besides participating as Aide-de-Camp to Capt. Palmer in many minor expeditions, Mr. Barrett subsequently shared in all the arduous duties connected with those against Washington and Baltimore. He also, after blockading an American frigate of superior force lying in Hampton Roads, served in the HEBRUS' launch when, in conjunction with the boats of the DRAGON, she led the attack on the enemy's fort at Point Petre ; and was further present at the surrender of the town of St. Mary's. In a subsequent action between the boats of the HEBRUS and five American gun-vessels, when the launch, in which Mr. Barrett was again employed, together with a prize-tender, was captured by the enemy, he only escaped being himself taken from the circumstance of his having remained behind to spike the guns of his boat while his comrades were being transferred to another vessel, which afforded an opportunity to the cutter of his own ship to bear him off in safety. In July, 1815, we find him still in the HEBRUS, engaged in forcing the formidable passage of the Gironde, destroying the heavy batteries by which it was defended, and actively co-operating with the French royalists in the neighbourhood of Bordeaux. When the HEBRUS, in July, 1816, was ordered to the Mediterranean, Mr. Barrett, although not then 17 years of age, was appointed her Acting-Master, and in that capacity performed the responsible duty of navigating the ship to Gibraltar. After distinguishing himself at Algiers, he became successively attached to the SEVERN 40, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, and GLASGOW 50, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland. As Second Master of the latter ship he was present during Sir Thos. Maitland's interview with the celebrated Ali Pacha in the Palace of Prevesa, on the occasion of the ratification of the treaty of Parga. At the request of the Commander-in-Chief, Mr. Barrett subsequently consented to act as Master of the SCOUT 18, Capt. Wm. Ramsden, which sloop he twice conducted through the intricate navigation of the Archipelago as far as Smyrna, without the aid of a pilot, although two were allowed. Passing his examination for Lieutenant in July, 1821, he was next for a short time employed on the Coast Blockade at Hastings, in the capacity of Admiralty-Midshipman; and in the course of 1827, after an unemployed interval of five years, was in succession appointed Admiralty Mate of the REVENGE 74, Capt. Norborne Thompson, and ROYAL GEORGE yacht. On his eventual return from a voyage made with despatches to the coast of Africa in the ONYX tender, he joined the ROYAL SOVEREIGN yacht, bearing the flag of the Duke of Clarence, through whose interest, after having accompanied His Royal Highness in a visit to all the naval ports, and in an experimental cruize in the Channel, he was at length awarded a commission, dated 8 Aug. 1838 - some years previously to which event he had refused the warrant of Master. The effects of a severe bodily injury which Mr. Barrett had formerly received in the service, recurring about the same period with all their original violence, have since prevented him from seeking active employment, and consequently further advancement in his profession.

Lieut. Barrett has on three separate occasions perilled his own existence by jumping overboard to the rescue of others. He is the author of various and interesting papers in the U.S. Journal, of which it may be sufficient to instance "The Passage of the Gironde," "Naval Recollections of the American War," "The Battle of Algiers," "The last Cruize of H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence," &c. He has been married several years, and has issue two sons. AGENT - Joseph Woodhead.

Surname: Barretté, First Names : Augustus George

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 12/06/1820

Notes:

BARRETTE. (LIEUT., 1820. F-P., 11; H-P., 27.)

AUGUSTUS GEORGE BARRETTE entered the Navy, 31 Oct. 1809, as Second-cl. Boy, on board the FREDERICKSTEIN 32, Capts. Joseph Nourse and Fras. Beaufort, the latter of whom he accompanied on a surveying expedition to the Archipelago. After a continued servitude of two years and a half in the Mediterranean as Midshipman of the VOLONTAIRE 38, Capt. Nourse, REPULSE 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, and UNDAUNTED 38, Capts. Rich. Thomas and Thos. Ussher, he rejoined the first-mentioned officer in Sept. 1813, on board the SEVERN 40, and proceeded with a fleet of transports and merchantmen to Bermuda. He afterwards attended the expeditions against Washington and Baltimore, assisted at the taking of St. Mary's, a town on the coast of Georgia, and further contributed to the capture of several of the enemy's privateers and other vessels. From Sept. 1815, until confirmed in his present rank, 12 June, 1820, Mr. Barrette served as Master's Mate, Admiralty Midshipman, and latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the ROSARIO 10, Capt. Thos. Ladd Peake, SYBILLE 44, flag ship of Sir Home Popham, and IPHIGENIA 42, Capt. Hyde Parker, on the Channel, West India, and Mediterranean stations. He has since been on half-pay.

He married, in Feb. 1823, Sarah, youngest daughter of the late Thos. Jelly, Esq., solicitor, of Bath.

Surname: Barrie, First Names : Robert (CB 1815, KCH 1834, KCB 1840)
Birth Date : 1774 Date Died: Jun 1841

Date promoted :
Rear Adm: 10/01/1837
Captain: 29/04/1802
Commander: 23/10/1801
Lieut 1795

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

Surname: Barrie, First Names : William

Date promoted :
Commander: 09/11/1846
Lieutenant: 16/06/1837

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Daphne - 4 Aug 42
June 1844 : Daphne - 4 Aug 42

Notes:

BARRIE. (COMMANDER, 1846.)

WILLIAM BARRIE is son of Rear-Admiral of the White the gallant Sir Robt. Barrie, K.C.B., K.C.H. (1837), who rendered his name famous as Captain of the DRAGON 74, during the last American war, and died in June 1841, aged 67.

This officer obtained his first commission 16 June, 1837 ; was appointed, 31 Aug. following, to the PRESIDENT 50, flag-ship in the Pacific of Rear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross ; and from 4 Aug. 1842, until promoted to the rank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846, was employed on the same station as First of the DAPHNE 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow.

He married, in 1816, Dolores, eldest daughter of Col. Wood, of the Chilian army. AGENTS- Messrs. Stilwell.

Surname: Barrington, First Names : Croker

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 20/07/1825

Surname: Barrow, First Names : Arthur
Birth Date : 25 Jan 1815

Date promoted :
Commander: 22/11/1856
Lieutenant: 18/05/1842

Notes:

BARROW. (LIEUT., 1842 ; F-P., 17 ; H-P., 3.)

ARTHUR BARROW was born 25 Jan. 1815.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1827, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the BADGER 10, Capt. Chas. Crowdy, employed on the coast of Scotland and off Lisbon; and next served as Midshipman, on the Mediterranean and South America stations, of the DONEGAL 78, Capts. Sir JahIeel Brenton and John Dick, FERRET 10, Capt. Hon. Edw. Wodehouse, and SPARTIATE 76, flag-ship of Sir Mich. Seymour. In Feb. 1836, having passed his examination in the previous Sept., he became Mate of the SCOUT 18, Capt. Robt. Craigie, on the coast of Africa, where his gallant conduct in the boats at the capture, 11 Jan. 1837, of the two slave-brigs Esperança and Paquete de Cabo, appears to have procured him official notice. Removing, in Jan. 1840, to the RODNEY 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, he took part in the ensuing operations on the coast of Syria, and continued to serve in the same ship until promoted to a Lieutenancy, 18 May, 1842, in the QUEEN 110, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He was transferred, on 13 July following, to the HOWE 120, Capts. Robt. Smart and Thos. Forrest, flag-ship for sometime of Sir Fras. Mason, also on the Mediterranean station ; and since 31 Dec. 1844, has been again employed on the coast of Africa, in the RANGER sloop, Capt. Jas. Anderson. AGENT- John P. Muspratt.

Surname: Barrow, First Names : Arthur

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 08/04/1873
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 25/03/1872
Midshipman: 20/05/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 204 - Galatea 4 Nov 68 addl
June 1879 : 062 - Bellerophon 7 Mar 78 (G)

Awards and Qualifications: : G ; ;

Surname: Barrow, First Names : Thomas James Raikes

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 04/04/1843

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 284 - Hibernia addl 1 Nov 48

Notes:

BARROW. LIEUTENANT, 1843.)

THOMAS JAMES RAIKES BARROW entered the Navy 26 April, 1826 ; passed his examination 13 June, 1834; served for some time, as Mate, on board the WINCHESTER 50, Capt. Chas. Eden, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Rear-Admiral Hon. Joceline Percy; and received his commission 4 April, 1843. His appointments have since been, on the Mediterranean station - 22 Aug. 1814, to the FORMIDABLE 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen - 25 Oct. 1844, as First Lieutenant, to the SNAKE 16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux - 13 Dec. 1845, to the ORESTES 18, Capt. Edw. St. Leger Cannon - and, 14 May, 1846, to the INCONSTANT 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, with whom he is at present employed.

Surname: Barrow, First Names : Thomas Pownoll Pellew

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 25/05/1825

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

Notes:
BARROW. (LIEUT., 1825. F-P.,15; H-P., 14.) THOMAS POWNOLL PELLEW BARROW entered the Navy 16 Oct. 1818; and while serving as Midshipman on board the PARTHIAN 10, commanded the boats of that sloop at the capture of a piratical vessel, 18 June, 1824. He obtained a Lieutenancy, 25 May, 1825, in the LIVELY 46, Capt. Wm. Elliott, successively employed on the coast of Africa, off Lisbon, and in the Channel; and, on 3 Oct. 1831, was appointed First of the PELORUS 18, Capt. Rich. Meredith, also on the Africa station, where, in command of the boats, he took the Minerva slaver, of 10 guns and 65 men, 5 June, 1835. Since the close of the latter year he has been on half-pay. AGENT-J. Hinxman. ‡

Surname: Barrow, First Names : William Pennell

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 27/08/1860
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 07/03/1860

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 058 - Barrosa 9 Jun 69

Surname: Barrowman, First Names : William

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/02/1815

Surname: Barry, First Names : Arthur (act)

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 16/10/1878

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

Surname: Barry, First Names : Henry Deacon

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 158 - Donegal 8 Nov 69 §
June 1879 : 172 - Emerald 2 Jul 78 (G)

Awards and Qualifications: : G ; ;

Notes:
§ Whilst shown as being on the books of Donegal the officers are borne in Duke of Wellington (for administration purposes), and will be transferred to Ocean when she is recommissioned and the officers now in Ocean will return home in Donegal

Surname: Barry, First Names : William

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 22/02/1812

Notes:

BARRY. (LIEUT., 1812. F-P., 10 ; H-P., 32.)

WILLIAM BARRY entered the Navy, 19 March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the CYGNET 18, Capt. Donald M'Leod. While in that sloop, under the subsequent command of Capt. Edw. Dix, he narrowly escaped being wrecked off St. Abb's Head, during an exposure of two days to the fury of a terrific gale, which blew right on shore; and, on 18 Dec. 1809, we find him assisting at the destruction of the 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine, laden with stores and provisions, moored in Ance la Barque, Guadeloupe, and defended by numerous batteries. After further serving for upwards of a twelvemonth in the STAR, Capt. Hendrie, DRAGON 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, and CYGNET again, Capt. Robt. Russell, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Feb 1812, and appointed to the AMARANTHE Sloop, Capts. Geo. Pringle and Rich. Augustus Yates. He has been unemployed since 26 Oct. 1814.

Surname: Barstow, First Names : Lewis

Date promoted :
Commander: 09/07/1861
Lieutenant: 27/01/1852
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 22/04/1850

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 09/07/1876

Surname: Barton, First Names : Ernest Gillbe

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 20/09/1877

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

Surname: Barton, First Names : Herbert Paris

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 18/04/1877

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 437 - Sapphire (due to pay off 9 Jul 79) 1 Apr 77

Surname: Barton, First Names : Hugh Bradley (act)

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 19/12/1878

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

Surname: Barton, First Names : Nathaniel Cox

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 10/05/1859

Surname: Barton, First Names : Ralph

Date promoted :
Captain: 09/11/1846
Commander: 28/06/1838

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Adm: 01/08/1877
Vice Adm: 14/07/1871
Captain: 05/09/1857

Notes:

BARTON. CAPTAIN, 1846. F-P., 28 ; H-P., 7.)

RALPH BARTON entered the Navy, 2 March, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the CRESCENT 38, Capt. John Quilliam, with whom he cruized in the Baltic, off Newfoundland, and in the West Indies, the greater part of the time as Midshipman, until Sept. 1815. He then served for four years in the East Indies, on board the TOWEY 24, and BACCHUS 18, Capts. Hew Stewart and John Pengelly Parkin; and after a further attachment, as Admiralty Midshipman, to the GRASSHOPPER 18, Capts. David Buchan and Jas. Bradley, and EGERIA 26, Capt. Sam. Roberts, off Newfoundland, was appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 12 Sept. 1824, of the SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Nehemiah Clarke. Being officially promoted 8 Oct. following, he subsequently joined, on the East India, Mediterranean, Lisbon, and South America stations - 17 Sept. 1825, the HIND 20, Capt. John Furneaux - 21 Oct. 1827, the SUCCESS 28, Capt. Jas. Stirling - 23 Feb. 1828, the JAVA 52, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage - 20 Nov. 1830, the BELVIDERA 42, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas - and, 24 Jan 1835, as First Lieutenant, the DUBLIN 50, bearing the flag of Sir Graham Eden Hamond. He rose to the rank he now holds 28 June, 1838 ; became an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard 28 March, 1839 ; officiated, from 3 Nov. 1840, until Oct. 1843, as Second Captain of the MONARCH 84, commanded, in the Mediterranean, by Capt. Sam. Chambers; and from 16 Feb. 1845, until posted, 9 Nov. 1846, was employed in a similar capacity on board the VANGUARD 80, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, part of the Channel squadron. He is now on half-pay. AGENTS-Messrs. Stilwell,

Surname: Barton, First Names : Richard

Date promoted :
Captain: 02/01/1837

Notes:

BARTON. (CAPTAIN, 1837. F-P., 32; H-P., 16.)

RICHARD BARTON entered the Navy, 19 Jan. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the LATONA 38, Capt. Frank Sotheron, and in the following autumn attended, as Midshipman, the expedition to the Helder. He subsequently witnessed the surrender of the Batavian ships in the VIieder passage, and during the remainder of the war assisted at the capture of several of the enemy's armed vessels. Becoming attached, in March, 1803, to the ALBION 74, Capt. John Ferrier, he shortly afterwards escorted the fleet of Indiamen under Capt. Dance which had recently effected the discomfiture of the French Admiral Linois from the Straits of Malacca to St. Helena; and then returning to the East Indies, continued to serve on that station until 1811 in, successively, the CULLODEN 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, and LA BELLONE, alias BLANCHE, 36, Capt. John Bastard, to which ship, after having acted for two years and a half as Lieutenant, he was confirmed, by commission dated 27 Dec. 1808. Mr. Barton, who appears to have also officiated for some months as Captain of the latter frigate, and to have captured during that period La Confiance privateer, of 2 guns and 30 men, was subsequently employed, from Dec. 1811, to Dec. 1815, in the PRINCE OF WALES 98, GRASSHOPPER 16, CROCUS 10, and ROMNEY 50, under various officers, on the Home and Mediterranean stations. On 15 March, 1816, he became Flag-Lieutenant, in the SALISBURY 50, to Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas, Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies, where he served until 1818 ; from Dec. in which year until his promotion to the rank of Commander, 2 July, 1817, we find him employed on the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the SEVERN, RAMILLIES, and HYPERION, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He afterwards did duty as an Inspecting-Commander of the Coast Guard, from 13 April, 1831, until 1836; and since his advancement to Post-rank, which took place 2 Jan. 1837, has been on half-pay.

Capt. Barton, who is Senior of 1837, is at present Superintendent of the West India Mail Packet Company's Establishment at Southampton.

Surname: Barwell, First Names : Nathaniel
Birth Date : 31 Dec 1793

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 07/01/1814

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 07/11/1856

Notes:

BARWELL. (LIEUT., 1814. F-P., 10; H-P., 32.)

NATHANIEL BARWELL, born 31 Dec. 1793, is son of Osborn Barwell, Esq.

This officer entered the Navy, 6 Nov. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the SARACEN 18, Capt. Jas. Prevost, in which ship, after landing Lieut.-Gen. Whitelocke at Buenos Ayres in July, 1807, he returned home with the despatches announcing the disastrous result of the attack on that place. During a subsequent attachment of three years, as Midshipman, to the SUCCESS 32, Capt. John Ayscough, we find Mr. Barwell escorting the present Earl of Roden and a convoy to the Mediterranean, contributing to the reduction of Ischia and Procida, and participating in the capture and destruction of a large number of the enemy's armed and other vessels. On next joining the ACTIVE 46, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, he served with credit in the boats of that frigate at the taking of a convoy of 28 merchantmen, defended by three gun-vessels and a body of 300 troops, in a creek in the island of Ragosniza, in the Adriatic, 27 July, 1811 ; * and on 29 Nov. following bore a part in a hard-fought action of an hour and 40 minutes, which, in rendering the ACTIVE captor of La Pomone, of 44 guns and 332 men, 50 of whom were killed and wounded, cost her a loss of 8 men killed and 27 wounded, including Capt. Gordon, who lost a leg. He was subsequently employed for two years in the UNITE 36, Capt. Henry Edwin Chamberlayne, and MINORCA 18, Capt. Ralph Randolph Wormeley, both in the Mediterranean ; was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 7 Jan. 1814, in the WIZARD 18, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, on the same station ; and from May to Sept. 1815, officiated as First of the EREBUS 18, Capts. David Ewen Bartholomew and Fras. Le Hunte, off Flushing. He has not since been afloat.

Lieut. Barwell married Susan Anne, daughter of J.C. Middleton, Esq.

* Vide Gaz. 1811, p 2193.

Surname: Barwell, First Names : William

Date promoted :
Captain: 01/04/1856
Commander: 26/02/1830

Notes:

BARWELL. (COMMANDER, 1830. F-P., 16 ; H-P., 20.)

WILLIAM BARWELL entered the Navy, 31. May, 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the VOLONTAIRE 38, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave, stationed in the Mediterranean, where he obtained the rating of Midshipman 6 March, 1813, and continued actively to serve until Dec. 1815. In Jan. 1816, he joined the TONNANT 80, flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell at Cork, whence, on being transferred, in Sept. 1818, to the CARRON 20, Capt. John Furneaux, he sailed for the East Indies; on which station he became successively attached to the LEANDER 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, and LIVERPOOL 40 and GANGES 84, both commanded by Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier, with whom he returned to England and was paid off in Oct. 1822. Mr. Barwell, who, after officiating for upwards of 12 months as Acting-Lieutenant, had been confirmed by commission dated on 29 March in the latter year, was subsequently appointed - 30 Nov. 1824, to the ROSE 18, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. Hon. Chas. Abbot - and, 8 May, 1827, to the HUSSAR 46, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Chas. Ogle on the North America station, where he served until promoted to the rank he now holds, 26 Feb. 1830. He has not since been employed.

He is married, and has issue.

Surname: Basden, First Names : Charles

Date promoted :
Captain: 23/11/1841

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 24/01/1855

Notes:

BASDEN. (CAPTAIN, 1841. F-P., 20; H-P.,24.)

CHARLES BASDEN entered the Navy, 18 June, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ROYAL WILLIAM, Capt. John Wainwright, bearing the flag at Spithead of Admiral Geo. Montagu; proceeded in 1805 to the East Indies as Midshipman of the HINDOSTAN 50, Capt. Alex. Fraser; and, on joining the SPARTAN 38, commanded by the late Sir JahIeel Brenton, became an active participator, from 1807 to 1810, in all the dashing events which during the period marked that gallant officer's career. He commanded on 14 May, 1807, off Nice, one of four boats in a valorous but unsuccessful attack on a polacre ship, in which the British suffered a loss, out of 70 picked men, of 63 killed and wounded, including 2 lieutenants and 3 Midshipmen; assisted afterwards at the destruction, 23 April and 2 May, 1809, of the castles of Pesaro and Ceseratico; witnessed, on 10 of the latter month, the reduction of the island of Lossini, on the coast of Croatia ; was present, early in Oct. following, at the surrender of Zante and Cephalonia; contributed also, on 9 of the same month, to the capture of Cerigo, an island near the Morea, for which service, as well as for Lossini, the SPARTAN received the thanks of the Admiralty ; commanded a gun-boat in March, 1810, and was severely wounded while destroying a vessel he had driven on shore on the coast of Calabria, under the heavy fire of a body of troops ; had further charge, 25 April ensuing, of one of the boats employed in cutting out four vessels from under the castle and batteries of Terracina; and, on 3 May, although nominally a Master's Mate, performed the duties of Lieutenant on the occasion of the SPARTAN'S brilliant defeat, in the Bay of Naples, after an action of two hours, and a loss to the British of 10 men killed and 22 wounded, of a Franco-Neapolitan squadron, whose united force amounted to 95 guns and about 1400 men. On leaving the SPARTAN, in Dec. 1810, Mr. Basden proceeded to join the flotilla employed at the de-fence of Cadiz, and while so engaged was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 2 May, 1811. Assuming command, on 9 July in the same year, of the FEARLESS gun-brig, he continued to be very actively employed on the coast of Spain until 1812, particularly at the defence of Tarifa in Jan. of that year, for his meritorious services on which occasion he was especially noticed in the despatches of the senior officer, Capt. Edw. Stir-ling Dickson. While next attached, from Dec. 1812, to Oct. 1815, to the TREMENDOUS 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell, we find him assisting at the capture of Trieste, co-operating also with the Austrian forces in the reduction of Venice, and frequently employed on boat service. In 1825 he became Agent for Transports afloat, but resigned that appointment 25 Oct. 1827, and on 31 May, 1828, was ordered to join, as First-Lieutenant, the WINDSOR CASTLE 78, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, on the Mediterranean station. He was there promoted to the command, 17 Feb. 1829, of the WEAZLE Sloop, and, having paid that vessel off in 1830, was next employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard from 18 March, 1834, until 1837. He attained Post-rank 23 Nov. 1841, and is at present on half-pay.

Capt. Basden married, 22 April, 1817, Lydia, daughter of the late J. Pereira, Esq., and niece of the late Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, Bart., of Maristow, co. Devon, by whom he has an only daughter, married to Lieut. C. P. Coode, R.M., son of Capt. John Coode, R.N., C.B. AGENTS-Messrs. Chard.

Surname: Bashe, First Names : Charles Percy

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 14/01/1857

Surname: Baskerville, First Names : Charles

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 08/10/1844
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 03/11/1838

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

Notes:

BASKERVILLE. (LIEUTENANT, 1846.)

CHARLES BASKERVILLE passed his examination 8 Nov. 1838; and served as date, in the Mediterranean and South America, of the IMPLACABLE 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey, CARYSFORT 26, Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet, and DUBLIN 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Rich. Thomas. He obtained his commission 20 April, 1846.

Surname: Baskerville, First Names : Perceval

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 24/05/1836

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 4 Nov 44

Notes:

BASKERVILLE. (LIEUTENANT, 1826. F-P., 30; H-P., 4.)

PERCEVAL BASKERVILLE entered the Navy, 4 March, 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the QUEEN CHARLOTTE 100, Capt. Robt. Jackson, flag-ship in the Channel of Lord Keith. Until Aug. 1823, in the course of which month he passed his examination, he afterwards served, as Midshipman, in the DOVER troop-ship, Capt. Robt. Henley Rogers, VILLE DE PARIS 110, bearing the flag of Lord Keith, EUROTAS 38, Capt. Jas. Lillicrap, DOVER again, Capt. R. H. Rogers, MALTA 84, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, DROMEDARY store-ship, Master-Commander Rich. Skinner, and BATHURST surveying-vessel, Capt. Philip Parker King; and during the period he was so attached he attended the expedition to New Orleans, visited New Zealand, and circumnavigated New Holland. The ships in which he further served, prior to his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 24 May, 1836, appear to have been the WINDSOR CASTLE 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, HIND 20, Capt. John Furneaux, Java 52, and WINCHESTER 50, bearing the respective flags of Rear-Admirals Wm. Hall Gage and Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, MERSEY 26, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, SHANNON 46, Capt. Benj. Clement, RACEHORSE 18, Capt. Chas. Hamlyn Williams, SAPPHIRE 28, Capt. Hon. Wm. Wellesley, BLOSSOM surveying-sloop, Capt. Rich. Owen, SAN JOSEF 110, Capt. Rich. Curry, CALEDONIA 120, Capt. Thos. Brown, and CASTOR 36, Capt. Lord John Hay. He was in the WINDSOR CASTLE off Lisbon when Don John, being obliged during the rebellion of 1824 to take refuge on board that ship, bestowed gold medals on all the officers; served in the other vessels on the East and West India, Home, and Mediterranean stations ; and obtained his commission for his exertions under Lord John Hay on the north coast of Spain, where he was employed, either in a tender, or on shore at Bilboa, San Sebastian, and Pasages. Mr. Baskerville's appointments since his promotion have been - 11 June, 1836, to the MELVILLE 44, flag-ship of Sir Peter Halkett in North America and the West Indies - next, to the RAINBOW 28, and NIMROD 20, Capts. Thos. Bennett and John Fraser, on the same station - 1 Oct. 1840, to the Howe 120, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Francis Mason - early in 1843, to the IMPREGNABLE 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, with whom he returned to England - and, 4 Nov. 1844, to the Coast Guard, in which service he is at present employed. AGENT-Joseph Woodhead.

Surname: Bastard, First Names : Richard

Date promoted :
Commander: 28/07/1851
Lieutenant: 19/10/1807

Notes:

BASTARD. (LIEUT., 1807.. F-P., 20 ; H-P., 29.)

RICHARD BASTARD entered the Navy, in July, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the SPIDER 14, Lieut.-Commander Rich. Harrison, stationed in the Channel; removed in 1800, as Signal-Midshipman, to the PRINCE OF WALES 98, bearing the flag on the same and West India stations of Sir Robt. Calder; and on joining the MELPOMENE frigate, Capt. Robt. Dudley Oliver, was employed, during the years 1804 and 1805, in blockading the French coast, and twice assisted in bombarding Havre de Grace. Accompanying the latter officer, towards the close of 1805, into the MARS 74, he contributed to the capture, 28 July, 1806, of Le Rhin, of 44 guns and 318 men, and, under his successor, Capt. Wm. Lukin, was also present at the taking, on 25 Sept. in the same year, of La Gloire 46, and L'Infatigable 44, two out of four French frigates that had been pursued and brought to action by a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood. After attending the expedition to Copenhagen, and while yet at that place, Mr. Bastard was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 19 Oct. 1807, in the BONETTA 14, Capt. Jas. Robt. Phillips. His subsequent appointments were - 4 Nov. 1807, to the MINOTAUR 74, flag-ship on the Home and Lisbon stations of Admirals Wm. Essington, Sir Chas. Cotton, and Sir Wm. Sidney Smith - 7 March, 1809, to the PERLEN 38, Capt. Norborne Thompson, in which ship he co-operated in the reduction of Flushing, and afterwards proceeded to the West Indies, whence he invalided in May, 1811-16 Oct. 1812, as First-lieutenant, to the QUEEN 74, Capt. Lord John Colville, employed in Basque Roads - 1 Feb. 1813, to the FREIJA troop-ship, Capts. Wm. Isaac Scott and Herbert Wm. More, with the former of whom he served at the siege of San Sebastian - 31 March 1814, to the CLORINDE 40. Capt. Sam. Geo. Pechell, stationed in the Mediterranean, where previously to his return to England he appears to have been with Lord Exmouth at Algiers, when that nobleman, in March, 1816, concluded a treaty with the Dey relative to the abolition of Christian slavery and, 19 Nov. 1831, and 20 April and 6 Sept. 1832, to the alternate command of the FLAMER, HERMES, and FLAMER steamers, employed as packets on the Falmouth station. Since 1834 he has been on half-pay.

Lieut. Bastard married, 23 Aug. 1837, a daughter of the late John Bowyer, Esq., of Landport. Died 10 Feb 1867 at Mile End Terrace, Portsmouth, age 78, having been promoted to Retired Commander.

Surname: Bastard, First Names : William Segar
Qualified in: Gunnery: Torpedoes: Navigation: N

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 22/12/1874

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

Surname: Bastin, First Names : Robert
Birth Date : 05 Aug 1780

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 03/09/1803

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 11/05/1836

Notes:

29 Aug 1849 Transferred to another retirement scheme.

BASTIN. (RETIRED COMMANDER, 1836. F-P., 18 ; H-P., 33.)

R0BERT BASTIN, born 5 Aug. 1780, is fourth son of the late John Bastin, Esq., of' Tidwell, in the parish of East Budleigh, co. Devon.

This officer entered the Navy, 14 May, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board LA NYMPHE 36, Capts. John Cooke, Percy Fraser, and Stair Douglas ; and while in that ship on the Channel station assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture, when in company with the SAN FIORENZO 36, of the French frigates La Résistance, of 48, and La Constance, of 24 guns, 9 March, 1797. After a variety of other active services, and a brief attachment to the CAMBRIDGE 80, Capt. Chas. Henry Lane, guard-ship at Plymouth, he became Master's Mate, in May 1802, of the DONEGAL 74, Capt. Sir Rich. John Strachan, and on 20 June, 1803, was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the BELLEISLE 74, Capts. John Whitby and Wm. Hargood. Being confirmed to the latter ship by commission, dated 3 Sept. in the same year, he subsequently accompanied Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back in pursuit of the combined squadrons of France and Spain, and on 21 Oct. 1805, fought at Trafalgar. On 19 July, 1806, we find Mr. Bastin, who had been appointed second of the BLANCHE, of 46 guns and 265 men, Capt. Thos. Lavie, receiving a musket-ball through the thigh during a warm action which led to the capture, after a loss to the British of not more than 4 men wounded, of La Guerrière, French ship, of 50 guns and 317 men, 50 of whom were killed and wounded.* In consideration of the official mention made of him on this and other occasions, and of his wound, the subject of this memoir, on his return to Sheerness, was presented by the Patriotic Society with the sum of 2001. The BLANCHE, to the First-Lieutenancy of which he had succeeded on the promotion of the present Capt. H. T. Davies, being eventually wrecked off Ushant in March, 1807, he was taken prisoner, and detained in France until the peace of 1814. Unable to procure farther employment, he at length, on 11 May, 1836, accepted the rank he now holds.

Commander Bastin married, 7 Oct. 1818, Miss Sarah Boucaut, of Guernsey, and has issue one daughter.

* Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 931.

Surname: Bate, First Names : John Mort

Date promoted :
Commander: 15/01/1836

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Inspecting Commander, Coast Guard 18 Jan 42
June 1844 : Inspecting Commander, Coast Guard 18 Jan 42

Notes:

BATE. (COMMANDER, 1836. F-P., 26 ; H-P., 15.)

JOHN MORT BATE died in 1845.

This officer entered the Navy, 19 April, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the FOUDROYANT 80, Capt. Peter Puget, successive flag-ship of Sir Thos. Graves and Sir John Borlase Warren; under the latter of whom, after participating as Midshipman in various skirmishes with the Brest fleet, he witnessed the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo, of 80 guns, bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poole. While subsequently on the books of the GOLIATH 74, commanded also by Capt. Puget, he temporarily served with that officer on board the HEBE armed ship, during the operations of 1807 against Copenhagen, where, in conjunction with the inshore squadron, he appears to have been in almost daily collision with the enemy's batteries, block-ships, praams, and gun-boats. He afterwards, on the landing of the army at Wibeck, had the honour of conveying the Duke of Wellington, then Sir Arthur Wellesley, on shore; and on rejoining the GOLIATH, served with the fleet under Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Baltic, where he was frequently employed with the Russians, and often employed in the boats. Between Dec. 1808, and Aug. 1814, Mr. Bate further served on board the BLAKE, COURAGEUX, GIBRALTAR, and STIRLING CASTLE 74's, Capts. Edw. Codrington, Robt. Plampin, Sir JahIeel Brenton, and Sir Home Popham; and during that period was present in the COURAGEUX at the bombardment of Flushing, and made a voyage in the STIRLING CASTLE to India. Obtaining his first commission 1 March, 1815, he subsequently joined - 30 Jan. 1826, the Coast Blockade, in which service he officiated, until its abolition, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the RAMILLIES and TALAVERA 74's, Capts. Hugh Pigot and David Colby - and, 15 April, 1831, took the command of a station in the Coast Guard. In 1831, for his "cool and intrepid conduct" in a desperate conflict of two hours with a party of armed smugglers, at Beer, in Devonshire, where he was severely wounded in the head, and had three fingers broken, he received the well-earned approbation of the Comptroller-General, and, on 15 Jan. 1836, was further rewarded with the rank of Commander. From 29 March, 1837, until 1840, and from 18 Jan. 1842, until the period of his death, he again served in the Coast Guard, in the capacity of Inspecting-Commander.

He has left a family of six children. AGENTS - Messrs. Chard.

Surname: Bate, First Names : William Thornton

Date promoted :
Commander: 15/02/1848
Lieutenant: 08/10/1841

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Young Hebe - 8 Jul 43

Notes:

BATE. (LIEUTENANT, 1841. F-P., 16; H-P., O.)

WILLIAM THORNTON BATE entered the Navy 2 Sept. 1831 ; passed his examination 1 May, 1839 ; served as Mate on board the BLENHEIM 72, Capt. Thos. Herbert, and WELLESLEY 72, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Gordon Bremer; and for his services during the operations of May, 1841, against Canton, where he was wounded, was awarded a commission, dated on 8 of the following Oct.* As Additional-Lieutenant of the BENTINCK 10, Capt. Rich. Collinson, he was subsequently employed on shore at the capture of Chapoo, 18 May, 1842, on which occasion, after assisting in landing the troops, he accompanied them in their advance, and by his spirited exertions succeeded in making prisoner a Chinese officer holding the rank of Colonel. † He next served, with Capt. Collinson, on board the PLOVER surveying-vessel ; and since 8 July, 1843, has been in command, also in the East Indies, of the YOUNG HEBE tender.

* Vide Gaz. 1841, pp 2513, 2539.

† Vide Gaz. 1842, pp 2693-94.

Surname: Bateman, First Names : Charles Philip Butler
Birth Date : 1776

Date promoted :
Rear Adm: 23/11/1841
Captain: 25/09/1806
Commander: 29/04/1802
Lieutenant: 31/10/1795

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

Notes:

Retd v a 21 Mar 1851 ; retd a 18 Jun 1857

BATEMAN. (REAR-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE, 1841. F-P., 18 ; H-P., 39.)

CHARLES PHILIP BUTLER BATEMAN, born in 1776, at Wormley, in Hertfordshire; is son of the late Nathaniel Bateman, Esq., an old Post-Captain.

This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1790, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the BELLONA 74, Capt. Fras. John Hartwell, stationed in the Channel; and, after serving in the MINERVA 44, and CROWN 64, both commanded by Capt. Robt. Manners Sutton, in the East Indies, became, in 1792, Midshipman of the PENELOPE 32, Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, in which vessel, when in company with the IPHIGENIA 32, he took part, 25 Nov. 1793, off St. Domingo, in a warm action of half an hour, which terminated in the capture, with a loss to the PENELOPE of 1 man killed and 7 wounded, of the French 36-gun frigate L'Inconstante. Removing next to the BOYNE 98, bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis, Mr. Bateman, in 1794, witnessed the reduction of the French West India islands, and was slightly wounded while employed on shore at the attack on Pointe-a-Pitre. Guadeloupe. Having further served on board L'AIMABLE 32, and MAJESTIC 74, flag- ships of Sir John Laforey, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 31 Oct. 1795, in the SCIPIO 64, Capts. Robt. M'Douall, Fras. Laforey, and Chas. Sydney Davers, while under whom he participated in the reduction of the Dutch settlement of Demerara, and on that occasion, as at the subsequent destruction of a Spanish squadron near Trinidad, was again wounded. From 4 Jan. 1798, until promoted to the rank of Commander, 29 April, 1802, he served in the MONARCH 74, and LONDON 98, bearing the flags in the North Sea and Baltic of Admirals Sir Rich. Onslow, Archibald Dickson, and Sir Hyde Parker; in the first named of which ships he fought, as Second Lieutenant, at Copenhagen, where his Captain, Robt. Jas. Mosse, was killed. During the two years and a half immediately preceding his attainment of Post-rank, 25 Sept. 1806, we find Capt. Bateman commanding in succession the KITTY, BONETTA, and GANNET sloops, the two former employed in affording protection to the different convoys in the North Sea, and the latter in escorting the trade to the Mediterranean. His subsequent appointments were - 25 Sept. 1809, to the SCIPION 74, bearing the flag in the Bay of Biscay of Hon. Robt. Stopford - in the course of 1812 to the REVENGE 74, flag-ship of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, and STATELY 64, off Cadiz, where, on becoming Senior Officer, he effected the dismantlement of the English dockyard - and, 13 April, 1813, to the IMPETUEUX 74, which ship he brought home and paid off in the following June. He has not since been employed. His advancement to Flag-rank took place 23 Nov. 1841.

The Rear-Admiral married, in 1809, Lucy, third daughter of Wm. Chetwynd, Esq., of Ham Common, co. Surrey, and Hampstead, co. Cork, by whom he has issue a son and five daughters. AGENTS-Messrs. Halford and Co.

Surname: Bateman, First Names : John Frederick Russell

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 15/04/1875
Midshipman: 16/04/1866

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 106 - Challenger 28 Apr 66 addl

Awards and Qualifications: : G ; ;

Surname: Bateman, First Names : Reginald

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 14/10/1847

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 049 - Asia addl 5 May 48

Surname: Bateman, First Names : Richard Sacheverell
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 11/09/1865
Lieutenant: 28/02/1854

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 424 - Royalist 11 Apr 70 CO

Surname: Bates, First Names : Henry Andrew
Birth Date : 30 Nov 1788

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 20/09/1814

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 27 May 43

Notes:

BATES. (LIEUTENANT, 1814.)

HENRY ANDREW BATES was born 30 Nov. 1788.

This officer entered the Navy, 10 Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the STARLING gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John Guyon, on the North Sea station, where he was present in an attack on the enemy's flotilla off Flushing, in which the STARLING was very severely damaged, and had several men wounded. In Oct. 1804, he, joined the BEAGLE sloop, Capts. Jas. Burn, Geo. Digby, and Fras. Newcombe, under whom he continued to serve, chiefly in the Mediterranean, until Oct. 1809, and during that period contributed to the capture, on various occasions, of a large number of Spanish vessels, of considerable value, ultimately producing to every man engaged the sum of £500. In 1806 Mr. Bates, who had attained the rating of Midshipman, was taken prisoner by the crew of a vessel in which he had been placed as prize-master, carried to Catalonia, and there detained until, on being exchanged after a lapse of six months, he was enabled to rejoin the BEAGLE. On a subsequent occasion, while in the act of boarding a Genoese xebec, which the latter vessel had driven on shore near Cape Palos, he was knocked overboard by a spent musket-ball, but was happily rescued, and sent in charge of the captured vessel to Oran, on the coast of Barbary; on arriving in the vicinity of which town, he had the good fortune to save the fort of Marselquivir from falling into the hands of the Arabs. Returning, in 1808, to the Downs, Mr. Bates assisted at the capture of four heavy privateers, a service for which, conjointly with the rest of the officers and crew, he received the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief. He was thrice also, about the same period, intrusted with the hazardous duty of landing secret papers on the coast of France; and, in April, 1809, having escorted Col. Congreve, with 12 fire-ships, to the Basque Roads, was there employed throughout the whole of lord Cochrane's operations. During the subsequent expedition to the Scheldt, he took, while in command of the launch belonging to the SALSETTE 38, Capt. Walter Bathurst, a Dutch gunvessel, mounting, besides 4 brass howitzers, 1 long twenty-four and 2 long nine-pounders, with a crew of 30 men; and was present in the attack on the fortresses of Bathz and Williamstadt. We next, from 20 Nov. 1810, until March, 1811, find Mr. Bates serving as Acting-Lieutenant in the UNDAUNTED 38, Capts. Geo. M'Kenzie and Rich. Thomas, and after that period, for a few months in the same capacity, and then as Master's Mate, on board the FAME 74, Capt. Wm. Bathurst, engaged on the coast of Catalonia; where, on his transference, 5 June, 1812, to the CALEDONIA 120, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, he was employed, in command of a body of pike-men, in co-operating with the army under Lord Wm. Bentinck, and in assisting at the capture, in June, 1813, of the Col de Balaguer. He soon afterwards, with a detachment under Capts. Coghlan and Thos. Ussher, aided in reducing a small town on the coast of France, and, at the capture of a convoy anchored near it, was wounded in the wrist in an unsuccessful attempt to board a gun-boat. On 13 April, 1814, he witnessed the surrender of Genoa; and, on 18 of the same month, Sir Edw. Pellew, to mark the estimation in which he held his services, having given him an acting-order as Lieutenant of the CALEDONIA, placed him in command of her tender, the THISTLE lugger, of 10 guns and 50 men, and despatched him to the Dey of Algiers, with intelligence of the continental peace. On Mr. Bates' paying off the THISTLE, in Sept. following, his patron took him in person to the Admiralty, procured for him his commission, dated 20th of the same month, and was the means of his immediate appointment to the AKBAR 50, Capt. Chas. Bullen, on the coast of North America; where he removed, 29 Oct. 1815, as First-Lieutenant, to the ARAB 16, Capt. Henry Jane, and continued until a short time previously to his being paid off; 19 July, 1816. He has since, we believe, been continually employed, either in charge of a Revenue-vessel or in the Coast Guard, in which service he is at present officiating as an Inspecting-Commander.

He married, 14 Jan. 1815, Miss Isabella Innis, by whom he has issue five children.

Surname: Bates, First Names : Joseph
Birth Date : 12 Jan 1782

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 11/03/1815

Notes:

BATES. (LIEUT., 1815. F-P., 13 ; H-P., 31.)

JOSEPH BATES was born 13 Jan. 1782.

This officer entered the Navy (into which he was impressed) 7 June, 1803, as A.B., on board the CERBERUS 32, Capt. Wm. Selby, successively employed in the Channel and West Indies; removed, as Captain of the Foretop, in July, 1808, to the RACOON 18, Capts. Jas. Welsh and Wm. Black; and after an intermediate servitude in that sloop on the Home, West India, and South Sea stations - the six last years as Quartermaster, Midshipman, and Master's Mate - was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 11 March, 1815. He left the RACOON in the following Oct., and has since been on half-pay. AGENTS- Messrs. Stilwell.

Surname: Bathurst, First Names : Allen

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/05/1850
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 30/09/1848

Surname: Bathurst, First Names : Ernest Frederick Hervey

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 15/04/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 549 - Zebra 18 Nov 68

Surname: Bathurst, First Names : John Oldenshaw
Birth Date : Dec 1817

Date promoted :
Commander: 03/05/1853
Lieutenant: 26/12/1838

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Excellent - 42
June 1844 : Collingwood - 7 May 44
Dec 1848 : 374 - Medusa 17 May 48 Lieut.-Com.

Notes:

BATHURST. (LIEUT., 1838. F-P., 15 ; H-P., 0.)

JOHN OLDENSHAW BATHURST, born in Dec. 1817, is son of the late Capt. Walter Bathurst, R.N., by Marianne, daughter of --- Wood, Esq.

This officer was educated at the Royal Naval College. He embarked 22 June, 1832; passed his examination 6 Jan. 1837 ; and was promoted, in consideration of the services of his father, 20 Dec. 1838. His appointments have since been - 19 June, 1839, to the VESTAL 26, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter, in North America and the West Indies - 27 Aug. 1841, to the temporary command of the ROMNEY 30, receiving-ship at the Havana - 28 Dec. 1841, to the COMUS 18, Capt. Evan Nepean, on the former station - 28 Oct. 1842, to the EXCELLENT gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings - and. 7 May, 1844, to the COLLINGWOOD 80, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour, Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific, where he is at present serving. AGENTS-Holmes and Folkard.

Surname: Bathurst, First Names : Walter

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 20/07/1875
Naval Cadet or Entry: 08/12/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 079 - Britannia [Cadet under training]
June 1879 : 326 - Monarch 16 Apr 78

Surname: Batt, First Names : Henry

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 31 Mar 31
June 1844 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 31 Mar 31
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 31 Mar 31

Notes:
June 1870 : NP - 20 Jan 1868
June 1879 : NP 5 Feb 1868

BATT. (LIEUT., 1827. F-P., 37; H-P., 5.)

HENRY BATT entered the Navy, 7 June, 1805, on board the ELIZABETH 10, Lieut.-Commander Henry Batt; but remained unemployed from July, 1806, until appointed Midshipman, in July, 1809, of the RHIN 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm. He served in the latter frigate until Aug. 1814, in the Channel, off the north coast of Spain, and in the West Indies; was then appointed Master's Mate, in succession of the CARNATION and WOLVERENE sloops, Capts. Geo. Bentham and Geo. Guy Burton, on the Mediterranean station ; passed his examination 4 Oct. 1815; and after a further employment in the Mediterranean, on board the EUPHRATES 36, Capt. Robt. Preston, and ALBION 74, Capts. John Coode, Rich. Raggett, Sir Wm. Hoste, and John Acworth Ommanney, was advanced to his present rank, 28 April, 1827. He was subsequently engaged on the Coast Blockade from 3 Jan. 1829, until its abolition, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the RAMILLIES and TALAVERA 74's, Capts. Hugh Pigot and David Colby ; and since 31 March, 1831, has been in command of a station in the Coast Guard. Lieut. Batt has on various occasions had the good fortune, by jumping overboard, to save the lives of others.

Surname: Batt, First Names : Joseph
Birth Date : 1797

Date promoted :
Commander: 04/11/1840

Notes:

BATT. (COMMANDER, 1840.)

JOSEPH BATT died 31 Aug. 1844, in his 47th year.

This officer entered the Navy 8 Aug. 1812, and obtained his first commission 19 May, 1827. He was subsequently appointed Senior, 4 June, 1834, of the COLUMBINE 18, Capt. Thos. Henderson, employed on the Mediterranean and Africa stations, and, 31 Aug. 1840, of the VESUVIUS steam-vessel, commanded by the same officer. He attained the rank of Commander on 4 Nov. in the same year, and thenceforward remained on half-pay.

Surname: Batt, First Names : William
Birth Date : 07 Feb 1793

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 15/03/1815

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

Notes:

BATT. (LIEUTENANT, 1815. F-P., 30; H-P., 17.)

WILLIAM BATT was born 7 Feb. 1793.

This officer entered the Navy, in 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the EURYDICE 24, Capts. Walter Bathurst and Chas. Malcolm, from which ship, after assisting at the capture, 8 May, 1801, of Le Bourgainville privateer, of 14 guns and 67 men, and making a voyage to the East Indies, he was paid off in March, 1803. In Jan. 1805, he joined the LILY 18 Capts. Morrison and Donald Campbell; but, before long, was captured by two privateers while serving on board a tender belonging to that vessel, and detained a prisoner for several months at Cumana, in South America. On his return to the LILY, Mr. Batt aided in taking the Leander, a Columbian ship of 22 guns and 200 men, and was also present in an attack on La Villa de Coro, on the Spanish Main ; subsequently to which he joined the EXPRESS gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders Geo. Spearing Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, Wm. Dowers, Wm. Deane, and Wm. Malone. While in that vessel he was slightly wounded in the back in an action off Martinique with a national brig and two privateers, mounting together 39 guns - took part, when in company with H.M.S. ETHALION, in an encounter with the French 44-gun frigate Amphitrite - and shared in the reduction of Marie-galante, Deseada, the Saintes, and Martinique. From 1812 previously to which year he had assisted, in the NISUS 38, Capt. Philip Beaver, at the reduction of the Isle of France, until Dec. 1815, he further served, on the Cork, Jamaica, and Channel stations, in the TALBOT, RINGDOVE, and WANDERER sloops Capts. Spelman Swaine, Henry Hanes, and Wm.. Dowers. He then went on half pay, having been awarded a commission on 15 of the previous March, and so remained until 1829, when he joined the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the HYPERION 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He has been employed in the Coast Guard since 24 April, 1831.

He is a widower with three daughters. AGENTS -Hallett and Robinson.

Surname: Batten, First Names : Alexander Wm Chisholm
Qualified in: Gunnery: Torpedoes: T Navigation:

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 15/04/1875
Midshipman: 27/07/1866

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 351 - Ocean 18 Nov 68
June 1879 : 503 - Triumph 29 Jan 79 (T)

Awards and Qualifications: : G ; ;

Surname: Batten, First Names : Charles
Birth Date : 27 Jan 1793

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 14/02/1815

Notes:

BATTEN (LIEUT., 1815. F-P., 9 ; H-P., 32.)

CHARLES BATTEN was born 27 Jan. 1793.

This officer entered the Navy, 2 May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the COMBATANT 22, Capt. Alex. Rich. Mackenzie, with whom he continued to serve, in the same ship and the ZENOBIA 18, on the Baltic, Home, America, and Lisbon stations, until Jan. 1812. He was in attendance on Commodore Owen's rocket-expedition against Boulogne, took part in the subsequent sieges of Dantzic and Copenhagen, as also in the operations of 1809 against Flushing, where the ZENOBIA had the honour of leading a. division of the fleet, and was employed, in 1810-11, at the defence of Cadiz. Removing, as Master's Mate, in Jan. 1812, to the VENGEUR 74, Capts. Thos. Dundas and Tristram Robt. Ricketts, he eventually served on shore with the army during the attack on New Orleans, and contributed to the fall of Fort Bowyer, the last hostile operation of the American war. Since the receipt of his commission, which bears date 14 Feb. 1815, Lieut. Batten has been on half-pay.

Surname: Battenberg, First Names : HSH Prince Louis

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 15/05/1876
Midshipman: 30/10/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 422 - Royal Alfred 30 Oct 69
June 1879 : 357 - Osborne 30 Apr 79

Surname: Battersby, First Names : John Palmer

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/02/1828

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

Notes:

BATTERSBY. (LIEUTENANT, 1828.)

JOHN PALMER BATTERSBY is eldest son of the late Rev. Leslie Battersby, LL.D., of Skreene, co. Sligo, by Anna Maria, daughter of Patrick Palmer, Esq., barrister-at-law; and nephew both of Lieut. Col. Battersby, C.B,, and of the late Capt. Henry Robt. Battersby, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy 12 Aug. 1803; passed his examination in 1816 ; obtained his commission 28 Feb. 1828; was appointed, 12 Jan. 1839, pro tem., to the NIAGARA 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, on the lakes of Canada; and since the summer of 1840 has been unemployed.

He married, 4 Aug. 1833, Maria, second daughter of the late Chas. Jones, Esq., of Kilmacarick House, co. Wicklow. AGENT-Joseph Woodhead.

Surname: Battiscombe, First Names : Albert Henry William. Battiscombe
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 04/04/1870
Lieutenant: 23/05/1854

Surname: Batty, First Names : Eugene Chambers

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 09/11/1854

Surname: Baugh, First Names : Edward

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 25/04/1829

Notes:

BAUGH. (LIEUTENANT, 1829.)

EDWARD BAUGH entered the Navy 15 Oct. 1810; passed his examination in 1817; was promoted, 25 April, 1839, into the THETIS 46, Capts. Arthur Batt Bingham and Sam. Burgess, in which frigate he was wrecked, on Cape Frio, 5 Dec. 1830; and from 2 Oct. 1837, until the close of 1842, served in the Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay.

Lieut. Baugh married, 17 Nov. 1843, Mary Charles, eldest daughter of the late C. S. Minshaw, Esq., of Sidcup,. Foot's Cray, co. Kent, and of Hove Lodge, co. Sussex. AGENTS-Hallett and Robinson.

Surname: Baugh, First Names : Henry

Date promoted :
Captain: 23/11/1841

Notes:

BAUGH. (CAPTAIN, 1841. F-P., 18; H-P., 36.)

HENRY BAUGH entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1793, as Midshipman, on board the ST. ALBANS 64, Capt. Jas. Vashon, employed in the Mediterranean and West Indies; removed, in May, 1795, with the same officer, to the POMPEE 80; and continued to serve in that ship, off Cadiz and with the Channel fleet, until promoted, 19 Feb. 1799, into the CYNTHIA 16, Capt. Micajah Malbon, stationed off Havre de Grace. After serving for a short time in the TRUSTY 50, Capt. Geo. Bowen, off the Texel, we find him in succession appointed - 16 Dec. 1799, to the ROMNEY 50, Capt. John Lawford, at Sheerness - 27 June, 1801, to the DREADNOUGHT 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, off Cadiz, whence he invalided 22 Jan. 1802 - and, 10 May, 1803, to L'IMPETUEUX 74, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, employed in the Channel. On 2 Jan. 1806, Lieut. Baugh assumed command of the 14-gun brig RAPID, and on 23 April, 1803, being off Faro, on the south coast of Portugal, in company with the GRASSHOPPER 18, Capt. Thos. Pearle, signalized himself by his gallantry in capturing, after a severe action of two hours and a half; fought among shoals and within grape-shot of a battery, two Spanish vessels laden with cargoes valued at £30,000 each, and further protected by four gun-boats, two of which were forced to surrender, and the remainder driven on shore. The RAPID was subsequently, on 18 of the following month, sunk by the, batteries in the river Tagus in au attempted attack on two feluccas. Capt. Baugh, whose meritorious conduct in the action we have above noticed was rewarded by a Commander's commission, dated 19 May, 1808, afterwards served, from June, 1809, to Feb. 1810, in the Isle of Wight district of Sea Fencibles, and from 6 Feb. 1812, until June, 1814, in command of the VULTURE bomb, employed off Jersey and Guernsey. He has not since been afloat. Post-rank was conferred on him 23 Nov. 1841.

Surname: Baugh, First Names : Henry William

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 23/11/1841

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Samarang - 3 Jun 42

Notes:

Samarang - Piracy on the Coasts of Borneo ; 3 - 4 Jun 1844 taught a severe lesson to some pirates off Gillolo, who attacked them while they were making observations on shore

BAUGH. (LIEUTENANT, 1841.)

HENRY WILLIAM BAUGH died 31 Jan. 1846. He was eldest son of Rear-Admiral Thos. Folliott Baugh.

This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College) 15 Feb. 1830 ; passed his examination 23 Sept. 1834 ; served as Mate, in North America, the West Indies, and Mediterranean, in the MADAGASCAR 44, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, IMPLACABLE 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey, and IMPREGNABLE 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest ; and while employed on the former station in the ILLUSTRIOUS 72, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Adam, was awarded a commission, dated 23 Nov. 1841. He continued to serve for some weeks in the same ship as Additional-Lieutenant; then removed, 23 Feb. 1842, to the SAPPHO 16, Capt. Edw. Iggulden Parrey ; and from the following Dec. until 1845 appears to have been employed in the East Indies on board the SAMARANG surveying-vessel, Capt. Sir Edw. Belcher. AGENTS-Messrs. Stilwell.

Surname: Baugh, First Names : Thomas Foliott

Date promoted :
Captain: 21/10/1810

Notes:

BAUGH. (REAR-ADMIRAL, 1846. F-P., 24; H-P., 39.)

THOMAS FOLLIOTT BAUGH is uncle of Commander Francis Scott, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, in 1784, as Captain's Servant, on board the CAPTAIN 74, Capt. Reeves, lying at Plymouth; joined, in 1786, the EXPEDITION 44, bearing the broad pendant in the West Indies of Commodore Alan Gardner; and was subsequently employed as Midshipman, on the latter, and on the Home and Newfoundland stations, in the EUROPA 50, Capt. Jas. Vashon, DRAKE, Capt. Geo. Countess, COURAGEUX 74, Capt. Alan Gardner, DUKE 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Roddam, DRAKE again, Capt. John Dolling, and CIRCE 28, and HEROINE 32, both commanded by Capt. Alan Hyde Gardner, on the coast of Newfoundland. Being promoted to a Lieutenancy, 2 Nov. 1793, in the FLY sloop, Capt. Thos. Affleck, he assisted at the reduction, in 1794, of the French West India islands; and, on next joining the CUMBERLAND 74, Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, participated in Admiral Hotham's action with the French fleet, off Cape Roux, 13 July, 1795. His subsequent appointments, as Lieutenant, were - 20 July, 1797, to the PRINCESS ROYAL 98, flag-ship off Cadiz of Rear-Admiral Sir John Ogle - 8 July, 1798, to the HECTOR 74, Capts. Robt. Campbell, Thos. Stevenson, and John Elphinstone, on the Mediterranean station - 1 Nov. 1800, to the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE frigate, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, with whom he returned home - and, 8 April, 1801, to the command of the LOCUST gun-brig, which he retained until shortly previous to the receipt of his second commission, 29 April, 1802. From 24 March, 1804, until 2 April, 1807, we find Capt. Baugh holding an appointment in the Irish Sea Fencibles, and from the latter period until his advancement to Post-rank, 21 Oct. 1810, commanding the CLIO brig, on the Leith station, where he captured, 21 Sept. 1808, a Danish privateer, of 6 guns and 11 men. He has since been unemployed. His acceptance of the rank he now holds took place 1 Oct. 1846.

The Rear-Admiral married, 2 April, 1809, Mary, only daughter of Fras. Scott, Esq., of Beechwood, and niece of Sir Alex. Don, Bart., of Newton, co. Roxburgh, and of the first Lord Polwarth. By that lady he has had issue two sons and a daughter. His eldest son was the late Lieut. H. W. Baugh, R.N. ; his second, Charles Richard, is a Lieutenant in the 9th regt. Bombay Native Infantry.

Surname: Bawtree, First Names : Edward John
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 08/04/1873
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 21/12/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 161 - Dryad 21 Dec 68 addl (act)

Surname: Bax, First Names : Bonham Ward

Date promoted :
Commander: 14/09/1867
Lieutenant: 02/03/1858

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 232 - Hector 5 Jun 69

Surname: Baxter, First Names : Charles Edward

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 20/12/1876

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 127 - Cormorant 2 Jul 78

Surname: Baxter, First Names : Thomas

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 20/09/1815

Notes:

BAXTER. (LIEUT., 1815. F-P., 12 ; H-P., 32.)

THOMAS BAXTER entered the Navy, 15 Nov. 1803, as Midshipman, on board the FOUDROYANT 80, Capt. Peter Puget, bearing the flags in succession of Sir Thos. Graves and Sir John Borlase Warren; and while in that ship, besides participating in various skirmishes with the Brest fleet, witnessed the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo of 80 guns, carrying the flag of Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. Rejoining Capt. Puget, in April, 1807, on board the GOLIATH 74, he accompanied the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen; after which event he removed to the VENERABLE 74, successive flag-ship of Rear-Admirals Sir Rich. Strachan and Philip Chas. Durham, and in Aug. 1809, while under the temporary command of Capt. Andrew King, contributed to the fall of Flushing. On ultimately proceeding to the East Indies, as Master's Mate of the STIRLING CASTLE 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham, Mr. Baxter joined, in Sept. 1813, the SALSETTE 36, Capt. John Bowen. After acting for some time as Lieutenant, both in that ship and in the WELLESLEY 74, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Burlton, he was confirmed in his present rank by commission dated 20 Sept. 1815. He was paid off at Portsmouth in the following January, and has not since been employed. AGENTS-Messrs. Ommanney.

Surname: Bayfield, First Names : Henry Wolsey
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Adm: 18/10/1867
Vice Adm: 27/04/1863
Rear Adm: 21/10/1856
Captain: 04/06/1834
Commander: 08/11/1826
Lieutenant: 20/03/1815

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 21/10/1856

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 653 - Wellesley addl 17 Jun 48 for Surveying Service
June 1879 : GHP 7 Feb 1874

Notes:
Retd a 18 Oct 1867

BAYFIELD. (CAPT., 1834. F-P., 41 ; H-P., 0.)

HENRY WOLSEY BAYFIELD is, we believe, related to a family of high distinction, the Bayfields, of Bayfield Hall, co. Norfolk; and a connexion of Sir Gregory Osborne Page Turner, Bart., of Ambrosden, co. Oxford.

This officer entered the Navy, 29 Sept. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the BEAGLE Sloop, Capts. Fras. Newcombe and Wm. Brooking Dolling, under the former of whom, while cruizing in the Downs, he assisted at the capture, on different occasions, of three heavy privateers, carrying in the whole 44 guns and 155 men. Having further witnessed Lord Cochrane's destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads, and attained the rating of Midshipman, he rejoined Capt. Newcombe, in April, 1811, on board the WANDERER 20, and during the three following years was employed on the West India, Halifax, and Lisbon and Spanish stations. He served in Canada during tile latter part of the American War; and since Sept. 1816, has been engaged in the survey of lakes Ontario, Erie, and Huron, the river St. Lawrence, and the coast of Labrador. He obtained his first commission 20 March, 1815; acquired the rank of Commander 8 Nov. 1826 ; and was posted for his services as a Maritime Surveyor 4 June, 1834.

Capt. Bayfield married, 2 April, 1838, Fanny, only daughter of Capt. C. Wright, R.E., by whom he has issue. AGENTS-Hallett and Robinson,

Surname: Bayley, First Names : Charles Bissett

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 23/11/1841

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 15 May 43
Dec 1848 : 435 - Penelope 2 May 47

Notes:

BAYLY. (LIEUTENANT, 1841.)

CHARLES BISSETT BAYLY entered the Navy 1 Sept. 1813; passed his examination 1 Dec. 1830; and from 29 July, 1840, until the early part of 1842, served in the Coast Guard. He was promoted, during the latter period, to the rank he now holds by commission dated 23 Nov. 1841 ; and since 15 May, 1843, has been again employed in the Coast Guard.

Surname: Bayley, First Names : Henry

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 06/12/1845
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 07/09/1836

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

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

Notes:

BAYLEY. (LIEUTENANT, 1845.)

HENRY BAYLEY passed his examination 7 Sept. 1836 ; and served as Mate, chiefly in the Mediterranean, on board the IMPREGNABLE 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, MALABAR 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius, ALBION steamer, Lieut.-Commanders John Jeayes and Fred. Lowe, and VOLCANO steam-sloop, Lieut.-Commanders Edw. Chas. Miller and John Hay Crang. he obtained his commission 6 Dec. 1845; and has been since employed on the same station in the HIBERNIA 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker.

Surname: Bayley, First Names : Wentworth Vernon

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 12/10/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 073 - Boscawen 17 Sep 78

Surname: Bayly, First Names : Charles Henry

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/12/1877
Midshipman: 28/01/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 151 - Defence 8 Oct 69 addl
June 1879 : 174 - Encounter 9 Jan 79

Surname: Bayly, First Names : Charlton Booth

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 17/06/1814

Notes:

BAYLY. (LIEUT., 1814. F-P., 9 ; H-P., 32.)

CHARLTON BOOTH BAYLY entered the Navy, in June, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the SUPERB 74, Capt., afterwards Rear-Admiral, Rich. Goodwin Keats ; under whom (with the exception of a brief attachment, in 1809-10, to the PUISSANT and POICTIERS 74's, Capts. Robt. Hall and John Poo Beresford) he continued to serve in the same ship, and in the MILFORD 74, and HIBERNIA 110, until 1813 ; during which period he co-operated in the attack upon Copenhagen in 1807, and assisted at the subsequent defence of Cadiz. Joining next the CALEDONIA 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, he took part in an encounter with the French fleet off Toulon, 5 Feb. 1814; shortly after which event he joined the UNION 98, Capt. Robt. Rolles, and served as Acting-Lieutenant at the reduction of Genoa. His official promotion taking place 17 June following, he was next appointed, 13 March, 1815, to the PENELOPE 36, Capt. Jas. Galloway, on accompanying whom to North America he was wrecked in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on 30 April in the same year. Mr. Bayly on that occasion experienced such intense suffering from the cold and the hardships he endured, as never yet to have recovered his health. He has not been able to procure further employment.

He is married, and has issue.

Surname: Bayly, First Names : Edward Henry
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 23/09/1873
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 29/09/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 328 - Monarch 29 Sep 69
June 1879 : 036 - Arab 2 Jul 75

Surname: Bayly, First Names : James
Birth Date : 1 785

Date promoted :
Commander: 25/08/1828

Notes:

BAYLY. COMMANDER, 1828. F-P., 17 ; H-P., 31.)

JAMES BAYLY, born in 1785, at Nenagh, is son of the Rev. Henry Bayly, Rector of Nenagh and Nigh, co. Tipperary; grandson of John Bayly, Esq., of Debsborough ; brother of Capt. Benj. Bayly, late 21st Fusileers, of Lieut. Peter Bayly, R.N., and of the late Capts. John Bayly, of the 2nd Bengal Light Cavalry, and Wm. Bayly, of the 92nd Highlanders; and brother-in-law of Sir Wm. Rowan Hamilton, Astronomer Royal of Ireland, and of Wm. Rathbone, Esq., late High Sheriff of Dublin.

This officer entered the Navy, 6 March, 1799, as a Volunteer, on board the PENELOPE 36, commanded by his relative Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood; and on 31 March, 1800, while at the blockade of Malta, assisted at the hard-wrought capture of Le Guillaume Tell, of 84 guns and 1000 men, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Decrès. After attending, as Midshipman, the expedition to Egypt, he successively joined, between May, 1802, and Oct. 1805, the DONEGAL 74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Rich. Strachan, EXPERIMENT 44, Capt. Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, VIRGINIE 38, Capt. John Poo Beresford, and EURYALUS 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood. For his conduct in the latter frigate at the battle of Trafalgar, on which occasion he had the honour of conveying Lord Collingwood on board, he was at once appointed Acting-Lieutenant of that nobleman's flag-ship, the ROYAL SOVEREIGN 100. He was officially promoted on 22 Dec. in the same year, 1805 ; and was afterwards appointed - 19 April, 1806, to the GANGES 74, Capt. Peter Halkett, in which ship he witnessed the capture, 27 Sept. 1806, of Le Président French frigate, and the subsequent reduction of Copenhagen - 11 March, 1808, to the WARSPITE 74, Capt. Hon. H. Blackwood, stationed in the Mediterranean - 22 Oct. 1810, as First (for his co-exertions in having rescued the EURYALUS, and SHEARWATER brig, from six of the enemy's line-of-battle ships in a gale off Toulon), to the LEONIDAS 38, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, also in the Mediterranean - 1 Jan. 1811, to the FAME 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, with whom he returned to England an invalid - 25 Oct. 1811, and 11 Oct. 1813, to the TRINCULO 16, and ORONTES 36, Capts. Alex. Renny and Nathaniel Day Cochrane, on the Cork and West India stations, the latter of which ships he left in May, 1815 - and, in 1827, to the PRINCE REGENT 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of his old friend, Hon. H. Blackwood, at whose recommendation, on memorialising the Lord High Admiral, he was advanced to his present rank, 25 Aug. 1825.

Commander Bayly married, 12 Sept. 1831, Miss Tripe.

Surname: Bayly, First Names : John Prittie

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 25/01/1866

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 296 - Lord Warden 16 Feb 69

Surname: Bayly, First Names : Lewis
Awarded Medal (m) : m
Qualified in: Gunnery: Torpedoes: Navigation: N

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 18/10/1876

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 299 - Lynx 23 Jan 79 (N)

Surname: Bayly, First Names : Peter

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 31/08/1809

Notes:

BAYLY. (LIEUT., 1809. F-P., 15 ; H-P., 32.)

PETER BAYLY is brother of Commander Jas. Bayly, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 8 April, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the CAMILLA 26, Capts. Robt. Larkan and Edw. Brace. After serving for some time off Newfoundland, and being obliged to put, in great distress, into Cork, in consequence of the CAMILLA having overset, he became successively attached, as Midshipman, between 1802 and 1809, to the PENELOPE 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, HERCULE 74, Capt. Solomon Ferris, LEDA 38, Capt. Robt. Honyman, ZEALAND 64, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, MONMOUTH 74, Capt. Edw. Durnford King, and SOLEBAY 32, Commodore Edw. Henry Columbine. While in the LEDA, Mr. Bayly was present, 29 April, 1803, in a successful attack on a division of gun-boats off Boulogne - co-operated in the reduction, in Jan. 1806, of the Cape of Good Hope - witnessed the capture, 21 Feb. and 4 March following, of the Rolla brig and Volontaire frigate, in Table Bay - and, accompanying Sir Home Popham to the Rio de la Plata, took an active part in all the operations which preceded the final evacuation of Spanish America by the British in the summer of 1807. On the occasion of the re-capture of Buenos Ayres by its original possessors he narrowly escaped being involved in the destruction of a prize-schooner which he had set on fire; and at the storming of Monte Video, where he commanded a party of 40 seamen employed to co-operate with the troops, he was wounded in the face while assisting an officer of the Royal Artillery to hoist the union-jack on the citadel. During his continuance in the LEDA, Mr. Bayly on one occasion fell from the main-yard into the waist, in consequence of which he was for several weeks speechless; and on another, he tripped from the maindeck head foremost into an empty peas-cask in the after hold, and was taken out apparently lifeless. He afterwards, in the ZEALAND, acted as Secretary to Admiral Rowley ; made a voyage, in the MONMOUTH, to the East Indies; and on his passage to England in 1808, after having participated in the capture of a valuable Dutch settlement, broke his collar-bone in three places, and was for a twelvemonth deprived of the use of his right arm. He was ultimately confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 31 Aug. 1809, in the DERWENT 20, Capt. John Tetley, and on his return home from the coast of Africa was appointed, towards the close of the same year, to the CURACOA 26, Capt. John Tower. Continuing to serve in that frigate for a period of six years, he commanded a squadron of gun-boats at the taking of Genoa in April, 1814; and on one occasion succeeded, in a six-oared gig with 8 men, in boarding and capturing, when six other boats had failed, a French brig lying at anchor under a heavy battery. While hastening, however, to rejoin his ship, the prize was unfortunately struck by a shot under water, and immediately went down, scarcely affording time to himself and crew to effect their escape. On at length reaching the CURACOA, the Captain presented him, in presence of the officers and crew, with the colours he had brought off, and gave him every hope of promotion. The coming peace, however, blighted his expectations. He was paid off in Sept. 1815, and has not since been afloat.

Lieut. Bayly had the honour of dining with Buonaparte when King of Elba, and frequently with King Murat, by whom he was presented with an elegant diamond ring valued at £260. He married 20 Jan. 1816, and has issue four sons and a daughter. AGENTS-Messrs. Halford and Co.

Surname: Baynes, First Names : Henry Compton Anderson

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 30/01/1877
Midshipman: 18/12/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 548 - Zealous 19 Jan 70 addl
June 1879 : 517 - Victor Emanuel 7 Mar 79 addl

Awards and Qualifications: : G ; ;

Surname: Baynes, First Names : Robert Lambert (CB 1827, KCB 1860)
Birth Date : 1796 Date Died: 7 Sep 1869
Awarded Medal (m) / Foreign Order (FO): FO

Date promoted :
Adm: 05/05/1865
Vice Adm: 05/08/1861
Rear Adm: 07/02/1855
Captain: 08/07/1828
Commander: 08/07/1827
Lieutenant: 08/04/1818

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 07/02/1855

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 065 - Bellerophon 23 Sep 47 CO

Notes:

BAYNES, C.B., K.R.G. (CAPTAIN, 1828. F-P., 22 ; H-P., 15.)

ROBERT LAMBERT BAYNES entered the Navy, 19 April, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the BLAKE 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, stationed off the coast of Catalonia, where he served, latterly as Midshipman, until May, 1813. Until the receipt of his first commission, 8 April, 1818, we next find him successively employed, on various stations, in the DUNCAN 74, and ROYAL SOVEREIGN 100, both commanded by Capt. Robt. Lambert Baynes, TONNANT 80, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, SEAHORSE 38, commanded, during the expedition to New Orleans, by Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, CYRUS 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, and CONQUEROR 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Robt. Plampin. His appointments as Lieutenant were, 12 Nov. 1819, to the VIGO 74, Capt. Thos. Brown, at St. Helena - Dec. 1822, and 28 Aug. 1823, to the BRITON 46, Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell, and TARTARUS 42, Capt. Thos. Brown, both on the South American station - and, 6 Oct. 1826, to the ASIA 84, equipping at Portsmouth for the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington. He was advanced to the command, 8 July, 1827, of the ALACRITY sloop, on the Mediterranean station, but being soon afterwards re-appointed, as Second-Captain, to the ASIA, was present in that ship, and distinguished himself by his exemplary conduct, at the ensuing battle of Navarin.* Obtaining Post-rank 8 July. 1828, he subsequently commanded the ANDROMACHE, 26, on the Cape station, from 2 Feb. 1838, to March, 1843. He has since been on half-pay.

Capt. Baynes, for his conduct at Navarin, was nominated a C.B., and presented with the Order of the Redeemer of Greece. He married, 8 July, 1846, Frances, daughter of Lord Denman, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, and sister of Hon. Capt. Denman, R.N.

* Vide Gaz. 1827 p. 2322

Surname: Baynton, First Names : Benjamin
Birth Date : 17 Sep 1789

Date promoted :
Commander: 23/11/1841

Notes:

BAYNTON. (COMMANDER. 1841. F-P., 20 ; H-P., 26.)

BENJAMIN BAYNTON, born 17 Sept. 1789, in Wales, is son of the late Major Benj. Baynton, of Duncannon Fort.

This officer entered the Navy, 3 Nov. 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the FLORA 36, Capt. Edw. Kendall, lying off Lymington ; and, on subsequently proceeding to the Mediterranean, in the VICTORY 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson, in which he assisted at the capture of the French 32-gun frigate Ambuscade, became Midshipman, in Aug. 1803, of the AMPHION 32, Capt. Sam. Sutton, under whom we find him contributing to the capture of three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the destruction of a fourth, off Cape St. Mary, 5 Oct. 1804. While next attached to the HALCYON 16, Capt. Henry Whitmarsh Pearse, he was on four occasions engaged with divisions of Spanish gunboats - assisted, during an encounter with an armed vessel off Malaga, in taking the enemy's launch, 17 Oct. 1805 - was instrumental in effecting the capture, after a gallant action with three privateers, of the largest, the Neptuno Dios de los Mares, of 14 guns and 72 men, 13 Dec. 1806 - commanded a mortar-boat in an attack on the French batteries at Scylla, in Feb. 1808 - was constantly, from 12 May to 27 June following, employed in a tender against the enemy in the Faro of Messina and on the coast of Calabria - contributed, on 8 Sept. in the same year, to the reduction of the town of Diamante, and seizure of a flotilla of vessels anchored under its protection - and was further present at the ensuing defence of the island of Capri. After acting for eleven months as Lieutenant of the OCEAN 98, bearing the flag of Lord Collingwood, and of the CAMBRIAN 40, Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane, he was at length confirmed to the latter ship, by commission dated 2 Jan. 1810. In the following September he co-operated in the reduction of a French battery at Bagur, on the coast of Catalonia ; and he afterwards obtained the thanks of the patriot General O'Donnell for his conduct at the storming of a fort near Palamos, on which occasion the boat of which he had command was struck by a shot, and sank almost before the wounded and the powder could be removed. On 13 of the following December Mr. Baynton took charge of the CAMBRIAN's boats in an attack made, in conjunction with those of the KENT and AJAX 74's, and SPARROWHAWK and MINSTREL sloops, On an enemy's convoy in the mole of Palamos; and during the disastrous retreat of the British from that place - when the boat in which he was serving grounded under a murderous fire from the shore, sustained, without any means of resistance, a loss of 30 men killed and wounded, and was only eventually got under way by the three survivors swimming and towing her off - received a musket-ball in his thigh, which, we believe, has never been extracted. For his services on the coast of Catalonia, where he was further present at the defence of Tarragona, Mr. Baynton again obtained the open thanks of General O'Donnell, also a gold medal, struck for the affairs at Bagur and Palamos, and a sword valued at £50. Being next appointed, 23 Jan. 1812, to the NORTH STAR 20, Capt. Thos. Coe, he served in that vessel, on the Channel and West India stations, the last twelve months as Senior Lieutenant, until Nov. 1815 ; during the early part of which year he landed with a party of seamen and marines on the island of Cuba, in pursuit of the crew of an American letter-of-marque, three of whom were taken prisoners, and the vessel ultimately captured. He was afterwards employed, for two years and a half, part of the time as First Lieutenant, in the SHARK, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas, SABINE and TAY, Capts. Alex. Campbell and Sam. Roberts, and SALISBURY 50, flag ship of Rear-Admiral Douglas, all on the Jamaica station, where he commanded for some time the SPEEDWELL tender. From 1 May, 1818, until 3 Dec. 1839, with the exception of an interval in 1827, when, as Agent for Transports afloat, he attended the expedition to Portugal, he appears to have been on half-pay. He then, until promoted to his present rank, 23 Nov. 1841, commanded the Semaphore station at Cobham, co. Surrey. He has since been unemployed.

Commander Baynton, in 1844, was admitted a student at the Royal Naval College. He married, 18 Jan. 1821, Miss Ann Ogilvie, of London, and by that lady has issue six children. AGENT-J. Hinxman.

Surname: Bazalgotte, First Names : Joseph William
Birth Date : c 1783

Date promoted :
Commander: 17/05/1814

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : 02/12/1815 ;

Notes:

BAZALGETTE. (COMMANDER, 1814. F-P., 17 ; H-P., 34.)

JOSEPH WILLIAM BAZALGETTE was born about the year 1783.

This officer entered the Navy, in Oct, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the IMPETUEUX 74, Capts. John Willet Payne, Sampson Edwards, and Sir Edw. Pellew, attached to the fleet in the Channel. From 1799 until 1805 he served, as 'Midshipman and Master's Mate, chiefly in the East Indies, in the TERPSICHORE 32, Capt. John Mackellar, EURYDICE 28, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, PHAETON 38, Capt. Geo. Cockburn, and TRIDENT 64, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Peter Rainier. On 15 Oct. 1805, Mr. Bazalgette became Sub-Lieutenant of the AGGRESSOR 12, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Watson, employed in the Channel; and on 12 June, 1806, was promoted to be full Lieutenant of the RESISTANCE 38, Capt. Chas. Adam, whom he accompanied to the West Indies. While subsequently cruizing off Bilbao, on the north coast of Spain, he was detached, 27 Feb. 1809, in command of a single boat, in pursuit of a French man-of-war schooner, La Mouche, which he gallantly boarded and captured, after an action in which her commander, a Lieutenant-de-Vaisseau, was killed. A night or two afterwards he was again successfully engaged in the boats in cutting out from under the batteries in a neighbouring port three armed luggers, laden with stores and provisions for the French army in Spain ; and while in the act of boarding one of the vessels, was severely wounded by a musket-ball in the left thigh,* which placed him for some months under surgical treatment, and eventually rendered him lame for life. On being sufficiently recovered, Lieut. Bazalgette was appointed, 20 Feb. 1810, First of the LEONIDAS 38, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, and, until superseded, 21 Sept. following, saw much active service in the Adriatic, where, on different occasions, in command of the boats, he succeeded in capturing and destroying, together with the vessels anchored under their protection, the Towers of Badisco, Trecase, and Emiliano, on the coast of Italy, each mounted with cannon; and for his exertions received the thanks of the senior officer, Capt. Geo. Eyre. He next served for nearly two years on board the WARSPITE 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, also on the Mediterranean station; and in 1813-14, having joined the AMERICA 74, Capt. Sir Josias Rowley, participated in the attacks on Leghorn and Spezia, as also on Genoa, where he commanded a division of boats belonging to the squadron, and where for his conduct, both at the capture, and in the after direction of the enemy's batteries, the guns and mortars of which were effectively employed against the city, he obtained the high commendations of his Captain, and was rewarded, the day after the surrender, in being promoted by Sir Edw. Pellew to the command of the COUREUR, a captured sloop-of-war. He was confirmed on his return to England, by commission dated 17 May in the same year; and since the ensuing month of July, when he paid the COUREUR off, he has been unemployed.

Commander Bazalgette, in consideration of the wound above alluded to, was presented by the Patriotic Fund with a gratuity of £50, and awarded by Government a pension of £160. He has, for upwards of twenty years, gratuitously devoted his time to the moral and spiritual advancement of his brother seamen, especially in the formation and direction of the "Naval and Military Bible Society," the "Sailor's Home and Asylum," the "Seaman's Floating Church," and the "Royal Naval Female School." AGENTS - Messrs. Stilwell.

* Vide Gaz. 1814, pp. 980-83.

Surname: Beadon, First Names : George
Birth Date : 25 Feb 1810
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 06/11/1856
Commander: 08/06/1841

Notes:

BEADON. (COMMANDER, 1841. F-P., 12 ; H-P., 10.)

GEORGE BEADON, born 25 Feb. 1810, is third son of Wm. Beadon, Esq., † of Gotten House, co. Somerset, in the commission of the peace for that shire, by Martha Anna, only daughter and heir of the late John Hammett, Esq., Lieut. R.N., niece of the late Sir Benj. Hammett, Kt., (the great benefactor of Taunton, of whose interests he was for many years the constant advocate in Parliament, as was likewise his eldest son,) and representative, through her mother, of the Monkton branch of the ancient family of Musgrave, of Charlton Musgrave, in the same county.

This officer entered the Navy, 20 Aug. 1825, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the PRINCE REGENT 120, Capts. Wm. Henry Webley Parry and Constantine Rich. Moorsom, bearing the flag at the Nore of Sir Robt. Moorsom. He next joined the VICTORY 104, guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Chas. Inglis; served, as Midshipman, from 20 Aug. 1826, until the date of his passing, 8 Sept. 1831, in the HERON 18, commanded by various Captains, and CURLEW 10, Capts. Geo. Woollcombe and Henry Dundas Trotter, on the South American and Cape of Good Hope stations; and then joined the JASEUR 18, Capts. Fras. Harding and Archibald Sinclair, in which he returned home, and was paid off in Oct. 1832. On 23 Oct. 1833, Mr. Beadon was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant; and, on 9 Sept. 1836, after an employment of two months in the Coast Guard, was appointed to the CONWAY 28, Capt. Chas. Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, with whom he proceeded to New South Wales and thence to India and China. In the course of 1840-41, he took an active part in the various operations of the Chinese war, and in Sept. of the former year had the honour, while detached in command of the CONWAY's cutter, of being the first to discover the entrance of the Yang-tse-Kiang river, before leaving the shores of which we find him avenging in a very condign manner an insult offered by the natives to some of his party. Not long afterwards, being sent on shore in charge of a strong foraging expedition, he again came into hostile collision with the enemy, and, in the affray, had 1 man mortally wounded, and Mr. Harvey, a midshipman of great promise, so severely, that he ultimately died from the effects of the injuries he received. The assailants had 5 killed and several wounded. On another occasion, in April, 1841, when returning in a junk to Whampoa, after delivering letters at Macao for Sir Le Fleming Senhouse, Mr. Beadon, with all his crew, was swamped during a violent storm off the island of Lin-tin, but, after struggling with destruction for many hours, and when in the last moment of despair, was most providentially saved. At the capture, in May following, of the fortress of Tai-hong-tow, this officer was the first to enter it. He also commanded, with the highest credit to himself, the CONWAY's boats during the whole of the detached operations against Canton and its vicinity,* and was Senior of the CONWAY at a most harassing period of the war, when, indeed, the greater part of the ship's company was on the sick list. He returned to England with a large portion of the Chinese ransom, and was paid off in Jan. 1842, previously to which period, 8 June, 1841, he had been advanced to his present rank. He has since been on half-pay.

Commander Beadon, who has obtained a certificate of proficiency in the art of steam navigation, was presented, in 1835, by the Duke of Sussex, with the thanks of the Society of Arts for his invention of a Double Hook, and, in 1843, with a Gold Medal, by Prince Albert, for an improved Life Buoy, which has been directed by Her Majesty to be attached to the Royal Yacht. He married, 17 Oct. 1833, Sarah, daughter of Wm. Oliver, Esq., of Hope Corner, near Taunton, co. Somerset, and by that lady has issue three children. AGENTS-Messrs. Stilwell.

* Vide gaz. 1841 pp. 1503, 1505, 2512.

† The Beadons have been for generations interwoven with many of the first families of Somerset and the neighbouring counties, of whom it may be sufficient here to enumerate the Spurways, of Spurway ; the Radfords of Oakford ; the Jolliffes, of Kelmersden, &c. Sir Robert de Beadin, from whom the present Beadons collaterally descend, was thrice high-sheriff of Devon, temp. Edw.II. Gotten House is an ancient seat of the Musgraves, and was acquired by Commander Beadon's father on his marriage.

Surname: Beale, First Names : Robert Beale

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 06/04/1846
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 21/02/1843

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Larne
Dec 1848 : 179 - Dido 15 May 46

Notes:

BEALE. (LIEUTENANT, 1846.)

ROBERT BEALE BEALE is brother of Lieut. W. Y. Beale, of the 10th Foot, who was killed at the storming of the tête-du-pont by the Sikh army in 1846.

This officer served throughout the whole of the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, including the capture of St. Jean d'Acre, as Midshipman of the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE 104, flag ship of Sir Robt. Stopford, from whom he elicited unqualified approbation. He passed his examination 21 Feb. 1843; and - after an intermediate attachment to the EXCELLENT gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, LARNE 18, commanded on the coast of Africa by Capt. John Wm. Douglas Brisbane, and QUEEN 110, and TRAFALGAR 120, flag-ships at the Nore of Sir John Chambers White and Sir Edw. Durnford King - was promoted to his present rank 4 April, 1846. He has been serving, since 15 of the following May, in the DIDO 18, Capt. John Balfour Maxwell.

Surname: Beales, First Names : Charles
Birth Date : 27 Jan 1788

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 26/11/1808

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 13/04/1846

Notes:

BEALES. (RETIRED COMMANDER, 1846. F-P., 14 ; H-P., 32.)

CHARLES BEALES was born 27 Jan. 1788.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1801, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the CLYDE 46, Capt. Chas. Cunningham, stationed in the Channel and off Guernsey; attained in Oct. following the rating of Midshipman; and in that capacity, and as Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, served successively in the DILIGENCE 16, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, PRINCESS OF ORANGE 74, Capts. C. Cunningham and Thos. Rogers, NASSAU 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell, and KENT 74, Capt. T. Rogers, employed on the North Sea, Channel, Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations. He was confirmed a Lieutenant of the latter ship 26 Nov. 1808, and was subsequently appointed, 22 Dec. 1809, and 30 April, 1814, to the TRIBUNE 36 and LIFFEY 50, Capts. Geo. Reynolds and John Hancock, with whom he served, in the North Sea and West Indies and on the coast of Spain, until 28 July, 1815. The particulars of a gallant cutting-out affair, which took place at Noli, on the coast of Italy, 1 Aug. 1808, and in which Mr. Beales participated, will be found in our memoir of Commander Wm. Chasman. He also, we find, assisted in the KENT's boats at the capture of two gun vessels in July, 1809. The TRIBUNE, while he was in her, effected, on 12 May, 1810, after a smart action of two hours and a quarter, and a loss of 9 men killed and 15 wounded, the defeat, off the Norwegian coast, of four Danish man-of-war brigs, carrying altogether 74 guns. Not having been employed since 1815, Lieut. Beales accepted the rank he now holds 13 April, 1846.

He married Miss Moon, and has issue six children.

Surname: Beamish, First Names : Henry Hamilton, AdC, CB
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 16/02/1864
Commander: 26/02/1858

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 016 - Agincourt 22 Feb 70

Surname: Bearcroft, First Names : John Edward

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 08/10/1874
Midshipman: 18/12/1865

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 323 - Minotaur 9 Aug 69 addl
June 1879 : 460 - Spartan 15 Jun 76

Surname: Beart, First Names : Charles James

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 15/03/1815

Notes:

BEART. (LIEUT., 1815. F-P., 9; H-P., 31.)

CHARLES JAMES BEART entered the Navy, 1 April, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ROEBUCK 44, Capt. Rich. Curry, bearing the flag at North Yarmouth of Vice-Admiral Billy Douglas; removed, in the course of the same year, to the ARIADNE 20, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, stationed in the North Sea; and there became, 3 Sept. 1809, Midshipman of the ABOUKIR 74, Capt. Geo. Parker. Continuing to serve in the latter ship until Sept. 1815, he took part, under Rear-Admiral Thos. Byam Martin, in the defence of Riga, as also, under Capt. Norborne Thompson, in the reduction of Genoa in April, 1814. From the ABOUKIR, Mr. Beart was appointed Admiralty Midshipman of the CHEROKEE 10, Capt. Wm. Ramage, on the Leith station, where he appears to have been employed until 3 Dec. following, 1815. He was then promoted to his present rank by commission dated back to 15 March in the same year, but has not since been afloat.

Surname: Beatty, First Names : Daniel McNeale
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 16/09/1816

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

Notes:

3 Aug 1874 Transferred to another retirement scheme

BEATTY. (LIEUT., 1806. F-P., 12 ; H-P., 28.)

DANIEL M'NEALE BEATTY entered the Navy, 24 March, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the SAPPHO of 18 guns and 120 men, Capt. Geo. Langford; in which sloop he escorted, as Midshipman, the Hon. Mr. Pierrepont, as Ambassador to the King of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus, then besieged by the French army in Stralsund - accompanied, in Aug. of the same year, the expedition to Copenhagen and, on 2 March, 1808, assisted at the capture, off Flamborough Head, after a close action of half an hour, of the Admiral Yawl Danish brig, of 28 guns and 83 men - a service for which Capt. Langford was advanced to Post-rank. Mr. Beatty next served for two years on board the ZENOBIA 18, Capt. Alex. Rich. Mackenzie, during which period, in Aug. 1809, he was actively employed, with the light squadron under Sir Edw. Owen, in co-operation with the troops at the bombardment of Flushing. He then joined the ALEXANDRIA 32, Capts. John Quilliam and Robt. Cathcart, on the Baltic station, where he was twice engaged with the Danish gunboats, took part in several cutting-out affairs, and, while affording protection to convoys, came into frequent collision with the enemy's row-galleys; and on removing, in Feb. 1813, to the DANNEMARK 74, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, was employed, until the conclusion of the war, in blockading the Texel and Cherbourg squadrons, and at the Cape of Good Hope. For a few months in 1815 Mr. Beatty served as Master's Mate in the ROYAL SOVEREIGN 100, and TONNANT 80, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, lying at Plymouth. He afterwards became attached, in July, 1816, to the SEVERN 40, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer; and for his conduct at the battle of Algiers, where be was wounded, was promoted on 16 Sept. in the same year to the rank of Lieutenant.* Since that period, with the exception of a brief employment in the Coast Guard, and a command, from 20 March, 1830, to Oct. 1831, and from 9 April, 1832, to Sept. 1833, of the HORNET and SWALLOW Revenue-vessels, Mr. Beatty has been unemployed. He married in 1829.

* Vide Gaz. 1816, p. 1792.

Surname: Beatty, First Names : Michael Stephens (would appear to be Henry S Beatley listed for Scylla, who doesn't exist)
Qualified in: Gunnery: Torpedoes: Navigation: N

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 12/07/1878

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 443 - Scylla 15 Apr 69
June 1879 : 196 - Flying Fish 26 Apr 79 (N) (Borne in ""Pembroke"")

Surname: Beauchamp-Proctor, First Names : Edward Halhed (aka Proctor)

Date promoted :
Commander: 11/11/1846
Lieutenant: 27/06/1841

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

Notes:
Harpy - 21 Nov 1845 - 4 Jun 1846 Squadron in the Parana ; NL 20/12/48 Promoted to Commander for services on the River Parana

Surname: Beauclerk, First Names : Amelius Wentworth (Rt Hon Lord)
Birth Date : 16 Aug 1815
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 09/11/1846
Lieutenant: 08/10/1841

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Gorgon - 26 Nov 42
June 1844 : Gorgon - 26 Nov 42
Dec 1848 : 568 - Stromboli 11 Nov 47 CO

Notes:

BEAUCLERK, LORD. (COMMANDER, 1846.)

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD AMELIUS WENTWORTH BEAUCLERK, born 16 Aug. 1815, is fifth son of the late Duke of St. Albans, and a younger brother of Commander Lord F. C. P. Beauclerk, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy 17 May, 1830; passed his examination 3 Oct. 1836; and served as Mate, on the Lisbon and India stations, of the HASTINGS 72, Capt. John Lawrence, WELLESLEY 72, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Gordon Bremer, and BLENHEIM 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse. For his services during the campaign in China, where he fought at the capture of Amoy and the storming of Chinghae, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 8 Oct. 1841. † His appointments in that capacity were - 26 Nov. 1842, and 9 Feb. 1844, to the GORGON steam-sloop, and CURACOA 24, Capts. Chas. Hotham, Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley, and Wm. Broughton, both on the South American station. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846. AGENTS-Messrs. Stilwell.

Surname: Beauclerk, First Names : Amelius, GCB, GCH (Right Hon Lord)
Birth Date : 1771

Date promoted :
Adm: 22/07/1830

Notes:

BEAUCLERK, LORD, G.C.B., G.C.H., F.R.S., (ADMIRAL OF THE RED, 1830.)

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD AMELIUS BEAUCLERK was born in 1771, and died 10 Dec. 1846, at his seat, Winkfield House. He was third and eldest surviving son of Aubrey, fifth Duke of St. Albans, by Lady Catherine Ponsonby, daughter of William, second Earl of Besborough, and granddaughter of William, third Duke of Devonshire. He was uncle of the present Duke of St. Albans, and of the two officers whose memoirs immediately follow.

This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1782, on board the JACKALL cutter, Lieut.-Commander Bailley; served next for two years in the SALISBURY 50, hearing the flag of Vice-Admiral John Campbell, on the Newfoundland station; and subsequently attended Commodore Gardner to the West Indies. He became, in 1789, Acting-Lieutenant of the EUROPA 50; obtained his first commission 21 Sept. 1790; was employed for sometime in the SWIFTSURE, 74, and DRUID 32; at the commencement of the war accompanied Lord Hood to the Mediterranean; was then posted into the NEMESIS 28, by commission bearing date 16 Sept. 1793; and, in the course of the same month, was present with the force under Commodore Robt. Linzee in the expedition to Corsica, where he witnessed the reduction of the tower of Forneilli. Removing, about March 179-1, to the command of the JUNO 32, Lord Amelius Beauclerk had the good fortune, singly, to defeat a small squadron, near the Hières Islands, consisting of a French frigate of the same name, mounting 36 guns, a corvette, and a brig; shortly after which achievement he conveyed to Vice-Admiral Hotham the intelligence of the enemy's fleet having sailed from Toulon, and was sent by that officer with the despatches containing the announcement to Lord hood, then at the blockade of Bastia. We next find him, towards the close of 1795, in company with the ARGO 44, safely convoying, from Gibraltar, a fleet of 32 homeward-bound merchantmen ;* and on his arrival in England, appointed to the DRYAD, of 44 guns and 251 men, stationed on the coast o1 Ireland. In that ship, his lordship, on 13 June. 1796, captured, with the loss only of 2 men killed and 7 wounded, after a close and spirited action of 45 minutes, the French frigate La Proserpine, of 42 guns and 348 men, of whom 30 were slain and 45 wounded; † and he subsequently, when cruizing with great activity and success, took the following privateers - Le Vanteur, of 9 guns and 78 men, L'Eclair, of 14 guns and 108 men, La Cornélie, of 90 men, La Brune, of 16 guns and 180 men, and Le Mars, of 16 guns. About the end of 1800, Lord Amelius Beauclerk commissioned the FORTUNEE of 40 guns, in which frigate, until the conclusion of hostilities, he served, in the Channel where lie tool. La Mascarade privateer, of 12 guns and 40 men), and in attendance on George III. at Weymouth. At the recommencement of the war, he was appointed to the MAJESTIC 74, also employed with the fleet in the Channel; and he afterwards obtained command, in the summer of 1805, of the SATURN 74, and, in the early part of 1809, of the ROYAL OAK 74. In the ensuing expedition to the Walcheren, he exclusively superintended with great skill the debarkation of Lord Chatham's army; and, during the absence of Sir Rich. Strachan with the army at Flushing, assumed the government of Campvere and the charge of the fleet and storeships in the Roompot. ‡ On 31 July, 1810, his lordship was made Colonel of Marines. He became a Rear-admiral 1 Aug. 1811, and was, at the same time, invested with a command in the North Sea. In 1813 he sailed in command of a squadron for the North Cape, for the purpose of intercepting the American Commodore Rodgers, who had, however, previously left that quarter. Towards the close of the war, we find him commanding the force in the Basque Roads, and negociating with the Baron de la Raffiniere, commander-in-chief at Rochelle, for a suspension of hostilities against those parts of the French coast which were amicably disposed to acknowledge the authority of Louis XVIII.* Lord Amelius Beauclerk, who had been elected a F.R.S. 7 Dec. 1809, was nominated a K.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815, and promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819. He held the chief command off Lisbon from 1824 until 1827 ; became a full Admiral 22 July, 1830; was created a G.C.H. 29 March, 1831, and a G.C.B. 4 Aug. 1835; commanded in chief at Plymouth from 27 April, 1836, until April, 1839; and on 4 Aug. following, was appointed First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to William IV., which honourable appointment he continued to hold under her present Majesty until the period of his death. At the respective funerals of George IV. and William IV. the Admiral officiated as an assistant supporter of the canopy over the royal body. AGENTS-Messrs. Stilwell.

* Vide Gaz. 1795 p 1075.
† Vide Gaz, 1790, p. 579.
‡ Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1233.

Surname: Beauclerk, First Names : Frederick Charles Peter (Rt Hon)
Birth Date : 28 Jun 1808

Date promoted :
Commander: 06/01/1834

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

Notes:

BEAUCLERK, LORD. (COMMANDER, 1834.)

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FREDERICK CHARLES PETER BEAUCLERK, born 23 June, 1808, is second son of the late Duke of St. Albans, by Maria Janetta, only daughter of John Nelthorpe, Esq., of Little Grimsby House, co. Lincoln. He is next brother of the present Duke, elder brother of the preceding officer, and nephew of the late Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk, G.C.B.

This officer entered the Navy, from the R. N. College, in 1823, as Midshipman, on board the VICTOR 18, Capt. Thos. Prickett, stationed off the coast of Africa; served in the ASIA 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington, at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; obtained his first commission 13 Sept. in the same year; and on 8 Dec. following was appointed to the SOUTHAMPTON 52, Capts. Peter Fisher and John Milligan Laws, on the East India station. In the latter ship his lordship continued to serve until 1832, when he removed for a short time to the CRUIZER 18, Capt. John Parker, and on 3 Aug. assumed the Acting-Command of the ZEBRA 18, which sloop he brought home and paid off in the spring of 1833. He attained his present rank 6 Jan. 1834, and has since been on half-pay. AGENTS.- Messrs. Stilwell.

Surname: Beaufort, First Names : Francis, KCB, FRS

Date promoted :
Captain: 30/05/1810

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Hydrographer of the Admiralty
June 1844 : Hydrographer of the Admiralty
Dec 1848 : Hydrographer

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : 02/12/1815 ;

Notes:

BEAUFORT, F.R.S., F.G.S.; F.R.A.S., &c. (REAR-ADMIRAL, 1846. F-P., 19; H-P., 41.)

FRANCIS BEAUFORT is son of the late Rev. Daniel Augustus Beaufort, D.D., Rector of Naven, co. Meath and Vicar of Collon, co. Louth, a devine of great learning and piety, author of one of our best maps of Ireland, and of a valuable memoir on the Topographical, and Civil and Ecclesiastical State of that country. Capt. Beaufort's sister, Frances Anne, was the fourth wife of the late Rich. Lovell Edgeworth, Esq., of Edgeworth's Town, co. Longford, the celebrated writer on education and inventions, father, by a former marriage, of Miss Maria Edgeworth, the distinguished novelist.

This officer entered the navy, 21 June, 1787, as a Volunteer, on board the COLOSSUS 74, Capt. Hugh Cloberry Christian, stationed in the Channel, where he became Midshipman, in June 1790, of the LATONA 38, Capt. Albemarle Bertie. He next served for three years in the AQUILON 32, Capt. Hon. Robt. Stopford, one of Lord Howe's repeaters in the action of 1 June, 1794; and while attached to the PHAETON 38, commanded in succession by the latter officer and Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, was present in Cornwallis's celebrated retreat, 17 June, 1795, assisted, in the course of the same year, in driving on shore on Isle de Ré, and destroying, L'Echoué, of 28 guns - took part in the capture, 10 March, 1796, of La Bonne Citoyenne, of 20 guns - fought in a partial action, 23 March, 1798, with the French 36-gun frigate La Charente - was instrumental, 8 Sept. following, to the capture of La Flore 36 - and witnessed the taking, on various occasions, of nine privateers and other armed vessels. On 28 Oct. 1800, Lieut. Beaufort, who had been promoted to that rank 10 May, 1796, and was now First of the PHAETON, performed an exploit of great spirit and gallantry, in boarding, with the barge and two cutters under his orders, and capturing, after an obstinate resistance, the Spanish polacre-rigged ship San Josef; carrying 14 brass guns, 31 seamen, and 22 soldiers, moored under the protection of guns on the fortress of Fuengirola, near Malaga, and flanked by a French privateer.* For his zeal, judgment, and determined bravery in this very dashing affair, in which the enemy had 19 men wounded, and the British 1 man killed and 4 wounded, Lieut. Beaufort, who, forming one of the latter, had received a wound in the head and several slugs through his left arm and body, was, on 13 of the following month, deservedly rewarded with a Commander's commission; but for his severe sufferings was only awarded a pension of £45 12s. 6d. From Nov. 1803, until June, 1804, we find him gratuitously devoting his time to the formation of a line of telegraphs from Dublin to Galway. On 5 June, 1805, he obtained command of the WOOLWICH 44, armée en flûte, in which ship he first proceeded to the East Indies - then to the Rio de la Plata, of which he made a very accurate survey during the campaign of 1807 - and afterwards to the Cape of Good Hope and the Mediterranean. His next appointments were - 23 May, 1809, to the BLOSSOM sloop, employed on the coast of Spain, at Quebec, and in annoying various fleets of merchantmen; and, 30 May, 1810, on promotion to Post rank, to the FREDERICKSTEIN frigate. Capt. Beaufort did not, however, join the latter ship until 12 Dec. following, being in the interval employed in protecting the outward-bound trade to Portugal, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, in accompanying two Spanish line-of-battle ships from the latter place to Minorca, and in discharging the duties, from 27 Sept. to 21 Oct., of Acting-Capt. of the VILLE DE PARIS 110. During the two following years he was actively engaged in a survey of the coast of Karamania, in Asia Minor, an employment he was obliged to relinquish, in consequence of a desperate and nearly fatal gunshot wound he received from the hands of a fanatical Turk, 20 June, 1812. Capt. Beaufort, who had previously contributed to the extirpation of a band of pirates from the southern part of the Morea, then returned home with convoy, and on 29 Oct. in the same year was paid off. His acceptance of Flag-rank took place 1 Oct. 1846.

For several years after his arrival in England Rear-Admiral Beaufort appears to have been fully occupied in laying down the result of his labours, and in constructing, under the orders of the Lords of the Admiralty, a variety of charts, of which we may enumerate, one of the Archipelago, three of the Black Sea, &c., including the coast of Asia, and seven of Karamania. he became Hydrographer of the Admiralty in July, 1833; was nominated, in April, 1836, a commissioner for inquiring into the laws, &c., under which pilots were appointed, governed, and paid; and again, in Jan. 1846, for inquiring into the state of the Harbours, Shores, and Rivers of the United Kingdom. The Rear-Admiral, who was elected a F.R.S. 30 June, 1814, is also a Fellow of the Geological and Astronomical Societies, and a Corresponding Member of the Institute of France. His pension, on 2 Dec. 1815, was increased to £250. He married, first, 3 Dec. 1812, Alicia Magdalena eldest daughter of Lestock Wilson, Esq., of Harley Street, London, by whom he had several children, one of whom is in the Bengal Civil Service; and, secondly, 8 Nov. 1838, Honora, daughter, by a third marriage, of his brother-in-law, the late R.L. Edgeworth, Esq. AGENTS-Messrs. Ommanney.

Surname: Beaufoy, First Names : George

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 22/12/1821

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Speedy - 9 Aug 41 - Lieut. Com.
June 1844 : Speedy - 9 Aug 41 - Lieutenant in Command

Notes:

BEAUFOY. (LIEUT.,1821. F-P., 26 ; H-P., 11.)

GEORGE BEAUFOY entered the Navy, 4 July, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ELIZABETH 74, Capts. Hon. Henry Curzon, Thos. Searle, and Hon. Edw. Leveson Gower, employed in the Channel and off Lisbon; removed, in May, 1811, to the EDINBURGH 74, Capt. Robt. Rolles ; and, after serving for some time in the West Indies and off Flushing, proceeded to the Mediterranean, where he was transferred, 3 Oct. 1812, as Midshipman, to the UNION 98, with the same Captains. Subsequently to the fall of Genoa in April, 1814, he joined the IPHIGENIA 36, Capt. Andrew King, under whom he escorted a fleet of transports from Gibraltar to Bermuda, and then sailed for the East Indies, whence he returned to England with Capt. John Tancock, and was paid off in March, 1818. From Nov. in the latter year until Oct. 1821, Mr. Beaufoy was next attached, as Admiralty Midshipman, and for a short time as Acting-Lieutenant, to the SALISBURY 50, and PYRAMUS 36, flagships in the Leeward Islands of Rear-Admirals Donald Campbell and Wm. Chas. Fahie; and, on 22 Dec. following, he was officially promoted into the FORTE 44, flag ship of the last-mentioned officer on the Halifax station, where he remained until placed out of commission in 1824. He was afterwards employed, from 29 April, 1828, until 1831, in the SAMARANG 28, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, in the Mediterranean, and from 27 Jan. 1832, until the early part of 1835, in the PEARL 20, Capt. Robt. Gordon, in North America and the West Indies. he was appointed to the command, 11 Jan. 1833, and 9 Aug. 1841, of the NAUTILUS brig and SPEEDY cutter, on the African and home stations; but since March, 1845, has been on half-pay. AGENTS -Messrs. Stilwell.

Surname: Beauman, First Names : Francis
Birth Date : 1778 Date Died: 22 Dec 1846

Date promoted :
Rear Adm: 23/11/1841
Captain: 13/10/1807
Commander: 04/03/1805
Lieutenant: 26/10/1796

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

Notes:

BEAUMAN. (REAR-ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, 1840. F-P., 17 ; H P., 40)

FRANCIS BEAUMAN born in 1778, is fifth and youngest son of the late John Beauman, Esq., of co. Wexford, by Anne, daughter of Edm. Rice, Esq., of Ahere, in the same county. He is uncle of the present Matthew Forde Beauman, Esq., of Hyde Park, co. Wexford; brother-in-law of Wm. Talbot, Esq., of Castle Talbot ; and has a niece married to Lieut. Henry Cavendish More, R. N.

This officer entered the Navy, 26 Oct. 1790, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the PORCUPINE 24, Capt. Geo. Martin, stationed on the coast of Ireland; was afterwards transferred to the BOMBAY CASTLE 74, Capt. John Thos. Duckworth, lying at Plymouth; became Midshipman, in March, 1791, of the PERSEUS 20, Capt. Geo. Palmer, in the boats of which vessel, in May, 1793, he was wounded at the cutting out of a small French privateer in Basque Roads; and subsequently served both in the RAMILLIES 74, Capt. Henry Harvey, with whom he was present in Lord Howe's victory of 1 June, 1794, and in the RUSSEL 74, Capts. John Willet Payne and Thos. Larcom, under the latter of whom, on the occasion of Lord Bridport's defeat of the French fleet off L'Orient, 23 June, 1795, he was again severely wounded. In May, 1796, he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the DIRECTOR 64, Capt. Wm. Bligh, and, on 26 Oct. following, was confirmed into the INCENDIARY fire-ship, Capts. Henry Digby and Geo. Barker. For his exertions at the commencement of the mutiny at Spithead in 1797 - when, as First of that vessel, and in the midst of the rebellious fleet, he was the means, during the absence on leave of the Captain, and until the arrival of an order from the Admiral to admit on board a party of the mutineers, of preventing, with the assistance of the other officers, the ship's company from joining in the disaffection - was selected by Capt. Jas. Vashon, of the POMPEE 80, to be one of his Lieutenants; but, endeavouring to quell the insubordination which immediately afterwards exhibited itself on board that ship also, he was seized by the crew, who were proceeding to hang him, and had actually placed the rope around his neck, when, the Captain rushing forward, they were induced to forego their murderous intent, and he was sent on shore. On 3 June Lieut. Beauman was appointed by the Admiralty, with an assurance of promotion, to the NEPTUNE 98, Capt. Sir Erasmus Gower, for the express purpose of crushing the mutiny then raging at the Nore. Some time afterwards, not having attained the promised step, and Lord Bridport, in expressed sympathy for the unfair treatment he had experienced, offering him a vacancy on board his flagship, the ROYAL GEORGE 100, he continued, for two years, to serve in the Channel with that gallant officer; and he was subsequently, until the peace of Amiens, employed with Rear-Admiral Chase Morice Pole in the AGINCOURT 64, on the Newfoundland station. On 10 May, 1803, he became First Lieutenant to Admiral Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, in the VILLE DE PARIS 110; after serving in which ship for upwards of 53 weeks at the blockade of Brest, without letting go an anchor, he was advanced to the rank of Commander, 4 March, 1805. * We next, on 25 March, 1807, find him appointed to the PROCRIS 18, and ordered by the Admiralty to inspect and report on the state of the Danish fleet. In the expedition against Copenhagen, which immediately ensued, Capt. Beauman so acquired the approbation of the Commander-in-Chief; Lord Gambier, as to be promoted, 13 Oct., on his return to England, to Post-rank. On 17 March, 1808, he was appointed to the PRINCESS OF ORANGE 74, bearing the flag in the Downs of Vice-Admiral Geo. Campbell; in Feb. 1809, assumed the command of the gun-boats in the Great Belt; accompanied the expedition to the Scheldt in Aug. following; and on 7 Nov. 1810, rejoined Vice-Admiral Campbell in the MONMOUTH 64. Since March, 1811, when the latter officer struck his flag, he has not been afloat. Rear-Admiral Beauman, who during the term of his active service was never absent 48 hours from the ship to which he belonged, attained his present rank 23 Nov. 1841.

He married, first, in 1802, the widow of Col. Jas. Webber; and, secondly, in 1824, the Comtesse Isabella de Viry, daughter of the Comte de Viry, many years Sardinian Ambassador at the Court of St. James's. AGENTS.-Messrs. Ommanney.

* During the whole of this period, out of a crew of 650, the VILLE DE PARIS did not lose a single man.

Surname: Beaumont, First Names : Cecil William

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 22/03/1864

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 555 - Malabar 8 Dec 68

Surname: Beaumont, First Names : Francis (b)
Birth Date : 1787

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 11/01/1808

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 19/10/1844

Notes:

BEAUMONT. (RETIRED COMMANDER, 1844. F-P., 15 ; H-P., 33.)

FRANCIS BEAUMONT (b) was born in 1787.

This officer entered the Navy, 7 Aug. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board LA JUSTE 80, Capts. Sir Henry Trollope, Rich. Dacres, and Sir Edm. Nagle, in which ship he proceeded to the West Indies, with the squadron under Sir Robt. Calder, in supposed pursuit of the French Admiral Ganteaume. He next, in Aug. 1802, joined, as Midshipman, LA DETERMINEE 24, armée en flête, Capts. Alex. Skene and Alex. Becher, and, after being wrecked off Jersey 26 March, 1803, became attached to the DREADNOUGHT 98, flag-ship in the Channel of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, commanded, afterwards, by Capt. John Child Purvis, and also by Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds, whom he accompanied, in Aug, 1801, into the PRINCESS ROYAL 98. In Oct. 1807, Mr. Beaumont, who had passed his examination about Oct. 1805, became Lieutenant of the ST. ALBAN's 64, Capts. Fras. Wm. Austen, Edw. Brace, and Chas. Grant, to which ship he was confirmed by commission dated 11 Jan. 1808. Continuing to serve under the latter officer until April, 1812, he appears to have been employed in escorting to Sir Arthur Wellesley, in Portugal, the reinforcement of troops destined to share in the battle of Vimeiro; also in protecting various convoys of Indiamen to and from the Cape of Good Hope and China; in further conveying to Algesiras Gen. Graham, afterwards Lord Lynedoch, upon whom the ST. ALBANS was in attendance at the battle of Barossa; and in co-operating with the Spaniards at the defence of Cadiz, where he came into frequent collision with the enemy's gun-boats and batteries. On 16 April, 1812, he removed with Capt. Grant to the ARMADA 74, on the Mediterranean station; and while there he witnessed Sir Edw. Pellew's second partial encounter with the French fleet off Toulon, and assisted at the capture of several batteries near Leghorn, and of the fortress of Savona near Genoa. He was paid off 29 Sept. 1814, and has not since been employed. His acceptance of the rank he now holds took place 19 Oct. 1844.

Commander Beaumont, who married, first, in 1816, and, again, in 1824, has issue a daughter.

Surname: Beaumont, First Names : Lewis Anthony
Birth Date : May 1847
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 03/11/1876
Lieutenant: 23/08/1867
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 29/09/1866

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 070 - Blanche 7 Jan 68
June 1879 : 180 - Excellent 1 Feb 79

Surname: Beaumont, First Names : Richard
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 01/04/1856
Commander: 06/06/1825

Notes:

BEAUMONT. (COMMANDER, 1826. F-P., 12 ; H-P.,)

RICHARD BEAUMONT entered the Navy, 26 March, 1811, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the VENERABLE 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham, with whom, after serving off Brest and on the north coast of Spain, he proceeded to the East Indies, as Midshipman, in 1813, of the STIRLING CASTLE 74. He subsequently joined the AKBAR 50, Capt. Archibald Dickson, and ENDYMION 44, Capt. Henry Hope, both on the Halifax station - the MAEANDER 38, Capts. John Bastard and Arthur Fanshawe, lying at Sheerness - the PRINCE REGENT yacht, commanded at Deptford by Capt. Sir Edw. Hamilton - and the BELLEISLE 18, Capt. Geo. Rich. Pechell, engaged in protecting the revenue and fisheries on the coast of North America. He obtained a Lieutenancy, 13 Oct. 1819, in the MERSEY 26, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the Halifax station; was next appointed, 6 May, 1824, to the DIAMOND 46, Capt. Lord Napier, employed on a particular service; and on 6 June, 1825, assumed command of the WEAZLE sloop, in the Mediterranean. Since 1827, in the course of which year the latter vessel was paid off, Commander Beaumont has been on half-pay.

He married, 16 Feb. 1832, the Hon. Susan Hussey Bosville Macdonald, fourth daughter of the late and sister of the present Lord Macdonald. AGENTS -Hallett and Robinson.

Surname: Beaumont, First Names : Spencer William Montagu

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 22/05/1879

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 265 - Invincible 11 Jan 79 addl

Surname: Beaver, First Names : Arthur Hamilton Dundas

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 16/06/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 133 - Cossack 22 Dec 68 addl

Surname: Beazeley, First Names : George

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 18/04/1811

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/03/1852

Notes:

20 Oct 1863 Transferred to another retirement scheme.

BEAZELEY. (LIEUT., 1811. F-P., 11; H-P., 32.)

GEORGE BEAZELEY entered the Navy, 24 Jan. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the RATTLER Sloop, Capts. Fras. Mason and Jas. John Chas. Agassiz. On 16 May following we find him present in a gallant attack on a division of the enemy's flotilla, consisting of 59 sail, pushing alongshore from Flushing to Ostend, in which the above vessel had 2 men killed and 10 wounded ; and, on various other occasions, coming into contact with the enemy. In Aug. 1806, having attained the rank of Midshipman, he rejoined Capt. Mason in the DAPHNE 20, and in that ship sailed for the Rio de la Plata, where he witnessed all the operations from the storming of Monte Video, 3 Feb. 1807, until the final evacuation of Spanish America. He was subsequently, on 5 April, 1808, employed in the boats of the DAPHNE and TARTARUS, under 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 Flodstrand, 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.* On 8 Aug. 1809, Mr. Beazeley joined the LAVINIA 40, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, then engaged in the expedition to the Scheldt. he removed, in Sept. following, to the ST. DOMINGO 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Strachan; afterwards joined the SCIPION 74, flagship at the Cape of Good Hope of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford; became Acting-Lieutenant, in Aug. 1811, of the NEREIDE 36, Capt. Jas. Henderson; and in May of the same year, having been officially promoted on 18 of the preceding month, returned home. His next appointments were - 2 Sept. following, to the ABERCROMBY 74, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, employed in the Channel and off the coast of Spain; and, 20 April, 1814, to the CUMBERLAND 74, Capt. Thos. Baker, in which ship he again made a trip to the Cape. He has not been employed since Aug. 1815.

He is married, and has issue. AGENT-J. Hinxman.

* Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 697.

Surname: Becher, First Names : Alexnder Bridport

Date promoted :
Captain: 20/03/1856
Commander: 23/11/1841

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 01/07/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Hydrographical Office
June 1844 : Hydrographical Office

Notes:

BECHER. (COMMANDER, 1841. F-P., 14; H-P., 23.)

ALEXANDER BRIDPORT BECHER is son of the late Capt. Alex. Becher, R.N. (1802), an officer of high scientific attainments; grandson of the late Commander John Becher, R.N. ; godson of Admiral Lord Bridport; and a close relative of the late Countess of Oxford.

This officer entered the Royal Naval College in April, 1810, and embarked, 28 Nov. 1812, as Midshipman, on board the BARHAM 74, Capt. John Wm. Spranger, with whom he served in Basque Roads and the West Indies, latterly as Master's Mate, until July, 1814. He then joined the CORDELIA 10, Capt. Wm. Sargent, lying in the Downs; was afterwards, from Dec. in the same year until June, 1817, employed, under Commodore Edw. W. C. R. Owen and Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, chiefly in surveying the lakes of Canada; became attached, in Feb. 1818, as Admiralty-Mate, to the SUPERB 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, at Plymouth; was transferred, in a similar capacity, 2 Sept. 1818, to the LEVEN 24, Capt. David Ewen Bartholomew; and after a period of twenty months, spent in surveying the whole of the Azores, part of the African Coast, and some of the Cape Verd Islands, joined the CONWAY 26, Capt. Basil Hall, on the South American station. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 31 May, 1822, and appointed to the ALACRITY 10, Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, but continued in the CONWAY until paid off, 24 March, 1823. He afterwards officiated as First Lieutenant, from 30 March to 31 Dec. 1839, of the FAIRY surveying-vessel, Capt. Wm. Hewett, and on 23 Nov. 1841, was advanced to the rank he now holds.

Commander Becher, who has been for many years employed in the Hydrographical Office at the Admiralty, is proprietor and conductor of that invaluable periodical the "Nautical Magazine." He is married, and has issue one daughter.

Surname: Beck, First Names : Arthur Romeyn

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 20/09/1875
Naval Cadet or Entry: 24/09/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 079 - Britannia [Cadet under training]
June 1879 : 411 - Research 23 Jun 77

Surname: Beck, First Names : Ernest Bertram

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 28/07/1877

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 179 - Euryalus 10 Jul 78

Surname: Beckett, First Names : Flowers

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 24/12/1805

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Semaphore Station - Putney - 17 Oct 39
Dec 1848 : GHP

Notes:

BECKETT. (LIEUT., 1805. F-P., 3 ; H-P., 21.)

FLOWERS BECKETT entered the Navy, in Dec. 1795, as Midshipman, on board the ADVENTURE, Capt. Wm. Gordon Rutherford, stationed in the West Indies, where he afterwards joined the DICTATOR 64, commanded by the same Captain, the BRUNSWICK 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Rich. Rodney Bligh, and, 11 Sept. 1798, as Acting-Master, the TRENT 36, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway. In the course of 1800 he was successively transferred with the latter officer, as Master's Mate, to the ROYAL GEORGE 100, and LONDON 98, bearing each the flag of Sir Hyde Parker. After serving in the launch of the last-mentioned ship at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801, and a further attachment with Capt. Otway to the EDGAR 74, on the West India station, whence he came home at the peace of Amiens, Mr. Beckett joined, in March, 1803, the SPARTIATE 74, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey, under whom he again visited the West Indies, and, on his return with Lord Nelson in pursuit of the combined fleets of France and Spain, fought at Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. He was promoted, in consequence, to the rank of Lieutenant 24 Dec. following, and, after serving four years longer in the SPARTIATE, was subsequently appointed, 6 Dec. 1809, to the DREADNOUGHT 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Sotheby, in the Channel, 23 July, 1812, to the BITTERN, sloop, Capt. Geo. Augustus Hire, employed at Plymouth and Liverpool, and, 2 Nov. 1812, to the CHATHAM 74, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Matt. Henry-Scott, in the North Sea. Lieut. Beckett, who was paid off 27 Oct. 1814, and was next employed, from April to Aug. 1815, in raising volunteers at Manchester, afterwards served in the Ordinary at Sheerness from 1821 to 1824, and from 25 April, 1834, until 1837. Since 17 Oct. 1839, he has been in command of the Semaphore station at Putney.

Surname: Beckford, First Names : John Leight

Date promoted :
Commander: 30/11/1821

Notes:

BECKFORD. COMMANDER, 1821. F-P., 16 ; H-P., 28. )

JOHN LEIGH BECKFORD, an immediate descendant of Col. Peter Beckford, Lieut. Governor and Commander-in-Chief, temp. William III, of the island of Jamaica, is third son of Fras. Love Beckford, Esq., late of Basing Park, Hants, by Johanna, third daughter and co-heir of John Leigh, Esq., of Northcourt House, Isle of Wight. He is grand-nephew of the late Wm. Beckford, Esq., M.P., twice Lord Mayor of the city of London; also of the late Countess of Effingham, wife afterwards of Field Marshal Sir Geo. Howard, K.B.; and cousin of the present Wm. Beckford, Esq., of Foothill Abbey, co. Wilts.

This officer entered the Navy, 21 March, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ARDENT 64, Capt. Robt. Winthrop, and, on 28 Nov. following, witnessed the destruction in Finisterre Bay of La Bayonnaise French frigate of 32 guns and 200 men. He removed, as Midshipman, for a short time, in 1803, to the REVENGE 74, Capt. Robt. Moorsom, fitting at Chatham; was then transferred to the SYBILLE, Capt. Winthrop, employed on the Channel and Irish stations; and in July, 1807, joined the CANOPUS 80, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin, under whom he continued to serve for three years, and during that period, in Oct. 1809, assisted in the pursuit of a French squadron of four sail, two of which, the Robuste of 84, and Lion of 74 guns, were destroyed by their own crews to prevent their falling into the hands of the British. He obtained, while serving in the SAN JOSEF 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Chas. Cotton, a commission dated 27 Nov. 1810; was employed during the five following months with the flotilla at the defence of Cadiz; then joined the STANDARD 64, Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, in which ship he proceeded to Lima for specie; was next, from 13 Feb. 1813, to 30 Aug. 1815, employed, under Capts. Lucius Curtis and Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, off the Western Islands, in the Channel, and on the coast of North America, in the MADAGASCAR 38 ; obtained an appointment, 8 May, 1818, to the QUEEN CHARLOTTE 108, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Campbell; became, 2 Oct. 1819, Flag-Lieutenant, on the Leith station, to Rear-Admiral Robt. Waller Otway, in the DOVER 28 ; and was, in consequence, advanced to his present rank 30 Nov. 1821. He has since been on half pay.

Commander Beckford married, 6 Nov. 1829, Harriette, fourth daughter of Geo. Ward, Esq., of Northwood House, Isle of Wight.

Surname: Beddek, First Names : Henry
Birth Date : 19 Sep 1799

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/06/1829

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

Notes:

BEDDEK. (LIEUT., 1829. F-P., 18; H-P., 15.)

HENRY BEDDEK, born 19 Sept. 1199, is brother of Rich. Pritchard Beddek, Esq., Purser, and Paymaster, R.N.

This officer entered the Royal Naval College 1 June, 1814 ; and embarked, 12 Dec. 1816, as a Volunteer, on board the LEANDER 60, Capt. Edward Chetham, flag-ship on the Halifax station of Sir David Milne. He was subsequently, from Jan. 1819 until Feb. 1829, employed, on the Home and American stations, in the SPARTAN frigate, Capts. Wm. Furlong Wise and Fras. Newcombe, IMPREGNABLE 101, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth, BULWARK 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, JUPITER 60, flag-ship from 1824 to 1827 of Rear-Admiral Willoughby Thos. Lake, and HUSSAR 46, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Ogle, by whom he was lent for a short time to the RINGDOVE 18, Capt. Chas. English. He then (having passed his examination 7 March, 1821) became Acting-Lieutenant of the MERSEY 26, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, on the West India station; but on the occasion of his official promotion, which took place 1 June following, was superseded. We afterwards find him holding a command in the Coast Guard, from 4 Aug. 1830, until 28 Feb. 1832; and employed for a few months, in 1836-7, on board the RUSSELL 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry Dillon, off Lisbon. He has not since held any official occupation. Lieut. Beddek married, 26 Aug. 1830, Mary Hellyer, daughter of Commander Thos. Arscott, R.N., and has issue an only child.

Surname: Beddoes, First Names : Charles Henry

Date promoted :
Commander: 15/11/1845
Lieutenant: 13/03/1832

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Illustrious - 6 Aug 41

Notes:

BEDDOES. (COMMANDER, 1845.)

CHARLES HENRY BEDDOES entered the Navy 28 April, 1821 ; passed his examination in 1827 ; and obtained his commission 13 March, 1830. He was afterwards appointed First Lieutenant - 10 Oct. 1833, of the AETNA surveying vessel, Capt. Wm. Geo. Skyring, employed on the African coast - 12 Sept. 1836, of the HARLEQUIN 16, Capts. John Elphinstone Erskine and Lord Fras. John Russell, successively stationed in the Mediterranean and at the Cape of Good Hope - and, 6 Aug. 1841, of the ILLUSTRIOUS 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, in North America and the West Indies. He attained his present rank 15 Nov. 1845 ; and has since been on half-pay.

Commander Beddoes married, 15 Jan. 1839, Cecilia Charlotte, second daughter of the Rev. J. Eagles. AGENTS-Case and Loudonsack.

Surname: Beddoes, First Names : Thomas Henry Willoughby

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 05/08/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 113 - Clio 22 Mar 70
June 1879 : 510 - Valiant addl for Coast Guard Services 1 Apr 74 ; Belmullet

Surname: Bedford, First Names : Delboeuf Baker
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 14/01/1830

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/04/1861

Notes:

BEDFORD. (LIEUTENANT, 1830.)

DELBOEUF BAKER BEDFORD is son of the late Capt. John Bedford, R.N., who lost a leg whilst in command of H.M.S. SWALLOW; brother of Lieut. A. T. Bedford, R.N.; and first cousin of Lieut. John Tom, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy 17 Jan. 1821 ; passed his examination in 1827 ; and was promoted to a, Lieutenancy, 14 Jan. 1830, in the RANGER 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole, on the West India station. He was subsequently employed, from 6 Nov. 1833, until Nov. 1835, on board the JASEUR 16, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. John Halkett; but has not since been afloat.

Surname: Bedford, First Names : Edward James
Birth Date : 18 Aug 1810

Date promoted :
Captain: 01/01/1863
Commander: 19/10/1849
Lieutenant: 28/06/1838

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 09/01/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Shearwater - 31 Jan 43
Dec 1848 : 306 - Impregnable 1 Jan 49 addl for Surveying Service

Notes:

BEDFORD. (LIEUT. 1838. F-P., 23; H-P., 0.)

EDWARD JAMES BEDFORD, born 18 Aug. 1810, at Greenwich Hospital, is second son of Lieut. Fred. Bedford, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 3 Feb. 1824, on board the SNAP gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Fred. Bullock, employed in surveying the coast of Newfoundland; joined, in Feb. 1827, the ALERT 18, Capts. Sam. Burgess and John Coghland Fitzgerald, on the South America station ; passed his examination in 1830; and, having for a short period acted as Lieutenant in that vessel, and pro tem. in the SERINGAPATAM 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, returned home, and was paid off, as Mate, 9 Feb. 1832. On 6 March following Mr. Bedford entered the Admiralty Survey of Great Britain, and was employed on the coast of England until 1838. He obtained his commission on 28 June in that year; and has since been similarly engaged on the coast of Scotland - latterly, from 31 Jan. 1843, as First Lieutenant of the SHEARWATER steam-vessel, Capt. Chas. Gepp Robinson.

He married, 27 March, 1888, a daughter of Mr. Swainson, of Liverpool, by whom he has issue.

Surname: Bedford, First Names : Frederick
Birth Date : 20 Feb 1779

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 06/09/1799

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Greenwich Hospital - 23 Jun 02
Dec 1848 : GH

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : 19/12/1801 ;

Notes:

BEDFORD. (LIEUT., 1799. F-P., 10 ; H-P., 44.)

FREDERICK BEDFORD born 20 Feb. 1779, is son of the late John Bedford, Esq., of Fair Lawn, Acton, co. Middlesex.

This officer entered the Navy, 7 May, 1793, under the patronage of Admiral Sir Richard Hughes, as Captain's Servant, on board the AMERICA 64, Capt. Hon. John Rodney, whom be followed, 12 Feb. 1795, into the VENGEANCE 74, both employed on Channel service. Joining next the JASON 38, Capt. Chas. Stirling, he assisted, in company with the PIQUE 36, at the capture, 30 June. 1798, off the coast of France, after an action in which the JASON sustained a loss of 7 men killed and 11 wounded, of the French 40-gun frigate La Seine ; and on that occasion he received, as Midshipman, a gun-shot wound in the face, which almost totally deprived him of the sight of the right eye, and produced a contraction of the jaw, which still renders him unable more than partially to open his mouth.* The JASON being wrecked in the following Oct. off Brest, Mr. Bedford, with the rest of the crew, fell into the hands of the enemy, and was for several months confined in prison. On his eventual return to England, we find him, in Feb. 1799, obtaining a berth on board the CAMBRIAN 40, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge ; with whom he continued to serve in the Channel, until promoted to a Lieutenancy, 6 Sept. 1799, in LA SOPHIE 18, Capt. Geo. Burdett, on the North American station. After a brief attachment to the INVINCIBLE 74, bearing the flag in the North Sea of Rear-Admiral Thos. Totty, he was subsequently appointed, 6 May, 1801, to the DASHER 18, Capt. Geo. Tobin. On 18 June in the same year, the latter vessel having grounded, while in chase of a convoy, near Pointe d'Yeu, on the coast of La Vendée, Lieut. Bedford gallantly volunteered to continue the pursuit in the boats, but, when some miles distant from the DASHER, he received a shot from the stern-chaser of a national schooner which took off his left leg high above the knee, and instantly sank the cutter he was in. In consequence of this disaster, which deprived him of all hope of future active employment, he was obliged to return home ; and, on petitioning Earl St. Vincent for the rank of Commander, obtained, 23 June, 1802, his present appointment to Greenwich Hospital - the salary to be enjoyed independently of any pension for wounds to which he might become entitled. Notwithstanding this express specification, he was, together with Capts. Sam. Arden and Joseph Ellison, both of Greenwich Hospital, excluded from the increased pension granted in 1815 to such officers as had been promoted subsequently to the receipt of their wounds; and he has therefore only the £91. 5s. per annum, awarded him 9 Dec. 1801.

Lieut. Bedford, who is third on the list of Lieutenants, and the Senior of Greenwich Hospital, married, in 1805, Mary, second daughter of Lieut. Geo. Spearing, R.N. (1757 ),who died Senior Lieutenant of the Royal Navy in 1825, in his 97th year. By that lady he has had issue five sons and three daughters. Of the former, the eldest, Frederick, died in the West Indies, while serving as Admiralty Mate under Capt. Owen; and three others,- George Augustus, a Commander; Edward James, a Lieutenant, - and Alfred, a Midshipman, - are all in the naval service of their country. One of the daughters, Maria, is the widow of Lieut. Wm. Mayott, R.N.

* Vide Gaz. 1798, p. 651.

Surname: Bedford, First Names : Frederick George Denham
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 15/05/1876
Lieutenant: 26/11/1859

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 444a - Sealark 7 Jan 68 (Tender to ""Implacable"")
June 1879 : 503 - Triumph 2 Dec 78 CO

Surname: Bedford, First Names : George Augustus
Birth Date : 08 Feb 1809

Date promoted :
Captain: 02/01/1854
Commander: 14/09/1843

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 153 - Crocodile 22 Apr 47 for Surveying Service

Notes:

BEDFORD. (COMMANDER, 1843, F-P., 19; H-P., 5.)

GEORGE AUGUSTUS BEDFORD, born 8 Feb. 1809, is eldest son of Lieut. Fred. Bedford, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 23 Dec. 1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the INVESTIGATOR, Master Commander Geo. Thomas, employed in surveying the North Sea; became Midshipman, in Sept. 1826, of the WOLF 18, Capt. Geo. Hayes, on the Channel and Mediterranean stations; was for a short time, in 1829-30, attached to the 'VICTORY 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, at Portsmouth; passed his examination in the course of the latter year; then joined the PROTECTOR, and afterwards the FAIRY, both engaged, under Capt. Wm. Hewett, in the survey of the North Sea; obtained his first commission 19 Dec. 1831; and, on 9 Dec. 1835, assumed command of the RAVEN, employed in surveying the coast of Africa, in which vessel he continued until the close of 1838. He was advanced to his present rank 14 Sept. 1843 ; and, since 1 July, 1844, has been conducting, as Additional-Commander of the CYCLOPS and CROCODILE, the survey of the West Coast of Ireland.

He married, 13 Sept. 1839, Eliza, youngest daughter of the late Lieut. Wm. Renwick, R.N., of Greenwich Hospital.

Surname: Bedford, First Names : George Beaufort

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 05/09/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 362 - Pearl 11 Nov 67 addl for disposal
June 1879 : 552 - Crocodile 10 Jan 78

Surname: Bedford, First Names : James Frederick

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 17/08/1874
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 07/02/1870

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 323 - Minotaur 7 Feb 70 addl

Surname: Bedford, First Names : John William

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 18/12/1826

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 20 Nov 43

Notes:

BEDFORD. (LIEUTENANT, 1826.)

JOHN WILLIAM BEDFORD entered the Navy 10 March, 1817; served during the Burmese War as Midshipman of the ALLIGATOR 28, Capt. Thos. Alexander, and LARNE 20, Capt. Fred. Marryat; passed his examination in 1825; and obtained his commission 18 Dec. 1826. He was appointed, 16 June, 1842, to the NIAGARA 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, on the Lakes of Canada; assumed command, 3 April, 1843, of the MOHAWK steam-vessel, on Lake Ontario; and since 20 Nov. in the same year has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard. AGENTS-Goode and Lawrence.

Surname: Bedford, First Names : Robert Tench

Date promoted :
Captain: 05/02/1858
Commander: 16/10/1848
Lieutenant: 23/10/1841

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Queen - 22 Feb 42
June 1844 : Flag Lieut, Mediterranean ; Formidable addl - 17 May 42

Notes:

BEDFORD. (LIEUTENANT, 1841.)

ROBERT TENCH BEDFORD is brother of Lieut. D. B. Bedford, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy 1 Sept. 1827 ; passed his examination 11 Nov. 1834 ; and served as Mate of the HASTINGS 72, Capt. John Lawrence, throughout the Syrian campaign of 1840. On 2 Oct. in that year he accompanied Capt. Hen. John Worth in the attack on the castle of Beyrout, and was present with him at the gallant destruction of the train which had been laid to the magazine ; and in the course of the same day he was employed in the boats, under Capt. Fras. Decimus Hastings, in a renewed and very successful attempt made to remove the powder there located.* Since his promotion, which took place 23 Oct. 1811, at which period he was serving on board the ILLUSTRIOUS 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, on the North America and `Pest India station, Mr. Bedford's appointments have been-on 30 of the latter month, to the VANGUARD 80, Capt. Sir Dav. Dunn, in the Mediterranean-22 Feb. 1842, to the QUEEN 110, in which ship, and the FORMIDABLE 84, he officiated for a considerable time as Flag-Lieutenant on the same station to Sir Edw. W. C. It. Owen-and, 9 Dee. 1845, to the SUPERB 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, now attached to the Squadron in the Channel.

Lieut. Bedford was appointed Gentleman Usher in Residence to the Queen Dowager 2 Jan. 1846. Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 26 to.

Surname: Bedingfield, First Names : James

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 21/01/1867

Surname: Bedingfield, First Names : Norman Bernard

Date promoted :
Captain: 15/04/1862
Commander: 30/08/1856
Lieutenant: 18/11/1846

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 208 - Gladiator 19 Aug 69 CO

Notes:
Jackal, paddle - Piracy and the Slave Trade off the Coast of Africa, 1849-52. Mar 1850 Attack by boats on Factory Isle, Bonbee and Battary

Surname: Bedwell, First Names : Edward Parker

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/02/1815

Notes:

BEDWELL. (LIEUT., 1815. F-P., 9; H-P., 32.)

EDWARD PARKER BEDWELL entered the Navy, 17 Dec. 1806, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the CERES Lieut.. Commander Geo. Wastell Hooper; on removing from which ship, as Midshipman, to the CHERUB 18, Capt. Geo. Ravenshaw, he co-operated with the Swedes at the defence of Stralsund and the island of Rugen - attended the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen - and, early in 1808, proceeded with convoy to the West Indies. In Nov. following he joined L'EPERVIER 18, Capt. Alex. Nesbitt; and he continued to serve on the same station until 1812, as Master's Mate, successively, of the SNAP 16, Capt. Thos. Barclay, PERUVIAN 18, Capts. Fras. Dickinson and Amos Freeman Westropp, MERCURY 32, Capt. Westropp, and HELENA 18, Capt. Henry Montresor. During that period he assisted at the reduction of the French and Dutch islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe, the Saintes, St. Martin's, and St. Eustatius; and was also instrumental to the capture and destruction of many of the enemy's armed vessels, privateers, and merchantmen, particularly of the French national brig Le Cygne of 18 guns, which was driven on shore under the batteries of Pearl Rock, Martinique, after a contest of four hours, and ultimately annihilated ; of the Yankee American privateer, taken after a chase of 12 hours; and of the Portsea East Indiaman, recaptured by the HELENA. In Feb. 1813, soon after his return home, Mr. Bedwell joined the SUCCESS troop-ship, Capt. Thos. Barclay, and proceeded to the Chesapeake, where he witnessed, also as Master's Mate, the attack on Craney Island and Hampton. On his removal, in Dec. following, to La HOGUE 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, he served, as Midshipman at the blockade of New London. He next aided, in the boats, at the total destruction, 8th, April, 1814, near Pettipague Point, of 27 of the enemy's vessels, together with all their dockyards and stores, a service which obtained from the Commander-in-Chief a public letter of thanks ; and, on 31 May, while endeavouring, in the yawl, to destroy a ship under Long Island, he received two severe gun-shot wounds, from the effects of which he still suffers, the balls never having been extracted. We should not omit to state that, for his conduct on a previous occasion, when nearly thrown overboard during a mutiny in a prize of which he had charge to Bermuda, Mr. Bedwell had been highly complimented by Capt. Skipsey, President of the court-martial which subsequently sentenced the ringleaders. After serving for some months in the West Indies, on board LA PIQUE 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, he returned to England, and was paid off 22 July, 1815 ; antecedently to which, in 28 Feb., he had been promoted to his present rank. He has not since been employed.

Lieut. Bedwell, in consideration of his wounds, was presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. He married, 5 Nov. 1830, Harriet, daughter of the Rev. Wm. Creasy Drew, Rector of Sandingham-cum-Bavingley, and of North Runcton, co. Norfolk, by whom he has issue.

Surname: Bedwell, First Names : Frederick

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 07/07/1821

Notes:

BEDWELL. (LIEUT., 1821. F-P., 13; H-P., 24,)

FREDERICK BEDWELL entered the Navy, 8 Sept. 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the WOOLWICH, Master-Commander Rich. Turner, employed in the Mediterranean; and, from Dec. 1811, until May, 1815, as Midshipman of the GRAMPUS 50, and MARLBOROUGH, SCEPTRE, and ALBION 74's, was the constant companion of the present Sir Geo. Cockburn in all his operations at the defence of Cadiz and in the Chesapeake. We soon afterwards find him, on being appointed with the same gallant officer to the NORTHUMBERLAND 74, escorting, as Master's Mate, Napoleon Buonaparte to St. Helena. After a brief attachment, in the autumn of 1816, to the WEYMOUTH store-ship, Master-Commander Rich. Turner, he sailed on a surveying expedition to New South Wales, and, while there, was promoted into the BATHURST Sloop, Capt. Philip Parker King, 7 July, 1821. He has been on half-pay since 1823.

Surname: Beechey, First Names : Frederick William
Birth Date : 17 Feb 1796 Date Died: 29 Nov 1856

Date promoted :
Rear Adm: 11/09/1854
Captain: 08/05/1827
Commander: 25/01/1822
Lieutenant: 10/03/1815

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 11/09/1854

Notes:

BEECHEY, F.R.S., &c. (CAPTAIN, 1827. F-P., 30; H-P., 11.)

FREDERICK WILLIAM BEECHEY, born 17 Feb. 1796, is son of the late Sir Wm. Beechey, Kt.; brother of Commander Rich. Brydges Beechey, R.N. ; and brother-in-law of Lord Grantley.

This officer entered the Navy, 7 July,1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the HIBERNIA 110, bearing the flag in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent ; attained the rating of Midshipman 8 Jan. 1807 ; and, until Jan. 1808, continued to serve in the same ship with Capts. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, Wm. Bedford, John Conn, and Chas. Marsh Schomberg; under the latter of whom and the flag of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, he escorted to a certain distance the Royal Family of Portugal on its flight to the Brazils in Nov. 1807. He next, for a short period, joined, with Capt. Schomberg, the MINOTAUR 74, stationed off Lisbon ; then accompanied the same officer and Sir W. S. Smith to Rio Janeiro in the FOUDROYANT 80; and, after a further attachment with Capt. Schomberg to the PRESIDENT 50, came home with him in the ELIZABETH 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Curzon, early in 1810. Mr. Beechey subsequently served for about a fortnight in the CYANE 22, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, on the Home station; whence, having rejoined Capt. Schomberg in the ASTREA of 42 guns and 271 men, he proceeded to the Cape of Good Hope. On 20 May, 1811, when in company, off Madagascar, with the PHOEBE and GALATEA frigates, of force similar to the ASTREA, and 18-gun brig RACEHORSE, he assisted, after a long and warmly-contested action with the French 40-gun frigates Rénommée, Clorinde, and Nereide, and a loss to the ASTREA of 2 killed and 16 wounded, at the capture of the Rénommée, and, on 25 of the same month, of the Néréide and the settlement of Tamatave. He returned to England in Sept. 1812, on board the GALATEA 36, Capt. Woodley Losack; and afterwards, until the receipt of his first commission, 10 March, 1815, served in the THISBE 28, Capt. Thos. Dick, lying at Northfleet, MADAGASCAR 38, Capt. Lucius Curtis, in the Channel, VENGEUR, 74, Capt. T. R. Ricketts, and TONNANT 80, flag-ship in North America of Hon. Sir Alex. Inglis Cochrane. While attached to the VENGEUR he attended the expedition to New Orleans, and was in the boats, on 8 Jan. 1815, when they swept across the Mississippi with a body of troops, seamen, and marines, to create a diversion in favour of the general attack on the American lines. As Lieutenant, Mr. Beechey's appointments appear to have been - 13 Sept. 1815, to the NIGER 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, on the North American station - 14 Jan. 1818, to the TRENT hired brig, Lieut.-Commander, now Sir John, Franklin, whom he accompanied in a Northern expedition under Capt. David Buchan * - 22 Jan. 1819, to the HECLA sloop. Lieut.-Commander Wm. Edw. Parry, in which he penetrated to long. 113° 54' 43" W. within the Arctic Circle, and re-ceived in consequence a Parliamentary reward of £200. - and, 23 Jan. 1821, to the ADVENTURE Sloop, Capt. Wm. Henry Smyth. On 5 Nov. following, having been appointed, in conjunction with his bro-ther, Mr. Henry W. Beechey, to co-operate with the last-named vessel in conducting overland a survey of the North Coast of Africa, he set out from Tripoli for that purpose. The results of his researches, which extended as far eastward as Derna, and lasted until 25 July, 1832, have been fully detailed by Capt. Beechey in his 'Proceedings of the Expedition to explore the Northern Coast of Africa from Tripoli eastward, in 1821-2 ; comprehending an Account of the Greater Syrtis and Cyrenaica, and of the ancient Cities composing the Pentapolis.'

He was advanced to the rank of Commander 25 Jan. 1322; and, on 7 Jan. 1825, received an appointment to the BLOSSOM 24, fitting at Woolwich for a voyage of disco-very, via Cape Horn, to Bering Strait, there to act in concert with the contemporaneous and differently- directed expeditions of Capts. Franklin and Parry in their efforts to ascertain the existence of a north- west passage. During the three years and a half of Capt. Beechey's absence from England, he took formal possession in the Pacific of the islands called Gambier's Group ; discovered five others, to which he gave the names of Harrow, Cockburn, Byam Mar-tin, Croker, and Melville passed Bering Strait, and penetrated, in Aug. 1826, to a point northward of Icy Cape, whence the BLOSSOM'S barge, under Mr. Thos. Elson, the Master, reached lat. 71° 23' 31" N., and long. 156 21' 30" W., only 146 miles from the extreme of Franklin's explorations on his progress westward from the Mackenzie River; afterwards examined the sea eastward of Loo-choo, where he rediscovered the Ylas del Arzobispo; and, on again visiting the frozen regions in the summer of 1827, entered for the first time a spacious and important haven to the south-eastward of Cape Prince of Wales, leading into a secure inner harbour, well adapted for repairing ships, to which he respectively assigned the names of Port Clarence and Grantley Harbour. The BLOSSOM at length, after traversing 73,000 miles and rendering the most essential service to the science of navigation, arrived at Spithead in Sept. 1828, bringing with her the Right Hon. Robt. Gordon, late H.M. Ambassador at the court of Brazils, and remittances from different ports in the Pacific to an amount exceeding 1,500,000 dollars. She was paid off at Woolwich 12 Oct. following. Capt. Beechey, who had been advanced to Post-rank 8 May, 1827, has published a history of the proceedings to which we have here alluded, in his Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Bering Strait, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions in 1825-8.' His appointments, since, have been - 25 Sept. 1835, to the SULPHUR 8, for the purpose of surveying the coast of South America, whence his health obliged him to return in the autumn of 1836 - and, 18 July, 1837, 7 May, 1840, and 16 March, 1841, to the AFRICAN, LUCIFER, and FIREFLY, steam-vessels, in which he has been continuously employed in surveying the coast of Ireland.

Capt. Beechey married, in Dec. 1828, Charlotte, youngest daughter of Lieut.-Colonel John Stapleton, of Thorpe Lee, and sister-in-law of the late Bishop of Oxford, by whom he has issue.

* See 'A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, performed in H.M. Ships DOROTHEA and TRENT, under the command of Capt. David Buchan, 1818,' &c., published by Capt. Beechey in 1843.

Surname: Beechey, First Names : Frederick William
Birth Date : 17 Feb 1796

Date promoted :
Captain: 08/05/1827

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Firefly - 16 Mar 44
Dec 1848 : 306 - Impregnable 1 Jan 49 addl for Surveying Service

Surname: Beechey, First Names : Richard Brydges
Birth Date : 17 May 1808
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 01/01/1857
Commander: 31/03/1846
Lieutenant: 15/09/1828

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Vice Adm: 15/06/1879
Captain: 02/07/1864

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 153 - Crocodile 22 Apr 47 for Surveying Service
June 1870 : NP - 21 Mar 1867

Notes:

BEECHEY. (COMMANDER, 1846. F.P., 21; H-P., 5.)

RICHARD BRYDGES BEECHEY, born 11 May, 1808, is brother of Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey, R.N. This officer entered the Royal Naval College 1 March, 1821 ; and embarked, in June, 1822, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ESPIEGLE 18, Capt. Henry Theodosius Browne Collier, on the Home station. He next joined the OWEN GLENDOWER 42, Capt. Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer, employed on a Particular Service, and SERINGAPATAM 46, Capt. Sam. Warren, in the West Indies; and, on 2 April, 1823, rejoined Sir R. C. Spencer, as Midshipman, in the NAIAD 46. In that frigate Mr. Beechey served, in 1824, at the blockade of Algiers, and, while on the Coast of Barbary, took part in several boat expeditions, especially in the cutting out of a vessel laden with grain from under the forts of Bona. He next became attached, for passage home, to the PHAETON 42, Capt. Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt; and, in March, 1825, joined the BLOSSOM 24, commanded by his brother, Capt. F. W. Beechey, with whom he proceeded on a voyage of discovery to the Pacific, and thence to Bering Strait, for the purpose of co-operating in the Polar expeditions of Capts. Parry and Franklin. On his return to England Mr. Beechey was promoted, immediately on passing his examination, into the MADAGASCAR 46, Capt. Sir R. C. Spencer, on the Mediterranean station, 15 Sept. 1828. After a short servitude on board the AETNA bomb, Capt. Stephen Lushington, he was further appointed - 1 May, 1829, to the BELVIDERA 46, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, on the Home station - and, 2 April, 1831, to the CURACOA 24, Capt. David Dunn, forming one of an experimental squadron. He invalided soon afterwards, but, taking part in 1835 in the Survey of Ireland, continued to be employed on that service, latterly with his name on the books of the TARTARUS steam-vessel, Capts. Horatio Thos. Austin and Jas. Wolfe, until advanced to the rank he now holds, 3l March, I846. He is at present on half-pay.

Commander Beechey married Frideswide Maria Moore, eldest daughter of Robt. Smyth, Esq., of Portlick Castle, co. Westmeath,

Surname: Beer, First Names : Christopher
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 10/11/1813

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 18/08/1856

Notes:

BEER. (LIEUTENANT, 1813. F-P., 10 ; H-P., 32.)

CHRISTOPHER BEER entered the Navy, 25 March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the SURINAM Sloop, Capts. Alex. Shippard and John Lake; attained the rating of Midshipman 16 March, 1806 ; and after serving in the Channel, and for some time in the Leeward Islands, as Mate and Acting-Master, returned home, in Sept. 1809, with the latter officer, in the FELICITE 16. He then joined the ORPHEUS 36, Capt. Pat. Tonyn ; and, on 13 Jan. 1810, became attached to the RALEIGH 18, Capts. Geo. Sayer, John Sheridan, and Geo. Wastell Hooper, under the first of whom he aided in capturing two privateers, and, on 23 May in the same year, participated, off the Skawe, in company with the ALBAN and PRINCESS OF WALES cutters, in the RALEIGH'S engagement with seven Danish gun-vessels, one of which was blown up and the others dispersed with great loss. In Jan. 1812, Mr. Beer was appointed to the GARLAND 22, Capts. Wm. Huskisson and Rich. Plummer Davies, on the Jamaica station, where, on 10 April, 1813, he received an acting order as Lieutenant of the SHARK 16, Capt. John Gore, to which sloop he was confirmed 10 Nov. following. He removed with Capt. Gore, 23 July, 1814, to the EMULOUS 16, but invalided home in Feb. 1815 ; and since that period has been on half-pay.

Surname: Beer, First Names : George Leonard

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 06/11/1848

Surname: Beer, First Names : Thomas
Birth Date : 18 Aug 1787

Date promoted :
Commander: 29/07/1825

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

Notes:

BEER. (COMMANDER, 1825. F-P., 23; H-P., 26.)

THOMAS BEER was born 18 Aug. 1787, at Stoke, near Plymouth.

This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ROYAL SOVEREIGN 100, bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Alan Gardner, and afterwards of Sir Hen. Harvey, under whom, latterly as Midshipman, he continued to serve until April, 1802. In May following he became attached to the AURORA 28, Capt. Micajah Malbon, on the Newfoundland station, and, in Dec. 1803, joined the MONTAGU 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway. During an employment of five years in the latter ship he was present, in 1805, in Admiral Cornwallis's attack on the French fleet close in with Brest harbour, when the MONTAGU exchanged fire with L'Alexandre, a French 80-gun ship; assisted at the evacuation of Scylla in 1808; and, subsequently, co-operated with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia. Mr. Beer, in Nov. 1808, removed to the OCEAN 98, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Lord Collingwood; became Acting-Lieutenant, 13 Jan. 1809, of the WARRIOR 74, Capt. John Wm. Spranger; participated, in Oct. following, in the reduction of Zante, Cephalonia, and their dependencies; received an Admiralty commission 4 May, 1810; and, on 23 April, 1811, was appointed to the MARTIN 18, Capts. John Evans and Humphrey Fleming Senhouse. With the latter officer he proceeded to North America, and, on 29 July, 1813, was on board the MARTIN during a critical action, when aground in Delaware Bay, with a flotilla of American gun-boats, 10 in number, who however ultimately retired without effecting any serious mischief. He next, on 4 Feb. 1814, assumed command of the BREAM schooner in the Bay of Fundy, and there served until placed on half-pay in Sept. following. From 26 July, 1821, until his advancement to his present rank, 29 July, 1825, he continued, as Lieutenant of the SEVERN 50, and Supernumerary of the RAMILLIES 74, to be actively employed, on the Kentish coast, under Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, in the suppression of smuggling. He has not since held any official occupation.

Surname: Bees, First Names : William Stokes

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 15/10/1868

Surname: Beeves, First Names : John Milward (Mate)

Date promoted :

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Notes:
18 - 19 Aug 1845 - In Malluda Bay to attack pirate chief Seriff Osman

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

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/02/1875
Midshipman: 18/12/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 373 - Phœbe 2 Aug 69 addl
June 1879 : 038 - Argus 16 Jun 76

Surname: Belcher, First Names : Edward, KCB, (Kt)
Birth Date : 1799 Date Died: 1870
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Vice Adm: 02/04/1866
Rear Adm: 06/05/1861
Captain: 06/05/1841

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 06/05/1861

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Samarang - 18 Nov 42
June 1844 : Samarang - 18 Nov 42

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : 13/03/1847 ;

Notes:

BELCHER, Kt., C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S. (CAPT., 1841. F-P., 28 ; H-P., 7.)

SIR EDWARD BELCHER, born in 1799, is second son of Andrew Belcher, Esq., formerly of Roehampton ; grandson of Wm. Belcher, Esq., Chief Justice, and afterwards Governor, of Halifax; and great-grandson of Jonathan Belcher, Esq., Governor of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New Jersey.

This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ABERCROMBY 74, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, on the Home station; attained the rating of Midshipman 2 Dec. 1812 ; removed for a few weeks, in Feb. 1814, to the SALVADOR DEL MUNDO, Capt. Robt. Hall, employed at Plymouth; then became attached to the BELLEROPHON 74, flag-ship at Newfoundland of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats; rejoined Capt. Fahie, in Jan. 1815, on board the MALTA 84, part of the force subsequently engaged at the defence of Gaeta; was next, in Nov. following, transferred to the SUPERB 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, with whom he fought at the battle of Algiers, 27. Aug. 1816; and afterwards, until the receipt of his first commission, bearing date 21 July, 1818, served in the SYBILLE 44, and SALISBURY 50, flag-ships at Jamaica of Rear-Admirals Sir Home Popham and John Erskine Douglas, and PHAETON 46, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon, at Portsmouth. On 11 March, 1819, Mr. Belcher was appointed to the MYRMIDON sloop, Capt. Henry John Leeke, fitting for the African station, whence he invalided in April, 1820. He resumed his active duties, in Sept. 1821, on board the SALISBURY, commanded at the time by Capt. Wm. Maude, with whom he served for three years on the Halifax station; and, on 18 April, 1825, he was selected to act as Assistant-Surveyor to Capt. Frederick Wm. Beechey, in the BLOSSOM 24, then about to sail to Bering Strait on a voyage of discovery, the outlines of which have been given under the head of "Capt. Beechey." His promotion to the rank of Commander took place 16 March, 1829, while serving on board the SOUTHAMPTON 52, flag-ship in the East Indies of Rear-Admiral Edw. W. C. R. Owen; after which we find him commanding, from 27 May, 1830, until 10 Sept. 1833, the AETNA surveying-vessel, on the coast of Africa, also in the River Douro for the protection of British property during the hostilities between Pedro and Miguel, and next in the Mediterranean - and, from 9 Nov. 1836, until 2 Aug. 1842, the SULPHUR, another surveying-vessel, chiefly employed in South America and the East Indies. During the latter part of that period Capt. Belcher figured conspicuously in the various scenes connected with the war in China. On 7 Jan. 1841, he united in the vigorous operations put into force against the enemy's forts at Chuenpee, and in the course of the same day he admirably effected the destruction, with the NEMESIS and the boats of the CALLIOPE, of 11 out of 13 war-junks.* He next, on 27 Feb., acquired the cordial thanks of Sir Gordon Bremer for the gallantry he displayed (the SULPHUR being the leading ship) in an attack made by a squadron under Sir Thos. Herbert on the Chinese camp, fort, and ship Cambridge, mounting in the whole 98 guns, at their position below Whampoa Reach. † During the advance of the British on Canton, we find the SULPHUR in company with three of the WELLESLEY'S boats, destroying, on 2 March, near Whampoa, a masked battery, armed with 25 guns, and manned by about 250 chosen Tartar troops; ‡ 11 days after which exploit her Captain again acquired much credit for his zeal at the capture of several rafts, and of the last fort protecting the approaches to Canton. § Capt. Belcher also distinguished himself by his great zeal at the ensuing reduction of that city, and indeed he appears to have been altogether indefatigable in the laborious duties of sounding and exploring the various inlets through which the ships were carried in their previous progress up the Canton River.** On 23 of the following May, at the onset of the operations which immediately preceded the second capture of the same city, Capt. Belcher, by a most spirited and judicious reconnaissance, established the practicability of effecting a landing of the troops at a point which had been previously selected by Sir Hugh Gough for that purpose. The value of his services on the occasion was warmly attested both by the last-mentioned officer and Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse.*** On the same day he caused the self-destruction of 28 of the enemy's vessels, and, having landed with a party at a mandarin temple at Tsingpoo, he spiked and threw into the sea 5 small guns.**** In such high esteem were Capt. Belcher's services held, that he was awarded a Post-commission 6 May, 1841, the decoration of a C.B. 14 Oct. following, and the honour of Knighthood 21 Jan. 1843. Having been in further command, since 18 Nov. 1842, of the SAMARANG 26, employed on surveying service in the East Indies, he at length returned home and was paid off in Jan. 1847.

Sir Edw. Belcher's well-known 'Narrative of a Voyage round the World, performed in H.M.S. SULPHUR, during the years 1836-42,' will fully develop the nature of his very important services during the period the volume embraces. To this officer we have also to ascribe the authorship of a ' Treatise on Nautical Surveying.' He married, 11 Sept. 1830, Diana Jolliffe, granddaughter of Colonel Simpson, of Plean House. Falkirk, and stepdaughter of the late gallant Capt. Peter Heywood, R.N., who was in the unfortunate mutiny on board the BOUNTY. AGENTS-Messrs. Ommanney.

* Vide Gaz. 1841 pp. 1162, 1222.
† Vide. Gaz. 1841, p.1501.
‡ Vide Gaz. 1841, p 1425.
§ Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 1503.
** Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1429, 1504.
*** Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 2496, 2509.
**** Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 2504.

Samarang, 26 - 1844 Piracy on the Coasts of Borneo ; arrives back at Sarawak to assist Keppel ; Piracy on the Coasts of Borneo ; 3 - 4 Jun 1844 taught a severe lesson to some pirates off Gillolo, who attacked them while they were making observations on shore

Surname: Belches, First Names : Peter

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 17/04/1827

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

Notes:

Transferred to another retirement scheme 20 May 1877

BELCHES. (LIEUTENANT, 1827.)
PETER BELCHES entered the Navy 2 Feb. 1812. While serving as Master's Mate on board the PRIMROSE 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, he was severely wounded in a mistaken encounter with a British packet, 12. March, 1814, and was for some time, in consequence, confined to Plymouth Hospital. He passed his examination in 1818; was promoted, 17 April, 1827, into the VOLAGE 28, Capts. Robt. Tait and Michael Seymour; and since March, 1828, has been on half-pay. He holds, at present, the appointment of Harbour Master of the port of Albany, in Western Australia. AGENTS - Messrs. Ommanney.

Surname: Belgrave, First Names : Thomas

Date promoted :
Commander: 14/02/1848
Lieutenant: 01/11/1843

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Excellent - 6 Dec 43
June 1844 : Excellent - 6 Dec 43
Dec 1848 : 414 - Nimrod 23 May 48 CO

Notes:

BELGRAVE. (LIEUT., 1843. F-P., 16; H-P., 1.)
THOMAS BELGRAVE is eldest son of the Rev. Thos. Belgrave, Rector of North Kilworth, Co. Leicester.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 March, 1830, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the CURLEW 10, Capts. Geo. Woollcombe and Henry Dundas Trotter, employed in suppressing the slave-trade on the west coast of Africa, where he witnessed the capture, in 1833, of the piratical schooner Panda. He next served, as Midshipman, in the FLAMER steam-vessel, Lieut.- Commander Chas. Wm. Griffith Griffin, in the West Indies, HARRIER 18, Capt. Wm. Henry Hallowell Carew, in South America, and NORTH STAR 18, Capt. Octavius Vernon Harcourt, on the same station; passed his examination 2 Nov. 1836 ; and was subsequently employed as Mate, on the South American, Home, and Mediterranean stations, of the SAMARANG 28, Capt. Wm. Broughton, DUBLIN 50, Capt. Robt. Tait, EXCELLENT gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, RODNEY 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, and LIZARD steamer, Lieut.-Commanders Walter Grimstone Bucknall Estcourt and Chas. Jas. Postle. He was in the RODNEY at the blockade of Alexandria in 1840, and on board the LIZARD when run down and sunk by the French steamer Véloce, 24 July, 1843. His appointments, since his promotion, which took place on 1 Nov. in the latter year, have been - 6 Dec. 1843, again to the EXCELLENT - 30 Aug. 1844, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the ECLAIR steam-sloop, Capt. W. G. B. Estcourt, on the coast of Africa - 7 Jan. 1845, in a similar capacity, to the VINDICTIVE 50, flag-ship in North America and the West Indies of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen - and, 14 Aug. 1845, to the PRESIDENT 50, as Flag-Lieutenant to his father-in-law, Rear Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, at the Cape of Good Hope.
Lieut. Belgrave married, 24 Sept. 1845, Charlotte, daughter of Rear-Admiral Dacres.

Surname: Bell, First Names : Charles

Date promoted :
Commander: 23/07/1830

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Hazard - 29 Sep 41
June 1844 : Hazard - 29 Sep 41
Notes:

BELL. (COMMANDER, 1830. F-P., 16; H-P., 17.)
CHARLES BELL died in 1844. He was second son of the late Matthew Bell, Esq., of Woolsington, High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1797, by Sarah Frances, daughter of Chas. J. Brandling, Esq., of Gosforth House, in that co., formerly M.P. for Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; next brother of the present Matthew Bell, Esq., of Woolsington, M.P for the southern division of Northumberland, and a Deputy Lieutenant ; and brother-in-law of Sir John Jas. Walsham, Bart., of Knill Court, co. Hereford. This officer entered the Navy, 2 May, 1812, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the BULWARK 74, Capt. Jas. Andrew Worth, bearing the flag in Basque Roads of Sir Philip Chas. Durham; served, from Dec. 1813, to March, 1814, latterly as Midshipman, in the PORCUPINE 24, and SURVEILLANTE 38, both commanded by Capt. Robt. Elliott, on tile north coast of Spain ; afterwards joined the EUROTAS 38 Capts. Robt. Bloye and Jas. Lillicrap, cruizing off Cork; was next, between July, 1815, and Jan. 1818, transferred, in succession, to the SEVERN 40, Capt. Joseph Nourse, MALTA 80, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and TIGRIS 36, Capt. Robt. Henderson, on the Home station; and then sailed for the East Indies in the LIVERPOOL 40, Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier, under whom we find him, in Jan. 1820, actively employed against the pirates of the Persian Gulf; where Ras-al-Khyma, their principal resort and head-quarters, was taken, the fortifications destroyed, all their vessels burnt or sunk, and a large quantity of treasure seized. In May, 1821, Mr. Bell returned home, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the ALLIGATOR, Capt. Jas. Wilkie; and, on 9 Nov. following, he was officially promoted. He subsequently joined the REVENGE 76, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Harry Burrard Neale, 20 March, 1823; served from 16 Nov. 1826, until Oct. 1827, on board the ARIADNE 26, Capt. Adolphus FitzClarence, on the same station ; then removed to the CAMBRIAN 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, in time to act a part in the battle of Navarin; and was finally wrecked, 31 Jan. 1828. He obtained a second promotal commission 23 July, 1830 ; and, from 29 Sept. 1841, until the period of his death, commanded the HAZARD 18, on the East India station.
Commander Bell married, first, his cousin, Mary, youngest daughter of the Rev. Ralph Henry Brandling, of Gosforth House, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for the Cos. of York (W. R.), Northumberland, and Durham; and, secondly, another cousin, Rachel, fourth daughter of Robt. Wm. Brandling, Esq., of Low Gosforth, barrister-at-law. AGENTS.- Hallett and Robinson.

Surname: Bell, First Names : Charles Edwaard
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 19/05/1870

Surname: Bell, First Names : Christopher, CB

Date promoted :
Captain: 07/02/1812
Notes:

BELL, C.B. REAR-ADMIRAL, 1846. F-P„ 16 ; H-P., 35.)
CHRISTOPHER BELL is brother-in-law of Lieut. Chas. Cotesworth, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the CLYDE 38, Capt. Chas. Cunningham. He continued to serve in that frigate, in the Channel, North Sea, and off the Western Islands, for the space of six years, and on 20 Aug. 1799, when off the Cordovan light-house, assisted at the capture, after a gallant engagement of nearly two hours, of the French frigate La Vestale, of 36 guns and 230 men, of whom 10 were killed and 22 wounded, - the British losing only 2 killed and 3 wounded. He passed his examination in April, 1802 ; sailed in July following for the Jamaica station in the CHICHESTER store-ship, Capt. Stevens; was there promoted, 20 Oct. in the same year, from the LEVIATHAN 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, into the SHARK 18, Capt. J. B. Herring; and afterwards joined, 5 Oct. 1803, and 16 Sept. 1804, the MAGNANIME 18, Capt. Edw. Hawker, and LA PIQUE 36, Capt. Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross. In command of the tender belonging to the latter ship, Lieut. Bell, on 26 March, 1806, aided in taking the two French 16-gun brigs Phaeton and Voltigeur; and, on 1 Nov. ensuing, as First of LA PIQUE, with her barge and two other boats under his orders, he succeeded, without the loss of a man, in cutting out from the harbour of Cabaret, Porto Rico, a fine new Spanish brig, pierced for 12 guns, and completely destroying a 3-gun battery at its entrance.* While subsequently employed ashore on the south side of St. Domingo, he received a severe wound in an attack made by the natives on his party, and in consequence, we believe, was presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. We next find him appointed, 13 March, 1807, to the acting-command of the SHARK receiving-ship at Port Royal, from which he was confirmed, 1 April, 1808, into the 14-gun brig PHIPPS. On 16 Nov. 1810, Capt. Bell, who had previously chased a lugger-privateer close under Calais, fell in with two others, one of which, Le Barbier de Séville, of 16 guns and 60 men, on being brought to close action, was gallantly boarded, and in a few minutes carried, by Lieut. Robt. Tryon, at the head of a party of seamen, one of whom was killed, and the Lieutenant himself dangerously wounded. The enemy lost 6 killed and 11 wounded; and the prize, from the well-directed fire she had sustained, sank soon after the engagement.** For this achievement Capt. Bell, as were his officers and crew, was honoured with the approbation of the Admiralty. He removed, 19 June, 1811, to the command of the MOSQUITO, a first-class sloop, but was superseded on advancement to Post-rank, 7 Feb. 1812, and not afterwards employed. His nomination to the C.B. took place 4 July, 1840, and his elevation to the rank he now holds 1 Oct. 1846.

Surname: Bell, First Names : George Robert
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 03/02/1855

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 359 - Pallas 31 May 70 addl for Coast Guard Service as Inspecting Officer of Division at Dundalk

Surname: Bell, First Names : John James Frushard
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 21/04/1866

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 580 - Cockatrice 5 Jul 69
June 1879 : 163 - Duncan 26 Apr 78 ; Flag Staff; Flag Lieut to Flag Officer Sheerness

Surname: Bell, First Names : Laurence Anthony

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 07/02/1863

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 12/08/1875

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 106 - Challenger 11 Apr 66

Surname: Bell, First Names : Lewis Knox
Qualified in: Gunnery: Torpedoes: Navigation: N

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 25/07/1877

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 079 - Britannia [Cadet under training]
June 1879 : 174 - Encounter 17 Sep 78 (N)

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : 11/02/1879 ;

Surname: Bell, First Names : William

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 09/03/1859

Surname: Bellairs, First Names : John Henry

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 30/09/1813

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 23/05/1856

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 25 Sep 37
June 1844 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 25 Sep 37
Notes:

BELLAIRS. (LIEUT., 1813. F-P., 18; H-P., 26.)
JOHN HENRY BELLAIRS is brother of Lieut. W. T, Bellairs, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 Oct. 1803, as Midshipman, on board the GOLIATH 74, Capt. Chas. Brisbane, employed on the Home station, and, in May, 1805, accompanied that gallant officer into the ARETHUSA 38. Proceeding in the latter ship to the West Indies, he assisted, in company with the ANSON, at the capture, 23 Aug. 1806, near the Havana, after a spirited action, in which the ARETHUSA had 2 men killed and 32 wounded, of the Pomona, Spanish frigate, of 38 guns and 347 men, laden with specie and merchandize, and defended by a castle mounting 11 36-pounders, and a flotilla of 10 gun-boats, all of which were destroyed ; and, in Jan. 1807, was present at the brilliant reduction of Curacoa. In Oct. following Mr. Bellairs returned home, as a Supernumerary, in the CHICHESTER store-ship, Capt. Jas. Tait ; and after an attachment of a few weeks to the AETNA bomb, lying in the Thames, became Master's Mate, in April, 1808, of the BONNE CITOYENNE 20, Capts. John Thompson and Wm. Mounsey, under whom we find him engaged in active co-operation with the patriots on the coast of Spain. Joining, in June, 1809, the CALEDONIA 120, bearing the flags successively of Admiral Lord Gambier and of Rear-Admirals Fras. Pickmore and Sir Harry Neale, he commanded the gun-boats Nos. 1 and 4, of the red division, under Capts. Philip Carteret and Rich. Plummer Davies, during the ensuing expedition to the Scheldt; and, from April to Aug. 1810, at which period he passed his examination, was employed, as Master's Mate, with the flotilla at the defence of Cadiz. He removed with Sir Harry Neale, in April, 1811, to the BOYNE 98, from which ship he was transferred, on 12 June, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the POMPEE 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, off L'Orient. Being superseded, however, in the following August, he served, as Midshipman, in the ULYSSES 44, off Jersey and Lisbon, IMPETUEUX 74, bearing the flags of Admirals Brown and Geo. Martin, and STATELY 64, Capt. Chas. Inglis, until at length promoted, 30 Sept. 1813, into the SAN JUAN 74, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Linzee, then at Gibraltar. He invalided home in March, 1814, and continued unemployed until 25 Sept. 1837, when he accepted an appointment in the Coast Guard, which he resigned in 1845. He has since been unemployed.
Lieut. Bellairs is the original inventor of a plan for distinguishing steam-vessels of all nations by a code of coloured lights. He is married, and has issue.

Surname: Bellairs, First Names : Walford Thomas

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 12/05/1819

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Admiralty Agent Contract Mail Steam Vessel - 12 Jan 42
June 1844 : Admiralty Agent Contract Mail Steam Vessel - 11 Jun 44
Dec 1848 : Contract Mail Steam Vessels 11 Jun 44
Notes:

BELLAIRS. (LIEUT., 1819. F-P., 19; a-P., 19.)
WALFORD THOMAS BELLAIR5 is brother of Lieut. J. H. Bellairs, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 23 March, 1809, and embarked, 24 March, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ASIA 74, Capt. Geo. Scott, employed off Cherbourg and in the West Indies. From Jan. 1814, until the receipt of his commission. which bears date 12 May, 1819, he served as Midshipman and Acting-Lieutenant, on the latter, and on the Home, Mediterranean, and North American stations, of the ROTA 38, Capt. Philip Somerville, THAIS 20, Capt. Henry Weir, ALBION 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, ORONTES 36, Capt. Nat. Day Cochrane, LEANDER 50, commanded by Capt. Edw. Chetham, at the battle of Algiers, and afterwards flag-ship of Sir David Milne, and GRASSHOPPER 18, Capt. Henry Forbes. he obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 18 May, 1838, and since 12 Jan. 1842 - with the exception of a few months in 1844, when he belonged to the OCEAN 80, guardship at Sheerness, Capt. Peter Fisher - has been employed as Admiralty Agent in a Contract Mail steam-vessel.
Lieut. Bellairs is married. AGENTS - Messrs. Ommanney.

Surname: Bellamy, First Names : Joseph Hughes

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 10/03/1827

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 31 May 38
June 1844 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 31 May 38
Dec 1848 : 015 - Agincourt 28 Jan 48
Notes:

BELLAMY. (LIEUTENANT, 1827.)
JOSEPH HUGHES BELLAMY is eldest son of Geo. Bellamy, Esq., of Plymouth.
This officer entered the Navy 24 April, 1815; passed his examination in 1822 ; obtained his commission 10 March, 1827 ; served, from 26 Oct. 1830, until superseded, 21 Dec. 1831, in the REVENGE 78, Capts. Jas. Hillyar and Donald Hugh Mackay, on the Lisbon station; joined the Coast Guard, 31 May, 1838; and since 10 June, 1845, has been employed at Devonport on board the CALEDONIA 120, Capt. Manly Hall Dixon.
He married, in 1837, Mary, only daughter of Richard Newton, Esq. AGENT - J. Chippendale.

Surname: Bellett, First Names : Edward John
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 22/03/1864

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 058 - Barrosa 9 Jun 69
June 1879 : 175 - Endymion addl for Coast Guard Service 11 Dec 76 ; Wells

Surname: Bellis, First Names : George

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 24/07/1841

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

Notes:
1849 Missing from the Navy List

Surname: Belsey, First Names : Henry
Birth Date : 10 May 1780

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 21/03/1812
Notes:

BELSEY. (LIEUT., 1812. F-P., 18 ; H-P., 30.)
HENRY BELSEY, born 10 May, 1790, at Dover, co. Kent, is nephew, maternally, of Capt. Geo. Sayer, R. N.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 Feb. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ULYSSES 44, armée en flûte, commanded by his uncle Capt. Sayer; removed, in Feb. 1800, to the REGULUS 44, Capt. Thos. Pressland; and, on attending the expedition to Egypt, in 1801, assisted at the landing of the troops, was much employed at the signals, and, from constant night-duty in an armed flat-bottomed boat on the river Nile, caught the plague. The REGULUS subsequently conveyed the remains of the French army to Marseilles, and was paid off at the peace. In May, 1804, Mr. Belsey joined the TARTARUS bomb, Capts. Fras. Temple, Mauritius Adolphus Newton De Starck, and Thos. Withers, and, on that vessel being wrecked on Margate sands in Dec. following, rendered himself particularly useful in conveying away a body of prisoners. On the same occasion he narrowly escaped a watery grave, in consequence of a boat he was in being struck by a heavy sea and dashed to pieces against the side of the ship. He was immediately after the catastrophe voluntarily entered by Capt. Thos. Bayley as a Midshipman on board, the INFLEXIBLE 64, in which ship he continued to serve until June, 1805, when, owing to her having been run foul of by the ST. ALBANS 64, he was transferred to the ELEPHANT 74, Capt. Geo. Dundas. Proceeding then to the West Indies, Mr. Belsey, on 23 Jan. 1807, had the good fortune to rescue in a boat from off the bowsprit of the ORPHEUS, when that frigate was wrecked, her Captain, the present Sir Thos. Briggs; and he was on board the ELEPHANT when she subsequently grounded off the Havana, and was only got off after an intense labour of 12 hours, all her water having been previously started, and the shot and 68 of the guns thrown overboard. Between July, 1807, at which period he returned home with convoy, and Aug. 1810, we find him serving, chiefly as Master's Mate, in the BULWARK 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, LITTLE BELT 18, Capt., John Crispo, and GUERRIERE 40, Capt. David Lloyd, on the Cadiz, African, and Halifax stations; and during that period acquiring the high praise of Capt. Crispo for the strict attention to his duty when the LITTLE BELT was dismasted and obliged to put into port. He then served for nearly two years as Acting-Lieutenant of the HALIFAX 18, Capt. Alex. Fraser, and, in the early part of 1811, was detached in command of a detained American tender in a very leaky condition to Halifax, which port, after encountering desperate weather, he only succeeded in reaching through a series of the most skilful manoeuvres. Being at length officially promoted, by commission dated 21 March, 1812, Mr. Betsey next joined, for short periods, the BOLD 10, ECHO 18, and BERMUDA 10, Capts. John Skekel, Thos. Perceval, and Wm. Wolrige, on the Channel and Lisbon stations, from the latter of which vessels he invalided 6 April, 1815. He subsequently held a command in the Coast Guard, from 4 Dec. 1827, until 6 July, 1833; and, while so employed, succeeded in effecting two seizures, and was on one occasion nearly drowned by the capsizing of a boat. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Belsey married, 15 Nov. 1813, Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Capt. Cooke, by whom he has issue nine children. He resided, with permission, from 1816 to 1820, in the Telegraph House near Barham; and, since 1837, has been dwelling in the Semaphore House, at Chatsford Head, Winchester. AGENTS-Goode and Lawrence.

Surname: Belson, First Names : Berkeley George Albert
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 11/08/1862

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 366 - Pembroke 16 Mar 70

Surname: Belson, First Names : Henry Fage

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 07/03/1808

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 18/01/1845
Notes:

BELSON. RETIRED COMMANDER, 1845. F-P., 21 ; H-P., 26.)
HENRY FAGE BELSON entered the Navy, 18 Dec. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the RUBY 64, Capt. Solomon Ferris, lying in the Downs; accompanied that officer, the year following, into the THUNDERER 74; and, after serving for a few months in the LEANDER 50, bearing the flag of Sir Andrew Mitchell in North America, there attained the rating of Midshipman, 1 Dec. 1802, in the LILY 16, Copt. Wm. Compton. He afterwards became successively attached to the DRIVER Sloop, CAMBRIAN 40, Capts. John Poo Beresford, John Nairne, and Peter Puget (in which ship he assisted at the capture, 13 June and 3 July, 1805, of the privateers Maria, of 14 guns and 60 men, and Matilda, of 20 guns and 95 men), and THESEUS 74, Capt. J. P. Beresford, employed in the Channel and off Ferrol. He was made Lieutenant, 7 March, 1808, into the VULTURE sloop, Capts. Joseph Pearce and Martin White, on the Jersey station, and subsequently received the following appointments:- 31 Dec. 1803, to the DIOMEDE 50, flag-ship off Guernsey of Rear-Admiral D'Auvergne, Duke de Bouillon, in which he afterwards proceeded to the East Indies - 15 April, 1812, as First, to the BRITON 38, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, serving in the Channel and off Bordeaux - 14 Jan. 1814, to the ULYSSES 44, Capt. Thos. Browne, fitting at Plymouth - 11 Feb. 1814, to the SYBILLE 44, Capt. Thos. Forrest, from which frigate, after cruizing off Madeira, and proceeding to Greenland in search of the American Commodore, John Rodgers, he was paid off, 18 April, 1815 - 29 Oct. 1819, again as Senior Lieutenant, to the PHAETON 46, Capt. Aug. Wm. Montagu, on the Halifax station, which ship was placed out of commission 23 Sept. 1822 - and, 17 Dec. 1825, in the same capacity. to the PRINCE REGENT 120, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Robt. Moorsom. He was superseded in 1827 ; subsequently commanded, from 30 Aug. 1330, to April, 1833, the CONFIANCE steam-vessel 2, on the Falmouth station ; and, on 1S Jan. 1845, was placed on the list of Retired Commanders.

Surname: Belson, First Names : Henry George

Date promoted :
Commander: 16/02/1864
Lieutenant: 23/05/1854

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 367 - Penelope 30 Mar 70 addl for Coast Guard Service as Inspecting Officer of Division at Sheerness

Surname: Bendyshe, First Names : John
Birth Date : 10 Apr 1791

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 11/11/1811
Notes:

BENDYSHE. (LIEUT., 1811. F-P., 11 ; H-P., 31.)
JOHN BENDYSHE, born 10 April, 1791, is son and successor of the late Rich. Bendyshe, Esq., of Barrington, co. Cambridge, by Jane, daughter of John Jervis, Esq., of Darlaston, co. Stafford. One of his brothers, Richard, died an officer in the 1st Foot Guards; and the other, Robert, a Lieutenant, R.N., was lost in the BLENHEIM, with Sir Thos. Troubridge, in 1807. The family is directly traceable to the twelfth century, at which period it became possessed of a considerable lordship in Radwinter.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Jan. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the QUEEN 98, Capt. Manley Dixon, flag-ship subsequently of Sir John Knight in the Channel, and of Lord Collingwood in the Mediterranean. He removed, as Midshipman, in April, 1806, to the SEAHORSE 38, Capt. John Stewart, on the latter station, where, and again in the Channel, as also at Newfoundland, he next served, with Sir John Duckworth and Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, in the ROYAL GEORGE 100, SAN JOSEF 110, HIBERNIA 110, ARMIDE 38, and ANTELOPE 50. After suffering shipwreck in the AVENGER 16, Capt. Urry Johnson (to a Lieutenancy in which vessel he had been promoted on 11 Nov. 1811), Mr. Bendyshe successively joined - 24 Oct. 1812, the HAZARD Sloop, Capt. John Cookesley, also on the Newfoundland station-22 Aug. 1814, as Senior, the BELLE POULE troop-ship, Capt. Fras. Baker, under whom he attended the expedition to New Orleans - and, 15 Dec. 1818 (after an interval of three years), in a similar capacity, the WYE 26, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, on the Leith station. He was superseded from the latter vessel, at his own request, 29 Nov. 1819, and has not since been employed. Lieut. Bendyshe is a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for the co. of Cambridge, for which he has also served as High-Sheriff.
He married, first, 10 May, 1820, Catherine, eldest daughter of Geo. Matcham, Esq., of Ashford Lodge, Co. Sussex, by Catherine, sister of the immortal Nelson, by whom, who died in 1831, he had issue four sons and four daughters; and secondly, 21 Oct. 1833, Anna Maria, third daughter of Sir Chas. Watson, Bart., of Wratting Park, co. Cambridge. AGENTS-Messrs. Stilwell.

Surname: Benett, First Names : Charles Cowper

Date promoted :
Captain: 01/07/1851
Commander: 15/06/1814
Notes:

BENETT. COMMANDER, 1814. F-P., 1O ; H-P., 36.)
CHARLES COWPER BENETT, a lineal descendant of John Benett, Sheriff of Wilts in 51 Henry III., is great-grandson of his Grace Dr. Wm. Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury; and eldest son of the Rev. John Benett, LL.D., Rector of Donhead St. Andrew, Co. Wilts, and of Ower Moigne, co. Dorset, by Frances, sister of Sir Thos. Turton, Bart. Mr. Wm. Wake Benett, a brother of Commander Benett, also in the R.N., was killed in action.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the PELICAN Sloop, Capt. Geo. M’Kinley, whom he accompanied, 30 Dec. 1801, as Midshipman, into the ABERGAVENNY 54, and next into the GANGES 74, on the Jamaica station, where he continued to serve, until the autumn of 1806, in the HERCULE 74, Capt. Solomon Ferris, CUMBERLAND 74, Capt. Fred. Cottrill, and THESEUS 74, and SURVEILLANTE frigate, both commanded by Capt. John Bligh. Under that officer, at the commencement of 1804, he assisted in the attack on the island of Curacoa, and in the course of some very successful cruizing participated in the capture of several privateers and, we believe, of 40 sail of merchantmen, besides witnessing the reduction of the Spanish island of St. Andreas. After an attachment of some weeks to the MAGNIFICENT 74, Capt. Geo. Eyre, lying at Deptford, Mr. Benett served for 17 months with Sir Sam. Hood in the CENTAUR 74, and attended during that period the expedition to Copenhagen under Lord Gambier. Acquiring the rank of Lieutenant, 11 April, 1808, he further joined - 3 June, 1808, the VANGUARD 74, Capt. Thos. Baker, with whom he served in the Baltic until Aug. 1809 - and, 9 July and 19 Oct. 1811, the CORNWALL 74, Capt. John Broughton, and IMPREGNABLE 98, flag-ship of Admiral Wm. Young, both on the Mediterranean station. Since his promotion to his present rank, which took place 15 June, 1814, Commander Benett has been on half-pay.
He married, in 1810, Sarah, daughter of Wm. Burlton, Esq., of Donhead St. Andrew. His eldest son, Wm. Morgan, married, 17 April, 1843, Barbara Sarah, youngest daughter of the late Commander Waring, R.N.

Surname: Benett, First Names : John Burlton

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/06/1876
Midshipman: 30/07/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 280 - Liffey 13 Aug 67
June 1879 : 071 - Boadicea 7 Jun 79

Surname: Benn, First Names : Robert J C

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 06/12/1831

Surname: Benn, First Names : Thomas

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 08/02/1815

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 12/04/1860
Notes:

BENN. LIEUT., 1815. F-P., 11; H-P., 31.)
THOMAS BENN entered the Navy, 29 March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the DEFIANCE 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, and on 22 July following was present in Sir Robt. Calder's action with the combined squadrons of France and Spain. He shortly afterwards removed into the KENT 74, Capt. Henry Garrett, and in April, 1806, became Midshipman of the ACHILLE 74. In that ship he served, latterly as Master's Mate, under Capts. Sir Rich. King, Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, and Aiskew Paffard Hollis, for upwards of nine years, during which period he appears to have been employed at the blockade of Ferrol and of Toulon, as also, for 18 months, of a French and Venetian squadron at Venice, besides assisting at the defence of Cadiz, and being ultimately, in 1814-15, after having convoyed a fleet of East Indiamen to a certain latitude, stationed at Rio Janeiro. He attained the rank of Lieutenant 8 Feb. 1815 ; was placed on half-pay 12 July following; and has not since been afloat.

Surname: Bennet, First Names : Henry Bower Butts

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 31/01/1848

Surname: Bennet, First Names : Martin
Birth Date : 24 Mar 1789

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 02/11/1811

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 01/04/1853

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 17 Apr 38
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 17 Apr 38
Notes:

BENNET. LIEUT., 1811. F-P., 24; H-P., 23.)
MARTIN BENNET was born 24 March, 1789.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 April, 1800, as a Boy, on board the HAUGHTY gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Field, on the North Sea station, where, in Dec. 1801, he attained the rating of Midshipman in the PYLADES 18, Capt. Wm. Boorder. We next find him, during an attachment of nearly six years to the ILLUSTRIOUS 74, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton, Michael Seymour, Wm. Sheild, Wm. Robt. Broughton, and Edw. Chetham, commanding a boat at the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads in April, 1809, and intrusted, in the ensuing expedition to the Walcheren, with the direction of two flat-bottomed boats and a cutter up the East Scheldt. Proceeding then to the West Indies in the SCEPTRE 74, Capt. Sam. Jas. Ballard, he witnessed the destruction, on 18 Dec. in the same year, of the French frigates Loire and Seine, in Anse la Barque, Guadeloupe, and on that occasion commanded the boats forming part of the force under Capt. Hugh Cameron, who was killed by his side, at the gallant storming of the fort by which they were protected. After serving for some months with Sir Alex. Cochrane in the POMPEE 74, and NEPTUNE 98, and witnessing in the former ship the reduction of Guadeloupe, Mr. Bennet rejoined the SCEPTRE, in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant, 16 July, 1810. He was eventually, while employed on board the BARFLEUR 98, flagship in the Tagus of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, awarded a commission, dated 2 Nov. 1811 ; and on 18 of the following Dec. was appointed to the ELIZABETH 74, Capt. Edw. Leveson Gower, stationed in the Mediterranean. He there, during the performance of much valuable service, came 17 times into conflict with the enemy, participated in the capture of the towns of Umago, Dignano, Fiumé, Porto Rea, Bocca Rea, Citta Nuova, and Rovigno, as also of the forts of Cantalazo and Cavo, and assisted at the blockade of Venice, Trieste, and Ragusa. At Umago he in part commanded the boats at the destruction of a 2-gun battery and the capture of 4 vessels, loaded with wine, that had been scuttled, 8 June, 1813; and on the occasion of the ensuing capture of Dignano he landed in charge of a party of seamen, and obtained great praise for his conduct.* From 15 June to 16 Aug. 1814, Mr. Bennet next officiated as Agent for Transports afloat ; after which, on 1 Dec. in the same year, he became First of the NIOBE troop-ship, Capt. Henry Collins Deacon, and co-operated in the reduction, in 1815, of Martinique and Guadeloupe. He left the NIOBE 12 March, 1816, and since 17 April, 1838, has been employed in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Bennet is married.
* Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 2010.

Surname: Bennett, First Names : Francis William

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 09/11/1854

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

Surname: Bennett, First Names : George Latham Blacker

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/12/1877
Midshipman: 15/04/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 425 - Royal Oak 13 May 68 addl
June 1879 : 145 - Defence 3 Oct 78 addl

Surname: Bennett, First Names : Herbert James Leigh

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 20/04/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 373 - Phœbe 2 Aug 69 addl

Surname: Bennett, First Names : James Cooper

Date promoted :
Commander: 26/10/1826

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Inspecting Commander, Coast Guard 25 Feb 43
June 1844 : Inspecting Commander, Coast Guard 25 Feb 43
Notes:

BENNETT. (COMMANDER, 1826. F-P., 21 ; H-P., 13.)
JAMES COOPER BENNETT was born, 6 Jan. 1801, at Edinburgh.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Jan. 1813, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the ADAMANT 50, Capt. Matthew Buckle, bearing the flag at Leith of Rear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway. Removing in March following to the ENDYMION, of 48 guns and 319 men, Capt. Henry Hope, he assisted at the blockade of New London, the expedition up the Penobscot, and the capture, 15 Jan. 1815, after a brilliant action of two hours and a half, in which the British lost 11 men killed and 14 wounded, and the enemy 35 killed and 70 wounded, of the American frigate President, of 56 guns and 465 men. Subsequently to the surrender of Buonaparte we find him proceeding to the East Indies, where, until the close of 1819, he served on board the IPHIGENIA 36, Capt. Andw. King, and CONWAY 26, Capt. Edw. Barnard, and contributed, in the boats of the latter ship and of the EDEN, to the destruction, in the early part of that year, of some Arab pirates at Bahhreen (sic), in the Persian Gulf. While next serving in the SYBILLE 44, flag-ship in the West Indies of Sir Chas. Rowley, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 22 Aug. 1821 ; but, prior to his return to England in 1823, he had the misfortune to lose an arm, in consequence of which accident he was eventually awarded, 24 Jan. 1824, the usual pension of £91. 5s. In the course of the latter year Mr. Bennett, who had been employed for short periods in the ARACHNE 18, and RAMILLIES 74, again sailed for the West Indies in the RATTLESNAKE 28, Capt. Hugh Patton, and there joined the ISIS 50, flag-ship of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted, by whom, after holding command of the UNION, RENEGADE, and SPEEDWELL schooners, he was, in 1826, placed in charge of the MAGNIFICENT, hospital and store-ship at Port Royal. He was officially promoted to his present rank on 26 Oct. in the same year, and then, enfeebled in health from the effects of long servitude in small vessels under a tropical sun, returned home. Since that period, unable to procure employment afloat, he has twice accepted the appointment of Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard. On the first occasion he filled that post from 15 June, 1832, until 1835. His resumption of the office, which he still holds, took place 25 Feb. 1843.
Commander Bennett married, 28 July, 1831, Jane, third daughter of the late Jas. Law, Esq., of Elvingston, co. Haddington, N.B., and by that lady, who died in 1836;, has three surviving children.

Surname: Bennett, First Names : Thomas
Birth Date : 22 Feb 1785

Date promoted :
Rear Adm: 02/05/1855
Captain: 16/09/1828
Commander: 15/06/1814
Lieutenant: 09/12/1803

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 02/05/1855

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 304 - Imaum 7 Feb 48 ; Commodore West Indies, Halifax and North America

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : 24/01/1824 ;

Notes:

BENNETT. (CAPT., 1828. F-P., 28; H-P., 22.)
THOMAS BENNETT, born 22 Feb. 1785, at Hereford, is nephew of Francis Bennett, Esq., Purser of the NASSAU 64, who perished in that ship when wrecked on the coast of Holland, 14 Oct. 1799 ; and of Commander William Bennett, R.N. (1812), who died in 1819.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1797, as a Volunteer, on board the MONARCH 74, Capt. John Elphinstone, flag-ship afterwards of Vice-Admiral Richard Onslow, under whom he fought and was wounded in the battle of Camperdown, 11 Oct. following. On leaving the MONARCH, in which ship he had previously witnessed the mutiny at Spithead, Mr. Bennett successively joined the NASSAU 64, Capts. Wm. Hargood and Geo. Tripp, guard-ship at the Nore, and, in the early part of 1798, the AMPHION 32, Capt. Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, employed on the North Sea, African, and West India stations. Among other achievements he assisted, while cruizing off the island of Jamaica in company with the ALARM 32, in effecting the capture, 25 Nov. 1799, of the Asturiana, Spanish letter-of marque, mounting 28 guns, with a complement of 180 men; and for his zeal and activity on various occasions, but more especially in the boat-chase of a privateer off Port Royal, was ultimately, in 1801, transferred by the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Hugh Seymour, to his flag-ship, the SANS PAREIL 80. The premature death, however, of the gallant Admiral depriving him of the immediate promotion he had been promised, Mr. Bennett did not obtain any advancement in his profession until Jan. 1802, when he appears to have been appointed Acting Lieutenant, for a short time, of the TARTAR 36, and VANGUARD 74, both commanded by Capt. Jas. Walker. He returned home in the course of the same year on board the CERBERUS 32, Capt. Jas. Macnamara; and on being re-appointed as Admiralty Midshipman, at the commencement of hostilities, to the AMPHION, then commanded by Capt. Thos. Masterman Hardy, conveyed Lord Nelson to the Mediterranean, where he was promoted by his Lordship, who had previously made him his Signal Officer, into the CAMELION 18, Capt. Thos. Staines, 25 July, 1803 - an act which was officially confirmed 9 Dec. following. During the next two years Mr. Bennett was warmly engaged, nearly the whole time as First-Lieutenant, in destroying the enemy's coasting-trade between Toulon and Genoa ; and on one occasion, when in command of a boat, was the only person, with the exception of two men and a boy, who was not killed or wounded. In May, 1805, after assisting at the capture, within sight of the British fleet, of Le Renard schooner, of 12 guns, he exchanged into the SEAHORSE, of 42 guns and 281 men, commanded at first by Capts. Hon. Courtenay Boyle and Robt. Corbett, and from April, 1806, until June, 1811, by Capt. John Stewart, in whose distinguished services during that period he proved an active participator. On the failure of Sir Arthur Paget's pacific mission to the Sublime Porte, we find him proceeding to the Archipelago, and there employed, in Sept. and Oct. 1807, in visiting all the Cyclades, and in replacing their governments in the hands of the old primates. He further enacted the part of Second Lieutenant in the SEAHORSE'S brilliant night action of 5 July, 1808, when singly, with 30 of her crew absent, she defeated, after a desperate conflict of three hours, a Turkish force, consisting of the Baddere Zaffer, of 52 guns and 543 men, and Alis Fezan, of 26 guns and 230 men, both of which were at length reduced to perfect wrecks. The enemy, in the Baddere Zaffer alone, the ship captured - the other having effected her escape - sustained the prodigious loss of 170 killed and 200 wounded, while that of the SEAHORSE did not exceed 5 killed and 10 wounded, although her mizen-mast was shot away and her hull and rigging suffered severely. The First-Lieutenant, Mr. Geo. Downie, was in consequence promoted to the rank of Commander, and Mr. Bennett, who is now the senior surviving officer, became his successor. He soon afterwards escorted the British Ambassador, Mr. Adair, from Malta to the mouth of the Dardanells, and, during a stay of some months at Constantinople after the treaty of Jan. 1809, was twice introduced, as one of his Excellency's suite, to the Grand Seignor, by whom he was presented with two robes of honour. Being next, in May of the same year, on a cruize between Corsica and Italy, he took command of the boats, and succeeded in obtaining possession, although garrisoned by 50 French soldiers, of the small island of Gianuti, whence, after destroying the batteries, he embarked and brought off the guns, all of them of brass. A few days after this exploit he headed a similar expedition against the island of Pianoza, near Elba, known to be defended by upwards of 100 veteran troops, and the town by a regular fortification. Landing, nevertheless, in broad daylight, at the back of the island, he commenced an attack on the enemy's battery, which, at the end of six hours' hard fighting, was captured and blown up, the commandant killed, and the guns disabled. Within 24 hours from the onset the troops were all taken prisoners-of-war, and the whole place brought under subjection to the British. The gallantry displayed by Lieut. Bennett, and those employed with him, in the accomplishment of these very important services, it is needless to add, elicited the highest approbation of the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Collingwood, and of the Board of Admiralty. The SEAHORSE at length, after a dashing career, returned to England with Lord Amherst, and was paid off in June, 1811, from which period her First Lieutenant remained unemployed until appointed, 22 Jan. 1812, Senior of the CRESCENT 38, Capt. John Quilliam, under whom he served in the Baltic, and then sailed with convoy for Halifax and Newfoundland, on which latter station he witnessed the capture, 16 Sept. 1813, of the Elbredge Gerry American privateer, of 14 guns and 66 men. He invalided home in the summer of 1814, and on his arrival found that he had been at length advanced to the rank of Commander, his commission bearing date 15 June, 1814. Being appointed, 2 July, 1819, to the CYGNET 10, Capt. Bennett served in that vessel on the coast of Ireland, and afterwards off St. Helena, until the death of Buonaparte, in May, 1821, when he conveyed the intelligence of that event to the Isle of France. While in Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, in company with the HYPERION 42, Commodore Jas. Lillicrap, he had the happiness, on 10 June, 1822, of being of eminent utility in rescuing the Albion East Indiaman from destruction, when, during a strong gale, she had broken from her anchorage and had actually drifted to within a few feet of the rocks. Although the CYGNET'S boats on the occasion were the first on the spot, and were throughout of equal utility with those of the HYPERION, yet, out of a sum of £1000. which was afterwards voted by the Hon. E. I. C. to “Commodore Lillicrap," who was positively on shore at the moment of the occurrence, " and the Officers and seamen of H.M. navy who were employed in rendering assistance to the ALBION," neither her commander nor crew ever received a shilling. On another occasion, 10 of the following month, during a furious north-wester in Table Bay, the CYGNET lead the further good fortune to render material assistance to the Sarah free-trader, which was eventually wrecked, and her crew saved by two of her boats under Mr. Rich. Lee Stephens, who received his promotion in consequence. After an intermediate servitude on the coast of Africa, Capt. Bennett returned home and was paid off in May, 1823. His next appointment was, 30 April, 1827, to the TRINCULO 18, on the Irish station, where he continued until posted by the Lord High Admiral, “as a reward for his long and active services," 16 Sept. 1828. He afterwards, from 7 Feb. 1834, until paid off in March, 1838, commanded the RAINBOW 28, and during that period assisted in suppressing a rebellion among the slaves at St. Kitt's ; was senior officer at Jamaica during the sickly season of 1835, when, in spite of all his efforts, the mortality on board the RAINBOW was extreme; was thrice employed, for periods of several months, in protecting the fisheries at Newfoundland - a service in which he evinced great judgment and ability; and was intrusted on two occasions with the conveyance of treasure. He at length returned home, as above stated, with strong testimonials from the various Commanders-in-Chief under whom he had served, viz. Sir Geo. Cockburn, Sir Peter Halkett, and Sir Chas. Paget. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Bennett, who is an Alderman of the city of Hereford, held the office of Mayor in 1842. He married, 16 Nov. 1815, Sarah, daughter of Wm. Watkins, Esq., of that city, and has issue two sons and two daughters. His eldest son, Edward Watkins, died at Port Royal, Jamaica, 31 July, 1835, while serving as Midshipman on board the RAINBOW, aged 19. AGENT-Joseph Woodhead.

Surname: Benson, First Names : John Robert

Date promoted :
Commander: 01/01/1858
Lieutenant: 27/06/1814

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 13 Jun 39
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 13 Jun 39
Notes:

BENSON. (LIEUT., 1814. F-P., 27; H-P., 12.)
JOHN ROBERT BENSON entered the Navy, 12 Jan. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the SCORPION 18, Capts. Fras. Stanfell, Hon. John Gore, and Robt. Giles. Under the first-named officer he assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture, 11 Jan. 1810, beneath the fire of a battery near Basseterre, after an engagement of two hours, of l'Oreste French national brig, of 16 guns and 110 men; and, in Feb. following, witnessed the reduction of the island of Guadeloupe. In July, 1812, he became a supernumerary (still in the West Indies) of the DRAGON 64, bearing the flag of Sir Fras. Laforey, and he continued, in the same capacity, to serve under that officer, successively in the TRIBUNE 36, GRAMPUS 50, VESTAL 28, SPIDER schooner, DROMEDARY store-ship, and, as one of the complement, in the QUEEN 74, until promoted to his present rank, 27 June, 1814. His subsequent appointments were - 31 March, 1815, to the LEVEN 20, Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett, stationed off Guernsey - 18 Sept. following, to the BANN 20, Capt. Wm. Fisher, employed on the Coast of Africa, where he participated, 5 and 16 March, 1816, in the capture of the slavers Temerario and San Antonio, with 505 slaves on board - and, on 28 Aug. in the latter year, to the CHERUB 20, commanded also by Capt. Fisher, on the same station, whence he returned home and was paid off in Dec. 1818. Since 15 April, 1831, except from 20 June, 1836, to 18 June, 1839, when he held command of the LIVELY revenue-cutter, Lieut. Benson has been employed in the Coast Guard. AGENTS-Messrs. Stilwell.

Surname: Benson, First Names : Robert Edmund Ross

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

Surname: Bent, First Names : William Roberts

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 01/06/1849

Surname: Benthall, First Names : Octavius

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/09/1845
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 08/09/1837

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Albion
Notes:

BENTHALL. (LIEUTENANT, 1845.)
OCTAVIUS BENTHALL died 21 April, 1846. He was drowned while attempting to cross the bar of Hokianga Bay, New Zealand, in the pinnace of H.M.S. OSPREY.
This officer passed his examination 8 Sept. 1837 ; and served for some time as Mate, on the Mediterranean, Home, and East India stations, in the MAGICIENNE 24, Capts. Fred. Thos. Michell and Rich. Laird Warren, ALBION 90, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, and OSPREY 12, Capt. Fred. Patten. He obtained his commission 1 Sept. 1845 ; then became Additional Lieutenant of the AGINCOURT 72, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane; and ultimately perished, as above.

Surname: Bentham, First Names : George
Birth Date : Jun 1787
Awarded Foreign Order - see below.

Date promoted :
Captain: 16/09/1816

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Vice Adm: 09/07/1857
Notes:

BENTHAM, K. St. M. and L. (Captain, 1816. F-P., 16; H-P., 36.)
GEORGE BENTHAM, born in June, 1787, is son of Lieut.-Gen. Wm. Bentham, R. A.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the PLUTO sloop, and, after an attachment of some months, in 1798, to the ALKMAAR, Capt. Burdon, became Midshipman, in 1799, of the RUBY 64, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, with whom, and Hon. Fras. Farington Gardner, he continued to serve, in the same ship, and in the RESOLUTION 74, GALYKHEID 64, and HERO 74, until June, 1807. While in the latter ship, of which he was created a Lieutenant 24 Dec. 1805, Mr. Bentham officiated as Aide-de-Camp to his Captain in Sir Robt. Calder's and Sir Rich. Strachan's actions. On his return from a voyage to the West Indies, in June, 1807, he was appointed to the TEMERAIRE 98, commanded in the Channel by Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, but in June, 1810, rejoined his patron, then Lord Gardner, as his Flag-Lieutenant, in the BELLEROPHON 74. On 19 June, 1809, we find his volunteered assistance materially contributing to the successful issue of an attempt made to storm a battery of four long 24-pounders and 103 men, on the coast of Finland - an exploit which received the due acknowledgments of the Admiralty.* While afterwards serving with Lord Gardner in the ROEBUCK 50, he was appointed by that nobleman to the command, 7 Oct. 1810, of the BRISEIS, of 10 guns and 75 men. For his gallantry on 14 of the same month, in capturing, after a chase of eight hours, and a desperate conflict of one, in which the enemy had 8 killed and 19 wounded, and the British 4 killed and 11 badly wounded, the French privateer Sans Souci, of 14 guns and 55 men, Capt. Bentham's promotion was confirmed by commission dated back to the day of the action. † His subsequent appointments were - 14 Dec. 1812, to the URGENT 12, on the home station - 8 Oct. 1813, to the CARNATION 18, in the West Indies, where his exertions in saving the Dockyard at Port Royal from destruction by fire obtained for him the strongest recommendations - 29 Nov. 1815, as Acting-Captain, to the NORTH STAR 28, on the same station - and 6 July, 1816, to the HERON 18. In consideration of his services in the latter vessel at the battle of Algiers, on which occasion he was stationed within a few yards of the QUEEN CHARLOTTE, and was the Senior Commander present, Capt. Bentham was rewarded by advancement to Post-rank, 16 Sept. 1816. ‡ He accepted the retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
As an acknowledgment for his having conveyed to Genoa, while in the HERON, the treasure reclaimed by the King of Sardinia from the Dey, Capt. Bentham was invested by that Sovereign with the Second Class of the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazare. He married, 7 June, 1827, Emma Pellew, daughter of the Rev. John Porker, and niece of Admiral Lord Exmouth. Agents - Hallett and Robinson.

Surname: Bentley, First Names : Owen Henry Howard

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 22/04/1868

Surname: Bentley, First Names : Philip Arthur

Date promoted :
Naval Cadet or Entry: 25/08/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 204 - Galatea

Surname: Benwell, First Names : Hugh Percy Hamilton

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 19/06/1872
Midshipman: 18/12/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 197 - Forte 19 Aug 68

Surname: Berens, First Names : George Samuel

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 14/07/1838

Surname: Beresford, First Names : Charles William Delapoer (Lord)
Birth Date : 10 Feb 1846
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 02/11/1875
Lieutenant: 21/09/1868
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 02/01/1866

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 204 - Galatea 17 Oct 68 addl
June 1879 : 357 - Osborne 12 Jun 79 CO

Surname: Beresford, First Names : Charles Windham de la Poer

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 02/06/1877

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 025 - Alert 14 Sep 78

Surname: Beresford, First Names : Henry Barré
Birth Date : 05 Jul 1816
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 10/05/1856
Lieutenant: 06/06/1842

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 098 - Calliope 19 Jul 45
Notes:

BERESFORD. (LIEUT., 1 842. F-P., 15 ; H-P„ 3.)
HENRY BARRE BERESFORD, born 5 July, 1816, is second son of the late Henry Barré Beresford, Esq., by Eliza, youngest daughter of John Baily, Esq., of the city of Bristol; next brother of the present John Barré Beresford, Esq., of Learmount, co. Londonderry; and grandnephew of the late, and cousin of the present, Marquis of Waterford.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1829, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ACTAEON 26, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, in the Mediterranean; became Midshipman, in May, 1835, of the SAPPHIRE, 26, Capt. Rich. Freeman Rowley, on the same station ; passed his examination 28 Dec. 1835; was soon afterwards appointed Mate of the IMOGENE 28, Capt. Henry Wm. Bruce, in South America; received the Turkish Medal for his services on the coast of Syria, while belonging to the VANGUARD 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn, in 1840 ; and after officiating for some time as Senior Mate of the FORMIDABLE 84, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, was advanced to the rank he now holds 6 June, 1842. Lieut. Beresford, whose next appointment was, 18 Oct. in the same year, to the EXCELLENT gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, has been employed, since 19 July, 1845, in the CALLIOPE 26, Capt. Edw. Stanley, on the East India station.

Surname: Beresford, First Names : Henry Barré Blacker

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 06/02/1872
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 18/12/1867

Surname: Beresford, First Names : Jon Poo, KCB, GCH (Bart
Awarded Medal (m) / Foreign Order (FO): FO

Date promoted :
Adm: 28/06/1838

Surname: Beresford, First Names : Tristram Henry Barre

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 02/07/1875
Midshipman: 19/12/1866

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 373 - Phœbe 31 May 67 addl

Surname: Berington, First Names : Rowland

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 09/11/1846

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1844 : Belleisle
Notes:

BERINGTON. (LIEUTENANT, 1846.)
ROWLAND BERINGTON passed his examination 22 Aug. 1843; and served as Mate on board the EXCELLENT gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads, and ST. VINCENT 120, bearing the broad pendant in the Channel of Sir Fras. Augustus Collier. His commission bears date 9 Nov. 1846. He is now serving in the BELLEISLE troopship, Capt. John Kingcome.

Surname: Berington, First Names : Samuel
Birth Date : 07 Apr 1779

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 23/02/1815
Notes:

BERINGTON. (LIEUT., 1815. F-P., 9; H-P., 35.)
SAMUEL BERINGTON was born 7 April, 1779.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 Nov. 1803, as Midshipman, on board the FOUDROYANT 80, Capt. Peter Spicer, bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Thos. Graves. In March, 1805, he removed to the GROWLER gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders James Rose, T. Nesbitt, and Rich. Crossman, employed for upwards of two years on the coast of France, where he was constantly engaged in the boats, and on one occasion received a gun-shot wound in the shoulder, which procured him a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund, but never any compensation from Government. He next, from Nov. 1807, until Jan. 1810, served, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the PRESIDENT 38, Capts. Adam MacKenzie and Chas. Marsh Schomberg, in South America; then rejoined for a short period, in the latter capacity, the FOUDROYANT bearing the flag, on the same station, of Hon. Michael De Courcy ; was appointed, 24 March following, Sub-Lieutenant of the NANCY 10, Lieut.-Commander Kelwick ; and in June, 1811, invalided home on board the TORTOISE store-ship, Master-Commander Thos. Cook. He joined, in Dec. 1814, the NAMUR 74, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley at Sheerness ; and attained his present rank 23 Feb. 1815. Since 4 of the ensuing July, when he was placed on half-pay, he has not been employed.
Lieut. Berington married a daughter of M. T. Butcher, Esq., of the Victualling Office, Deptford, and sister of Sam. Jas. Butcher, Esq., Paymaster and Purser, R.N. (1809), now serving on board the BIRKENHEAD steam-frigate, Capt. Aug. H. Ingram. Agent.- W. H. B. Barwis.

Surname: Berkeley, First Names : Hastings George Fitzhardinge

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 27/02/1879
Naval Cadet or Entry: 18/08/1869

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

Surname: Berkeley, First Names : Henry
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 16/12/1865
Lieutenant: 23/05/1854

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 410 - Repulse 16 Nov 67 addl for Coast Guard Service as Inspecting Officer of Division at Aberdeen, NB

Surname: Berkeley, First Names : Joshua
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 12/07/1849
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 16/02/1848

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 124 - Childers 24 Mar 48 (act)

Surname: Berkeley, First Names : Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge, (suc as Earl Fitzhardinge 1862) (CB 1840, KCB 1855, GCB 1861)
Birth Date : 3 Jan 1788 Date Died: 17 Oct 1867

Date promoted :
Adm: 15/01/1862
Vice Adm: 21/10/1856
Rear Adm: 30/10/1849
Captain: 07/06/1814
Commander: 19/12/1810
Lieutenant: 09/07/1808

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 30/10/1849

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : A de C and a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty
Notes:

BERKELEY, C.B., M.P. (CAPTAIN, 1814. F-P., 17; H-P., 28.) MAURICE FREDERICK FITZHARDINGE BERKELEY, born in 1788, is second son of the late Earl of Berkeley, by Miss Mary Cole, of the Co. of Gloucester; next brother of the present Earl Fitzhardinge ; and nephew of Admiral Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley, G.C.B., who died in 1818, also of the late Countess of Granard, and of the celebrated Margravine of Anspach.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the CONSTANCE 24, Capt. Zachary Mudge; on accompanying whom to the West Indies, as Midshipman of the BLANCHE 36, he "behaved nobly, and was much to be envied for his conduct," at the capture, 4 Nov. 1803, by a boat belonging to that ship, of an armed schooner, carrying 30 men, whose obstinate resistance occasioned a loss to themselves, in 10 minutes, of 1 man killed and 5 wounded, and to the British, who numbered 28, of 1 killed and 2 wounded.* During his continuance in the BLANCHE, Mr. Berkeley witnessed the surrender, to a force under Commodore John Loring, of a French squadron with the remains of General Rochambeau's army from Cape Francois - served on shore, as Aide-de-Camp to Capt. Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, in the unfortunate attack on Curacoa - and, in command of a tender, took a French privateer. Between the summer of 1805, at which period he returned home an invalid in the THESEUS 74, Capt. Fras. Temple, and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 9 July, 1808, we find him continuously employed in the CYGNET sloop, Capt. Dan. M'Leod, the PHOENIX frigate, Capt. Z. Mudge, the MILAN, LEANDER, and LEOPARD, flag-ships on the Newfoundland station of his uncle, the Hon. G. C. Berkeley, the DRIVER, Capt. Wm. Love - which sloop was totally dismasted during a violent hurricane, and compelled to heave her guns thrown overboard - and, as Master's Mate, in the TRIUMPH 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy. Being then appointed to the HYDRA 38, Capt. Geo. Mundy, he was constantly employed during a period of 18 months on detached service off Barcelona and other parts of the coast of Spain, and on one occasion, in command of the boats, he captured an armed felucca. In Feb. 1810, Mr. Berkeley became Flag Lieutenant to his uncle, who had been appointed to the chief command at Lisbon, on board the BARFLEUR 98 ; and in the following autumn was sent up the Tagus in charge of a division of gunboats, for the purpose of co-operating with the troops occupying the lines of Torres Vedras. The ability he displayed in the performance of the various duties which there devolved upon him, and the gallant and successful manner in which he made a descent, on 13 Oct., upon the town of Villa Franca, obtained for him the thanks of Lord Wellington in public orders. He was promoted from the BARFLEUR the command, 19 Dec. 1810, of the VESTAL troop-ship, but left that vessel, after serving for some months at the defence of Cadiz, in Nov. 1811. As a Post-Captain, which rank he attained 7 June, 1814, Capt. Berkeley commanded, from 27 May, 1828, until 1831, the SEMIRAMIS 24, bearing the flag at Cork of Sir Chas. Paget, and, from 31 Jan. 1840, until superseded, 28 July, 1841, the THUNDERER 84. In the latter ship he took part in all the operations of the Syrian campaign, and was most efficiently present at the camp at D'Journi, the bombardment of Beyrout, the storming of Sidon, t and the capture of St. Jean d'Acre. He was in consequence nominated a C.B., and presented, in common with the other commanding officers, with the Turkish gold medal. He is at present on half-pay. Capt. Berkeley, who was first returned to Parliament for the city of Gloucester in 1832, and again elected in 1835 and 1841, filled a seat at the Board of Admiralty from 3 April, 1833, until 23 Dec. 1834. He was re-appointed 22 July, 1837, but resigned in March, 1839, owing to a difference of opinion with his colleagues as to the propriety of sending ships to foreign stations with reduced complements of men. ‡ On the accession of the Whigs to power in the sum-mer of 1846, Capt. Berkeley was again appointed a Lord of the Admiralty. He still officiates in that capacity. He married, first, 4 Dec. 1823, Charlotte, sixth daughter of Charles fourth Duke of Richmond, by whom, who died in 1833, he had several chil-dren ; and, secondly, 30 Sept. 1834, Charlotte, third daughter of Thomas Earl of Ducie. His eldest daughter, Frederica Charlotte, married, in 1845, Lord Gifford. Capt. Berkeley is a Deputy-Lieu-tenant for the co. of Sussex. AGENTS-Messrs. Hal-ford and Co.

Surname: Berkeley, First Names : Randal Thomas Mowbray

Date promoted :
Naval Cadet or Entry: 15/07/1878

Surname: Berkeley, First Names : Rowland Edward

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 24/05/1877
Midshipman: 30/07/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 296 - Lord Warden 25 Jun 79 addl

Awards and Qualifications: : G ; ;

Surname: Bernard, First Names : Henry

Date promoted :
Commander: 27/02/1850
Lieutenant: 28/08/1841

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Siren - 28 Oct 41
June 1844 : Siren - 28 Oct 41
Dec 1848 : 636 - Viper 21 Nov 47 Lieut.-Com.
Notes:

BERNARD. (LIEUTENANT, 1841.
HENRY BERNARD entered the Navy 7 Oct. 1820 ; passed his examination 6 Dec. 1826 ; served for some time as Mate in the HERCULES 72, Capt. Edw. Barnard, and BRITANNIA 120, flag-ship of Sir John Acworth Ommanney, on the Lisbon and Mediterra-nean stations ; and obtained his commission 28 Aug. 1841. His appointments have since been – 28 Oct. 1841, to the SIREN 16, Capt. Wm. Smith, in the East Indies – 5 March, 1845, to the VINDICTIVE 50, flag-ship in North America and the West Indies of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen - and, 27 Feb. 1846, to the command of the PICKLE schooner, on the same sta-tion, where he still serves. AGENT-Joseph Woodhead.

Surname: Bernard, First Names : Horace Harry

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 21/06/1868

Surname: Berners, First Names : Henry Ralph
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 25/01/1876
Lieutenant: 20/01/1862

Surname: Berners, First Names : Hugh
Birth Date : Jul 1801

Date promoted :
Captain: 21/01/1860
Commander: 28/01/1842
Notes:

BERNERS. (COMMANDER, 1842.)
HUGH BERNERS, born in July, 1801, is second son of the Rev. Hen. Denny Berners, of Wolverstone Park, Suffolk, Archdeacon of that county, by Sarah, daughter of John Garrett, Esq., of Freemantle, Hants. This officer entered the Navy 4 Aug. 1814 ; and was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 17 July, 1824, in the SPARROWHAWK 18, Capt. Rob. Stuart, employed in the Mediterranean. His next, appointments were, 25 June, 1827, and 31 Oct. 1828, to the ISIS 50, and CAMELION 10, commanded on the same station by Capts. Sir Thos. Staines and Sir Thos. Pasley. He has since been on half-pay. His advancement to the rank he now holds took place 28 Jan. 1842.
Commander Berners married, in 1832, Julia, daughter of John Ashton, Esq., of the Grange, Cheshire, by whom he bas issue a son and three daughters. AGENTS-Messrs. Stilwell.

Surname: Berry, First Names : Edward (Kt 1798, Bart 1806, KCB:1815)
Birth Date : 1766 Date Died: 1831

Date promoted :
Rear Adm: 19/07/1821
Captain: 06/03/1797

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 19/07/1821

Notes:
Lieut 1794 ; Cdr 1796

Surname: Bertram, First Names : Charles
Birth Date : 20 Apr 1777

Date promoted :
Captain: 07/06/1814

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Out-Pension of Greenwich Hospital - 9 Mar 40
June 1844 : Out-Pension of Greenwich Hospital - 9 Mar 40
Dec 1848 : GHP
Notes:

BERTRAM. Captain,, 1814. F-P., 17 ; H-P., 36.)
CHARLES BERTRAM was born, 20 April, 1777, at Jersey.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1794, as A.B., on board the NONSUCH floating battery, Capt. Phil. D'Auvergne, Prince de Bouillon, but was soon draughted into the ANSON 44, Capt. Phil. Chas. Durham. During a continuance in the latter ship of more than two years, part of which period he held the rating of Midshipman, Mr. Bertram assisted at the capture of a large number of heavy privateers and other armed vessels - was present in Lord Bridport's action with the French fleet off Ile de Groix, 23 June, 1795 - attended immediately afterwards the disastrous expedition sent to co-operate with the Royalists in Quiberon Bay, where, in ultimately bringing off in the boats of the squadron such as could be rescued from the fury of the republican troops, he received a slight bayonet wound in the calf of the right leg - and on 20 March, 1796, the ANSON forming part of a squadron under Sir John Borlase Warren, aided in capturing L'Etoile of 30 guns, one of five French frigates in escort of a provision fleet of 70 sail. On 23 Nov. 1797, soon after his appointment to the PORCUPINE 28, Capts. Chas. Dudley Pater and And. Fitzherbert Evans, and when on his passage to Halifax in a captured brig, Mr. Bertram was taken by the French frigate Republicain, conveyed a prisoner to France, and there detained, subject to all the horrors of dungeon captivity, until exchanged, in March, 1799. He then rejoined Capt. Durham on board the ANSON, and, after an attendance on the Royal Family at Weymouth, and some months of active employment in the Channel, accompanied the same officer into the ENDYMION 40, and continued to serve with him, affording protection in the interim to a valuable fleet of Indiamen from St. Helena to England, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 April, 1802. He became attached shortly after that event to the DRYAD 36, Captains Robt. Williams and Wm. Domett; was subsequently detached for several months in the DILIGENCE revenue cutter, for the purpose of impressing seamen, many hundreds of whom he brought into the service; and, on 4 July, 1803, joined the LOIRE 46, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland. In that frigate Mr. Bertram assisted at the capture, in 1804-5, of the Braave French privateer, of 16 guns and 110 men, also of the Blonde privateer frigate, of 30 guns and 240 men, and of the Vaillant, of similar force. He appears to have been likewise under fire of the batteries in Muros Bay, when they were stormed and carried by the boats under the late Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, 4 June, 1805 ;* and to have contributed, in company with L'EGYPTIENNE frigate, to the capture, 24 Dec. 1805, after an obstinate combat, of La Libre, of 40 guns and 280 men. In the month of July, 1806, the LOIRE had the further good fortune of communicating to Sir Rich. Keats, off L'Orient, the intelligence which led to the capture of Le Rhin, of 44 guns and 318 men. In the following Sept., while preparing to be paid off at Deptford, Mr. Bertram was ordered to commission the VOLONTAIRE 38, for Capt. Maitland; but that frigate being found too defective for service, his instructions were in a few weeks countermanded, and he remained on half-pay until March, 1807, when, Capt. Maitland having been appointed to the EMERALD 36, he joined him as his First-Lieutenant. In the ensuing April we find him assisting at the capture of another privateer, the Austerlitz, of 14 guns and 96 men; and, after an employment of several months, at the blockade of Rochefort, conducting, on 13 March, 1808, an enterprise of much gallantry. The EMERALD, on the evening of that day, having entered Vivero harbour, for the purpose of bringing out or destroying L'Apropos, a large French schooner, of 8 guns and 70 men, was immediately attacked by a fort from either side, but, not being able simultaneously to oppose their united fire, a party of officers, seamen, and marines was detached, under the orders of the First-Lieutenant, to storm the larger, mounting eight 24-pounders. Having speedily driven out the Spaniards and spiked the guns, Mr. Bertram proceeded overland to the spot where L'Apropos had been run on shore. Being joined on the road by Mr. Dan. Baird, a Midshipman, who had been sent to take possession of her, he shortly afterwards fell in with 60 of the schooner's crew, whom, however, after an interchange of musketry, the pike and bayonet of the British quickly put to flight. On at length reaching the vessel, she was found to be so immoveably fixed on the rocks that, after several hours of fruitless exertion, under the annihilating fire of a body of troops not thirty yards distant, all hopes of getting her off were abandoned, and she was accordingly set on fire, and blown up. The loss in this spirited affair amounted to 9 killed and l6 wounded, including among the latter Mr. Bertram himself, who received a sabre-cut across the left knee, and a musket-ball in the thigh, in consequence of which he was presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. † On 24 of the same month his bravery and merit were rewarded with a Commander's commission, but be was suffered to remain on half-pay until 22 Oct. 1810, when he at length obtained an appointment to the PERSIAN 18. In that sloop he cruized for some time in the Channel, where he captured, 6 April, 1811, and 27 March, 1812, the privateers Ambuscade, of 14 guns and 63 men, and Petit Jean, of 16 guns, only 8 mounted, and 65 men.
He was then successively employed in escorting the trade to the Baltic and West Indies; and while on the latter station, owing to some unaccountable current and deficiency in the charts, had the misfortune totally to lose his ship, 16 June, 1813. The crew were saved in the boats, and succeeded, after a perilous passage of four days, in reaching St. Domingo, having been the whole time scarcely above the water's edge, and even obliged to decrease their weight by throwing away part of the clothing they had on. After surmounting many other hardships, Capt. Bertram, whose health had become much impaired, together with the whole of his officers and ship's company, had the satisfaction of being acquitted by court-martial of all blame in the disaster, and the latter of being highly eulogized for their steady and orderly conduct under the trying circumstances in which they had been placed. Capt. Bertram was advanced to Post-rank, 7 June, 1814, but from that period remained unemployed. On 9 March, 1840, in consideration of his wounds, from which he still suffers much, and of the privations he endured when wrecked, he was admitted to the Out-pension of Greenwich Hospital. He was placed upon retired Half-pay, Oct., 1846.
He married, 2 March, 1815, Susan, eldest daughter of James Berner, Esq., merchant, of St. Aubin's, in the island of Jersey.

Surname: Best, First Names : Henry Compton
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 01/06/1869
Lieutenant: 25/12/1857

Surname: Best, First Names : John Charles

Date promoted :
Commander: 02/11/1869

Surname: Best, First Names : Thomas (Hon)
Birth Date : 12 Aug 1799

Date promoted :
Rear Adm: 03/10/1855
Captain: 22/07/1830

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 03/10/1855
Notes:

BEST. (CAPTAIN, 1830. F-P., 15; H-P., 19.) THE HONOURABLE THOMAS BEST, born 12 Aug. 1799, is second son of the late Lord Wynford, formerly Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, by Mary Anne, second daughter of Jerome Knapp, Esq. ; next brother of the present nobleman ; and brother-in-law of Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy. 3 Nov. 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the RAMILLIES 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy and Chas. Ogle, under the former of whom he assisted in capturing the islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, and bombarding the town of Stonington. He attained the rating of Midshipman 15 April, 1814; removed, in July, 1815, to the TONNANT 80, flag-ship at Cork of Sir Benj. Hallowell; and, in Aug. 1819, rejoined Sir J. M. Hardy in the SUPERB 78, on the South America station, in which ship, after a further attachment of a few months to the CREOLE 42, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 6 March, 1822. In the latter capacity Mr. Best was subsequently appointed – 18 Dec. in the same year, to the RANGER 28, Capt. Peter Fisher, employed off Newfoundland and in the Channel – 25 Feb. 1825 to the AURORA 46, Capt. John Maxwell, in the Mediterranean – 30 May, 1825, to the DIAMOND 46, Capt. Lord Napier, in South America - and, 6 Jan. 1827, to the ALLIGATOR 28, Capt. Wm. Pitt Canning.
He obtained his second commission 30 April following ; assumed command, 1 March, 1828, of the ICARUS 10, fitting for the Jamaica station, where he was superseded 8 Dec. 1829 ; and, on 14 Jan. 1830, joined, as Second-Captain, the WILLIAM AND MARY yacht, Capt. John Chambers White, lying at Woolwich. Since 22 July ensuing, the date of his advancement to Post-rank, Capt. Best has been on half-pay.
He married, 25 Aug. 1835, Marianne, only surviving daughter of Geo. Lord Kenyon, and first cousin of Commander Geo. Kenyon, R.N. AGENTS - Messrs. Ommanney.

Surname: Best, First Names : Thomas Fletcher

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/04/1827

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 13 Jun 39
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 13 Jun 39
Notes:

BEST. (LIEUTENANT, 1827. F-P., 34; H-P., 5.)
THOMAS FLETCHER BEST entered the Navy, 14 Oct. 1808, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the CALEDONIA 120, Capt. Wm. Bedford, flag-ship of Lord Gambier, and, if we mistake not, was present at the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads, in April, 1809. In Oct. 1810, he became Midshipman of the KITE 16, Capt. Benj. Crispin, with whom, after intermediately serving in the North Sea and West Indies, he removed, in July, 1812, to the SWALLOW 18, and, in Dec. following, to the SCOUT 18, commanded afterwards by Capt. Murray, both on the Mediterranean station. He passed his examination 6 Sept. 1815; joined next, as Admiralty Midshipman, the CHALLENGER 18, Capts. Hen. Forbes and Phil. Hen. Bridges, in the East Indies, and, as Master's Mate, the SPENCER 74, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, guard-ship at Plymouth; was appointed, in April, 1817, to the PIGMY, Lieut.- Commanders John Little and Wentworth Parsons Croke, from which vessel he jumped overboard 1 Nov. following, and happily saved the life of a boy who had fallen into the sea; and, from May, 1818, until Sept. 1821, served, as Chief Mate, in the DRAKE revenue cruizer, Lieut.-Commanders Alf. Matthews and Gould. Mr. Best's next appointment was, in March, 1824 , again as Senior Mate, to the HARDY, another revenue vessel, Lieut.-Commanders Macdonald and Roach, with whom he successively served until advanced to the rank of Lieutenant, 28 April, 1827. Since 24 March, 1829, with one interval, from 20 June, 1836, to 13 June, 1839, when he held command of the Fox cutter, employed likewise in the service of the revenue, Mr. Best has had charge of a station in the Coast Guard. On one occasion, while belonging to the DRAKE, lie left Plymouth in an open boat, and, after lying four days off Isle Bas, succeeded in capturing a notorious smuggler.
He married, 15 Aug. 1822, Jane, daughter of Joseph Hicks, Esq., of Newquay, Lantegloss, Cornwall, and has issue three children.

Surname: Bethell, First Names : Alexander Edward

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 14/08/1878
Naval Cadet or Entry: 18/08/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 079 - Britannia [Cadet under training]
June 1879 : 051 - Atalanta 17 Sep 78

Surname: Bethell, First Names : George Richard

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 03/09/1872
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 17/09/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 404 - Rapid 17 Sep 86 (sic) should probably be 68 addl (act)
June 1879 : 025 - Alert 20 Aug 78 ; Surveying Service Pacific Station

Surname: Bethune, First Names : Charles Ramsay Drinkwater, CB
Birth Date : 27 Dec 1802
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Adm: 02/04/1866
Vice Adm: 10/11/1862
Rear Adm: 03/10/1855
Captain: 22/07/1830
Commander: 14/04/1828
Lieutenant: 29/10/1823

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 03/10/1855

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : Admiralty Harbours and Railway Dept

Notes:

BETHUNE, formerly DRINKWATER C.B. (CAPTAIN, 1830, F-P., 18; H-P, 14.)
CHARLES RAMSAY DRINKWATER BETHUNE,* born 27 Dec. 1802, is second son of the late John Drinkwater, Esq., F.S.A., a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, of Salford, co. Lancaster, by Eleanor, daughter of Charles Congalton, Esq., of Congleton, co. Mid-Lothian; grandson of the late John Drinkwater, Esq., Surgeon, R.N., who served during the war of 1758-9 in the West Indies, where, in the RIPON 60, he was present at the capture of Guadeloupe; and nephew of the late Thos. Drinkwater, Esq., Major of the 62nd Foot, who attained distinction in the first campaigns in St. Domingo in 1793-4, and was afterwards drowned at sea. This officer entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1815, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the NORTHUMBERLAND 74, Capt. Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Cockburn, under whom he accompanied Napoleon Buonaparte to St. Helena. lie next joined the LEANDER 60, flag-ship at Halifax of Sir David Milne; served as Midshipman with Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy in the SUPERB 74, and CREOLE 43, on the South America station; passed his examination 24 March, 1822 ; received, 5 Aug. following, an order to act as Lieutenant of the DORIS 42, Capts. Thos. Bourchier and Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone; and was confirmed by the Admiralty 29 Oct. in the same year. The frigate last named was for some time employed in watching the blockading squadron at Pernambuco ; and was paid off 12 Jan. 1825. On 21 Aug. 1826, Lieut. Bethune was appointed to the BARHAM 50, fitting for the flag of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies, where he obtained his second promotal commission, 14 April, 1828, and joined, in succession, the FERRET 10, ESPIEGLE 18, and, in Sept. 1829, as Acting-Captain, the MAGNIFICENT receiving-ship at Jamaica. He invalided soon afterwards, and, on 22 July, 1830, was officially posted. Capt. Bethune's next and last appointment afloat was, 9 Sept. 1836, to the CONWAY 28, in which frigate we find him for 18 months the Senior Officer in New South Wales - acting afterwards, in the same capacity, in the Bay of Bengal - and, in Dec. 1839, on the death of the Commander-in-Chief; assuming, until the arrival of Sir Gordon Bremer, the direction of all H.M. ships in India. In discharge of the responsible duties which there for a while devolved upon him, he assisted the Governor-General in organizing the Chinese expedition, and exercised his authority, to the full approbation of the Admiralty, in preserving tranquillity at Rangoon. In June, 1840, Capt. Bethune, in charge of a division of transports, himself accompanied the armament to China, and bore a zealous part in the operations that followed. At the taking, on 5 July, of Ting-hai, the capital of Chusan (the harbour of which island he had been previously employed in reconnoitering), he formed one of the scaling party, and had the honour of presenting the Commander-in-Chief, in absence of the keys, with the bell of the place. ** In the course of the same month he was also attached to the blockading force off Ningpo; and he was then deputed, with the ALGERINE brig, and YOUNG HEBE tender, under his orders, to examine and report on the entrance of the Yang- tse-kiang, the practicability of which as a channel for large ships he fully established. On returning to Chusan, Capt. Bethune was constantly employed, up to the time of its surrender in 1841, in the survey of that Archipelago. At the capture, on 13 March, of the last fort protecting the approaches to Canton, he commanded the boats under Capt. Herbert, whose thanks he received for the steady manner in which they were brought to the attack. ‡ He also assisted Capt. Bourchier in directing the movements of the flotilla at the ensuing capture of the city itself ; and on that occasion, as well as during the operations which led to its second reduction, Capt. Herbert officially declared his thanks as due to “that excellent officer Capt. Bethune." ‡ After the latter event, the CONWAY was sent home with invalids from the fleet, and 2,000,000 dollars of the Chinese ransom. On his arrival in England, in Jan. 1842, Capt. Bethune found that for his services he had been rewarded, 29 July, 1841, with the decoration of a C.B. He has since been on half-pay. In 1835 Capt. Bethune was attached to the embassy of the late Earl of Durham for the purpose of reporting on the naval establishments of Russia. He was appointed, in Jan. 1846, an Assistant to the Hydrographer at the Admiralty. He married, 26 Feb. 1846, Frances Cecilia, only child of Henry Stables, Esq., of Park Hill, Clapham. AGENTS.-Collier and Snee.
* Capt. Bethune, on his mother's inheriting in 1839 the estates of her brother, Gilbert (Congalton) Bethune Esq., assumed that surname in addition to his patronymic " Drinkwater."
* Vide Gaz. 1840 pp. 2990-1. † V. Gaz. 1841, p. 1503. ‡ V. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1504, 2505. Retd a 1870
‡

Surname: Bethune, First Names : Henry Leonard

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 21/04/1877

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 026 - Alexandra 16 Sep 78

Surname: Betty, First Names : Christopher William

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 17/09/1801

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 04/04/1832

Notes:

BETTY. RETIRED COMMANDER, 1832. F-P., 16 ; H-P., 38.)
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM BETTY entered the Navy, I Aug. 1793, as A. B., on board the INVINCIBLE 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. Pakenham, stationed in the Channel ; removed, as Midshipman, in Oct. following, to the MAJESTIC 74, commanded by the late Sir Chas. Cotton, under whom he fought in Lord Howe's action, 1 June, 1794; and afterwards proceeded to the West Indies, where he served for two years under the flag of Vice-Admiral Benj. Caldwell. He then rejoined Sir C. Cotton on board the MARS of 82 gums and 634 men ; and, on Capt. Alex. Hood succeeding to the command, was present, 21 April, 1798, at the capture, off Brest. of the French ship HERCULE of 78 guns and 680 men, after a deadly yard-arm and yard-arm conflict of more than an hour's continuance, during which the British sus-tained a loss of 30 killed and 60 wounded, and the enemy of nearly 300 killed and wounded. Mr. Betty, who subsequently became attached to the PRINCE and PRINCE GEORGE 98's, bearing each the flag of Sir C. Cotton, was promoted, as a re-ward for his meritorious conduct on the above occasion, to a Lieutenancy, 17 Sep. 1801, in the ATLAS 98, Capt. Theophilus Jones. From May, 1802, until July, 1804, he served in the Channel on board the SEAGULL 18, Capt. Henry Burke; and on next joining, in Feb. 1805, the DREADNOUGHT 98, flag ship of Vice-Admiral Collingwood, commanded lat-terly by Capt. John Conn, bore a part, and was slightly wounded, in the ensuing battle of Trafalgar. He left the DREADNOUGHT in April, 1806, but was afterwards appointed - l4 March, 1808, to the MYRTLE sloop, Capt. Thos. Innes, employed in the Channel - 24 May following, to the TEMERAIRE 98, Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, flag-ship subsequently of Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon, on the Baltic. station - 17 Nov. 1809, to the TONNANT 80, Capt. Sir C. Hamilton, attached for some time to the force off Cadiz - and, 24 Feb. 1812, after an interval of 15 months, to the ZEPHYR sloop, Capt. Thos. Cuthbert Hitchens, stationed on the north coast of Spain. Not having been employed since Aug. 1813, he at length accepted the rank he now holds, 4 April, 1832.
Commander Betty married, 11 March, 1799, and has issue two children.

Surname: Bevan, First Names : Edward

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 23/05/1828
Notes:

BEVAN, LIEUTENANT, 1828.
EDWARD BEVAN entered the Royal Naval College 10 Aug. 1820, and first embarked on board the ACTIVE 46, Capt. Andrew King. Having served his time in that frigate, and in the BRITON 46, Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell, and BARHAM 50, flag-ship of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, on the South American and West India stations, he passed his examination in 1827 ; and, on 23 May, 1828, was made Lieutenant. into the VALOROUS 28, Capt. Henry Gosset. His subsequent appointments were - to the HERALD yacht, Capt. Geo. Berkeley Maxwell - 1 Feb. 1831, to the REVENGE 76, Capts. Jas. Hillyar and Donald Hugh Mackay, on the Channel and Lisbon stations - 27 Nov. 1833, to the STAG 46, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, employed on Particular Service - 9 June, 1836, as First-Lieutenant, to the MADAGASCAR 46, Capt. Sir John Strutt Peyton, in the West Indies - 6 Sept. 1837, to the PEMBROKE 74, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, in the Mediterranean - and, 9 July, 18:38, to the ROYAL GEORGE yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, from which vessel ill health obliged him to invalid early in 1840. During the term of his employment under the last-mentioned officer, Lieut. Bevan commanded the PANTALOON tender, of 10 guns. He has since been on half-pay. AGENTS-Messrs. Stilwell,

Surname: Bevan, First Names : George Dacres

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 02/11/1853

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Notes:
Died 1870

Surname: Bevan, First Names : Lambton Lee Loraine
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 21/01/1867

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 20/03/1878

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 180 - Excellent 17 Sep 69 addl

Surname: Bevians, First Names : Robert John

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/07/1846
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 02/03/1831

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 12 Dec 39
June 1844 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 12 Dec 39

Notes:

BEVIANS. (LIEUTENANT, 1846.)
ROBERT JOHN BEVIANS passed his examination 2 March, 1831 ; and served in the Coast Guard from 12 Dec. 1839. until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 July, 1846. He is now unemployed.

Surname: Bevis, First Names : Thomas

Date promoted :
Captain: 04/02/1858
Commander: 03/08/1829

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Redwing - 5 Feb 39 ; For Packet Service at Liverpool - Resident Agent, Liverpool - April 43
June 1844 : Redwing - 5 Feb 39 ; Transport Service - Resident Agent, Liverpool - April 43
Dec 1848 : 485 - Redwing - 5 Feb 39 Packet Service Liverpool ; Resident Agent, Transport Service Liverpool 1843

Notes:

BEVIS. (COMMANDER, 1829.)
THOMAS BEVIS entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1797, at a very early age, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the TERROR bomb, Lieut.-Commander Rich. Horsley, from which lie removed, in Dec. 1800, to the OTTER fire-ship, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley. In that vessel he attended the expedition to Copenhagen in 1801, and in the battle of 2 April, having been temporarily transferred to the DART Sloop, Capt. John Ferris Devonshire, attached to the division of the fleet under Lord Nelson, was very hotly engaged. He subsequently served with Capt. Geo. M'Kinley in the ARDENT 64 - then for a short time in the TARTAR frigate, Capt. Jas. Walker, at Spithead - and again under Capt. M`Kinley, chiefly as Master's Mate, in the PELICAN sloop, ABERGAVENNY 54, GANGES 74, and ROEBUCK 44, all on the Jamaica station, until appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 10 Nov. 1804, of the DILIGENCE 18, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, stationed off Boulogne, where, during a period of 12 months, he appears to have been almost daily employed, either on boat service or in actual collision with the enemy. He rejoined Capt. M'Kinley, in Nov. 1805, as Master's Mate, on board the ROEBUCK, at North Yarmouth; next accompanied him into the QUEBEC 32 ; and was only officially promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, after a further servitude, as Midshipman, in the ROYAL GEORGE 100, bearing the flag off Cadiz of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, 24 Sept. 1806. We then find him joining in succession - 24 Nov. 1806, the ANTELOPE 50, Capts. Henry Bazely and Edw. Galway, in which ship he made a voyage to the Cape of Good hope - 24 April, 1809, the ISIS 50, Capt. Woodley Losack, under whom he attended the expedition to Flushing - 19 Jan. 1810, as Senior Lieutenant, the BEAGLE 18, Capt. Wm. Brooking Dolling, employed on the home station - and, 7 Sept. 1810, the GALATEA 36, Capt. W. Losack, on the Cape of Good Hope and West India stations, where he served, nearly the whole time in a similar capacity, until July, 1814. On 20 May, 1811, while cruizing off Madagascar in company with the 36-gun frigates ASTREA and PHOEBE, and 18-gun brig RACEHORSE, the whole under the orders of Commodore Chas. Marsh Schomberg, the GALATEA fell in with the three French 40-gun frigates Renommée Clorinde, and Néréide, having each 200 troops on board. In the long and desperate conflict which ensued, the GALATEA, owing to the situation of the combatants from light and variable airs, became peculiarly the recipient. of a most destructive fire from the Renommée and Clorinde, which, besides filling the hold with four feet of water, completely riddled her hull, badly wounded her masts, yards, and bowsprit, cut to pieces her rigging of every sort, killed 16 of her crew, and wounded 46 - a loss exceeding that of the ASTREA and PHOEBE united. The Renommée and Néréide were ultimately captured, but the Clorinde effected her escape. Among the wounded on board the GALATEA was Mr. Bevis himself; in the right thigh, but who, nevertheless, could not he prevailed upon to leave the deck for more than a few minutes. * Yet - notwithstanding the facts we have stated, although the First-Lieutenants of the two other frigates were promoted, and the Admiralty expressed their satisfaction at the conduct of the GALATEA - yet was Mr. Bevis, without any one drawback on his gallant and meritorious conduct, passed over. and suffered to continue for a further period of 18 years on the Lieutenants' list. His succeeding appointments were - 1 Nov. 1814, as First, to the BOMBAY 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Vinicombe Penrose in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in July, 1816 - 25 Aug. 1818, to the EURYALUS 42. Capt. Thos. Huskisson, from which frigate he invalided in April, 1819 - 18 Feb. 1821, to a command in the Coast Guard - and 2 Dec. 1828, again as First-Lieutenant, to the PRINCE REGENT 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood. He was at length advanced to his present rank 3 Aug. 1829 ; and since .5 Feb. 1839, previously to which period he had held the same office at Milford and Holyhead, has been employed as Superintendent of the Packet service at Liverpool. He is also Resident Agent for Transports at the latter port, having received the appointment in April, 1843.

Surname: Bewicke, First Names : Calverley Theodore
Awarded Medal (m) : m

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 273 - Juno 14 Feb 70

Surname: Bickerstaff, First Names : Francis

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 16/03/1814
Notes:

BICKERSTAFF. (LIEUTENANT, 1814. F-P., 16 ; H-P., 26.)
FRANCIS BICKERSTAFF entered the Navy, 17 March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the MALABAR 50, Capts. Robt. Hall and John Ayscough; and, on 2 Jan. 1806, served in the boats of that ship at the destruction, off the island of Cuba (the WOLFE 18, in company), of the two French privateers, Le Régulateur and Napoléon, of 5 guns each, and a crew united of 146 men, after a well-contested action of an hour and three quarters. On next joining, with Capt. Ayscough, the SUCCESS 32, we again find him contributing, in the boats, to the capture, 20 Nov. following. under a destructive shower of grape and musketry from the crew, 50 in number, who had landed on the same island and posted themselves on an eminence, of Le Vengeur, another privateer, lashed to the shore. Being transferred, in May, 1807, to the SUPERB 74, commanded by the late Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, Mr. Bickerstaff attended the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen - then went to the Mediterranean in pursuit of a French squadron which had effected its escape from Rochefort - witnessed the embarkation from Nyeborg, in Aug. 1808, of the Spanish army under the Marquess do la Romana - was in the SUPERB when, frozen up at Gottenborg in .Jan. 1809, she was only extricated by a canal being cut through four miles of ice - and, to the following August, accompanied the force sent. to the Walcheren, during the operations against which island he appears to have been employed in a flat-bottomed boat with the van frigates off Bathz. After officiating for a few months as Supernumerary-Midshipman of the PUISSANT 74, sheer-hulk at Spithead, Capt. Robt. Hall, he became attached, in Feb. 1810, to the BLAKE 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington; and, during his continuance in that ship, was much engaged on harassing night-duty at the defence of Cadiz, and was present at the siege of Tarragona in May and June, 1811. From the BLAKE Mr. Bickerstaff removed, 3 Sept. 1812, to the CALEDONIA 120, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew on the Mediterranean station, where he came frequently into collision with the French fleet, and with the enemy's batteries on the Iles d'Hieres. Having passed his examination 12 Aug. 1811, he became Acting-Lieutenant, 4 Jan. 1814, of the AIGLE 36, Capt. Sir John Louis, and, being confirmed in the appointment by commission dated 16 March in the same year, co-operated in the reduction of Genoa, and was otherwise actively employed in the. Mediterranean, and subsequently on the coast of North America, until paid off, 17 Aug. 1815. Since that period, with the exception of a command in the Coast Guard, which he held from 27 March, 1829, until 10 Oct. 1834, Mr. Bickerstaff has been unemployed.

Surname: Bickford, First Names : Andrew Kennedy, CMG
Birth Date : Jul 1844
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 31/12/1878
Lieutenant: 25/01/1866
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 17/09/1863

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 003 - Achilles 8 Apr 70

Surname: Bickford, First Names : Codrington Parr

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 20/01/1870

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 526 - Volage 10 Mar 70

Surname: Bickford, First Names : James Edward
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Captain: 03/04/1868
Commander: 06/08/1860
Lieutenant: 13/12/1848
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 18/03/1848

Surname: Bickford, First Names : Joseph George Grant

Date promoted :
Midshipman: 18/12/1869

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 234 - Hercules 18 Dec 69 addl

Surname: Bickford, First Names : Joseph Grant
Awarded Medal (m) / Foreign Order (FO): m, FO

Date promoted :
Captain: 21/07/1860
Lieutenant: 23/11/1841

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Iris - 19 Oct 43
June 1844 : Iris - 19 Oct 43
Dec 1848 : 621 - Vengeance 15 Oct 46

Notes:

BICKFORD. (LIEUTENANT, 1841.)
JOSEPH GRANT BICKFORD entered the Navy 19 Oct. 1828 ; passed his examination 4 Dec. 1834 ; and was promoted while serving as Mate on the Lisbon station of the GANGES 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds, 23 Nov. 1841. His appointments have since been – 30 Nov. 1841, to the RODNEY 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, attached to the force in the Mediterranean – 19 Oct. 1843, to the IRIS 26, Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy, on the East India station - and, 11 Oct, 1845, and 15 Oct. 1846, to the RETRIBUTION steam-frigate, and VENGEANCE 84, both commanded by Capt. Stephen Lushington, under whom he is now employed. AGENTS.- Messrs. Stilwell.

Surname: Biddulph, First Names : Edward

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 05/10/1809

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 06/08/1849
Notes:

BIDDULPH, (LIEUT., 1809. F-P.. 16; H-P., 28.)
EDWARD BIDDULPH entered the Navy, 12 Sept. 1803, its Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the INDEFATIGABLE 46, Capts. Graham Moore and John Tremayne Rodd, under the former of whom he was present as Midshipman, 5 Oct. 1804, in an action off Cape St. Mary, which terminated in the capture of three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the destruc-tion of a fourth. He removed, in Dec. 1807, to the FOXHOUND 18, Capt. Pitt Burnaby Greene; and, being next. appointed Master's Mate of the VILLE DE PARIS 110, and CALEDONIA 120, bearing the flags of Lords Gardner and Gambier, was present in the last-mentioned ship at the destruction, in April, 1809, of the French squadron in Basque Roads. During the ensuing expedition to the Scheldt, Mr. Biddulph, who had been lent to the SCEPTRE 74, served on shore with a party of seamen at the investment of Flushing. He obtained a commission on 5 Oct. in the same year, and was subsequently appointed - 2 Jan. 1810, to the ONYX 10, Capts. John Parish, Gawen Wm. Hamilton, Chas. Phillips, and Chas. Squire, in which vessel, and in the gun-boat service, he took part in the defence of Cadiz ; besides destroying, on the beach of Conil, with the boats of the ONYX and DESPERATE under his orders, an enemy's brig, protected at the time by a battery and musketry *- - 30 Nov. 1813, to the ELEPHANT 74, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, at Portsmouth - 14 May, 1814, to the HEBRUS 36, Capt. Edmund Palmer, on the coast of North America - 22 July following, to the FLORIDA 20, Capt. Nat. Mitchell, on the same and West India stations, whence he returned home, and was paid off, 5 April, 1815 - and, 6 May, 1819, to the MENAI 26, Capt. Fairfax Moresby. In the latter ship Lieut. Biddulph continued until she was placed out of commission in Sept. 1823, and during that period visited St. Helena, assisted, in 1820, in landing a troop of emigrants in Algoa Bay, and was very actively employed in suppressing the slave-traffic on the eastern coast of Africa. He has since been on half-pay.

Surname: Biddulph, First Names : Francis Herbert

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 01/02/1876
Naval Cadet or Entry: 08/12/1868

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 079 - Britannia [Cadet under training]
June 1879 : 358 - Osprey 19 Apr 77

Surname: Bigge, First Names : Henry Charles

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/06/1869
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 07/07/1866

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 068 - Black Prince 22 Apr 70
June 1879 : 012 - Agincourt 10 Jul 77

Surname: Bigland, First Names : Wilson Braddyll, KH
Birth Date : 20 Jul 1788

Date promoted :
Captain: 06/03/1821
Notes:

BIGLAND, K.H. (Captain, 1821. F-P., 15; H-P., 31.)
WILSON BRADDYLL BIGLAND, born 20 July, 1788, at Bigland Hall, the seat of his ancestors since. the Norman Conquest, is son of the late Geo. Bigland, Esq., of Bigland, by his second wife, Sarah, daughter of John Gale, Esq., of Whitehaven, High Sheriff for Cumberland, and sister of the late Wilson Braddyll, Esq., of Conishead Priory.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Oct. 1801, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the THESEUS 74, Capt. John Bligh, with whom, on proceeding to the West Indies, he served, as Midshipman, in 1803-4, at the blockade of Cape Francois - the reduction of Port Dauphin, where two forts and a 28-gun ship, La Sagesse, were taken from the enemy - the capture of the French squadron with the remains of General Rochambeau's army from Cape Francois - and the unsuccessful attempt on Curacoa. In March, 1805, some months after his transference with Capt. Bligh to the SURVEILLANTE 38, he had the misfortune to be taken prisoner, while in charge of a prize-schooner, on the coast of Vera Cruz ; and, on being released by a royal order from the Court of Madrid, in Aug. 1807, he was sent to Jamaica, whence, after a brief attachment to the SHARK, receiving-ship, Capt. Christopher Bell, he returned home, early in 1808, in the CHICHESTER, store-ship, Capt. Jas. Tait. On 5 March in the same year Mr. Bigland, who had passed his examination but a few days previously, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and from that date until 31 Dec. 1813, he continued to serve with the present Sir Geo. Cockburn, almost uninterruptedly, in the POMPEE 80, BELLEISLE, IMPLACABLE, and ALFRED 74's, GRAMPUS 50, and MARLBOROUGH and SCEPTRE 74's. During that period he served on shore, with a party of seamen from the POMPEE, at the reduction of Martinique, in Feb. 1803, on which occasion he was in temporary command of the seamen's battery at the moment the enemy first hoisted the white flag of capitulation - obtained, in August following, while in the BELLEISLE, the public acknowledgments of Commodore Cockburn for his courage and zeal as his aide-de-camp at the siege of Flushing * - was actively employed, from 1810 to 1812, in the IMPLACABLE and ALFRED, at the defence of Cadiz - and, in the MARLBOROUGH and SCEPTRE. was a participator, as Flag -Lieutenant to his patron, in most of those gallant achievements on the shores and up the rivers of North America with which the name of Cockburn is identified. he returned to England with Sir John Borlase Warren, in the ST. DOMINGO 74, at the commencement of 1814, and, on 15 June in that year, while acting in command of the JASPER 10, was presented with a second promotal commission. Capt. Bigland's subsequent appointments were, between 3 Aug. 1818, and his advancement to Post-rank, 6 March, 1821, to the PARTHIAN 10, ONTARIO 18, and BANN 20, in all of which he was most efficaciously employed in the protection of British trade in the West Indies. He then, until Aug. of the latter year, commanded the EURYALUS 42. His acceptance of the retirement took place 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Bigland was nominated a K.H. 25 Jan. 1836. He married, 1S Jan. 1822. Emily, second sister of the present Capt. Sir Hen. John Leeke, R.N., Kt., K.H., and has had issue two sons and a daughter. His eldest son, George Selsey, an Ensign in the 46th regiment, was killed by falling down the hatchway of the Java transport, when embarked with his regiment at Gibraltar, for passage to Barbadoes, 23 Jan. 1842. AGENTS-Messrs. Chard.

Surname: Bignell, First Names : George
Birth Date : 01 Dec 1786

Date promoted :
Captain: 28/07/1851
Commander: 19/09/1815

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Awards and Qualifications: : ; ;
Date awarded Pension for Wounds : 16/02/1816 ;
Notes:

BIGNELL. (COMMANDER, 1815. F-P., 19 ; H-P., 33.)
GEORGE BIGNELL, born 1 Dec. 1786, is son of the late John Bignell, Esq., upwards of 43 years a Purser, R.N.; and a relative of Commander E. H. Kenney, R.N., and of Dr. Jas. Anderson (b), R.N., Deputy Medical Inspector of Haslar Hospital.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1795, as Midshipman, on board the ANDROMEDA 32, Capt. Wm. Taylor, on the Halifax station, where, and in the Channel, he served with the same officer, lat-terly in the MAGNANIME 44, until 1800. In March, 1801, after an intermediate attachment to the ASSISTANCE 50, Capt. Robt. Hall, he became Acting- Lieutenant of the LONDON 98, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, and on the occasion of the battle of Copen-hagen, 2 April following, commanded a flat-bot-tomed boat alongside the ELEPHANT. Lord Nelson's flag-ship, and was instrumental to the after-destruc-tion of the Danish shipping. he continued to serve in the LONDON, to which ship he was confirmed on 10 Sept. in the same year, until the peace; and was subsequently appointed - 11 April, 1803, to the SPARTIATE 74, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey, under whom he fought at Trafalgar, was employed in guarding the coast of Sicily and in landing troops in the Bay of Naples, and co-operated in the reduction of the islands of Ischia and Procida - 26 Dec. 1809, to the FORMABLE 98. Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, stationed in the Baltic and off Lisbon - and, 23 June, 1812, to the DOVER troop-ship, Capt. Aug. Vere Drury, in the boats of which he retook a schooner on the banks of Newfoundland, and then proceeded to Quebec. He afterwards volunteered his services on the Canadian Lakes, and on 10 Sept. 1813, while in command of the HUNTER brig, of 10 guns, parti-cipated, with a flotilla under the orders of Commo-dore Robt. Heriot Barclay, and exhibited the greatest intrepidity, in a hard-fought and disas-trous engagement with a superior American force on Lake Erie, under Commodore Perry.* He had the misfortune on that occasion to be very severely wounded and, being taken prisoner in common with the rest of the British, was detained, as a hostage for some deserters who had been sent to England to be tried for their lives, until July, 1814. He attained his present rank 19 Sept. 1815, but has not. since been employed.
Commander Bignell enjoys a pension of £150, awarded him for his wounds, 16 Feb. 1816. He married, 25 May, 1816, Miss Charlotte Patch, and by that lady has issue six children.

Surname: Bignold, First Names : Walter Lloyd

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 08/08/1874
Midshipman: 25/01/1866

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 287 - Liverpool 6 May 69
June 1879 : 275 - Lapwing 11 Sep 77

Surname: Billingsley, First Names : John
Birth Date : 18 Mar 1796

Date promoted :
Commander: 05/06/1856
Lieutenant: 12/06/1820

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Chief Officer, Coast Guard 21 Jul 35
June 1844 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 21 Jul 35
Dec 1848 : Chief Officer, Coast Guard 21 Jul 35
June 1879 : NP 24 Feb 1879
Notes:

BILLINGSLEY. (LIEUT., 1820. F-P., 29 ; H-P., 6.)
JOHN BILLINGSLEY was born 18 March. 1796.
This officer entered the navy, 22 May, 1812, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the JUNON 38, Capt. Jas. Sanders, under whom we find him for some time very actively employed on the coast of North America, particularly at the blockade of Chesapeake and Delaware rivers. On 8 Dec. 1813, he served with a division of boats, under Lieut. Kelly Nazer, at the capture, in gallant style, of the Lottery letter-of-marque, carrying 6 12-pounder carronades and 28 men, an exploit for which, in common with the other officers and men employed, he received the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief. While afterwards attached with Capt. Thos. Forrest to the SYBILLE 44, Mr. Billingsley cruised, as Midshipman, for the protection of the trade off Madeira, and then proceeded to the latitude of Greenland in quest of the American Commodore Rodgers. After serving for nearly three years and a half in the VENGEUR 74, guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Tristram Robt. Ricketts and Thos. Alexander, he joined, in Nov. 1818, the PARTHIAN 10, Capts. Wilson Braddyll Bigland and Whitworth Lloyd, of which vessel, stationed in the West Indies, he was confirmed a Lieutenant 12 June, 1820. The PARTHIAN being paid off in April, 1822, Mr. Billingsley was next in succession appointed, 27 Feb. 1823, 25 Jan. 1825, and 2 April, 1828, to the ECLAIR 18, CAMBRIDGE 82, and PEARL 20, Capts. Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone, Thos. Jas. Maling, and Geo. Chas. Blake, on the South American and Irish stations. The latter ship pas put out of commission 16 April, 1831. Lieut. Billingsley, since 21 July, 1835, has been employed in the Coast Guard.
He married, 24 June, 1839, Charlotte, eldest daughter of the late Robt. Hicks, Esq., banker, of Ringwood, by whom he has issue one daughter.

Surname: Bindon, First Names : John Read

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 31/07/1799

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 23/12/1843

Notes:

Retired initially under OiC of 30 Nov 1830 with seniority as Ret'd Cdr of 26 Nov 1830 the under OIC 30 Jan 1816

BINDON. (RETIRED COMMANDER, 1843. F-P., 21 ; H-P., 33.)
JOAN READ BINDON entered the Navy, from the R.N. Academy, 21 June, 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the CAPTAIN 74, Capt. Sam. Reeve. He served on shore in August following at the occupation of Toulon, and in December witnessed the destruction of the French shipping in that port; was further employed, as Midshipman, with the land-force at the reduction of St. Fiorenza and Bastia, in the island of Corsica, in Feb. and May, 1794; and, on 14 March and 13 .July, 1795, participated in Hotham's partial actions with the French fleet. In 1796 Mr. Bindon joined the ANDROMACHE 32, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, one of the in-shore squadron off Cadiz, and, on 31 Jan. 1797, during a close and destructive engagement of 40 minutes with an Algerine ship of similar force, when an attempt was made by the latter to board the British frigate, he received several sabre and gun-shot wounds. We are informed that, on 14 of the following month, he was also present in the action off Cape St. Vincent. Proceeding to the West Indies in the early part of 1799, Mr. Bindon was there promoted, from the PRINCE OF WALES 98, bearing the flag of Lord Hugh Seymour, to a Lieutenancy, on 31 July in the same year, in the INVINCIBLE 74, Capt. Wm. Cayley, while under whose command he served on shore with the army during the operations which led to the conquest of the Dutch colony of Surinam. His subsequent appointments appear to have been - 26 June, 1800, to the CYANE 18, Capt. Hen. Matson, also stationed in the West Indies - 26 March, 1801; to the DAPHNE 20, Capt. Rich. Matson, in which vessel he returned to England - 1 Feb. 1803, to the RUSSELL 74, Capt. Robt. Williams, whom he accompanied to the East Indies - 13 April, 1805, to the STATELY 64, Capt. Geo. Parker, employed in the North Sea - and, in Sept. 1806, to the command of a signal-station on the west coast of Ireland, which he retained until 20 June, 1814. Since the latter date - with the exception of some time towards the close of 1821, when, owing to the disturbed state of the Co. of Limerick, he was selected to command five armed boats on the river Shannon, and proved of great public utility - he has not been employed. He was placed on the Junior List of Retired Commanders 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 23 Dec. 1843.
Commander Bindon holds an appointment in the Irish Constabulary. He married, 31 Jan. 1806, Sarah Eliza Vereker, cousin of the late Lord Gort, and niece of the late Col. Wm. Odell, M.P. for the Co. of Limerick, and a Lord of the Treasury, by whom he has issue an only daughter.

Surname: Bingham, First Names : Henry Hope

Date promoted :
Commander: 04/11/1840

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

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Formidable - 28 Aug 41
June 1844 : Queen - 23 Apr 44
Dec 1848 : Inspecting Commander, Coast Guard 23 Dec 45
Notes:

BINGHAM. COMMANDER, 1840. F-P., 27; H-P., 7.) HENRY HOPE BINGHAM, whose family is a branch of that of Bingham of Melcombe Bingham, co. Dorset, is second son of the Rev. Rich. Bingham, Canon of Chichester, Vicar of Hale Magna, in the diocese of Lincoln, and Incumbent of Gosport Church, by Lydia Mary Ann, eldest daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Chas. Douglas, R.N., and sister of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Wm. Hen. Douglas, Bart., as also of the present Lieut.-General Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., G.C.M.G.* He is elder brother of Commander J. E. Bingham, R.N. ; nephew of the late Rear-Admiral Joseph Bingham, and of Rear-Admiral Donald Campbell, R.N. ; and cousin of Commander P. D. Bingham, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Dec. 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ROSAMOND 28, commanded by his uncle, Capt. Donald Campbell, whom he accompanied with convoy to Hudson's Bay. He afterwards joined in succession - the LEVEN 22, Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett, employed in 1815 in co-operating with the Royalists in La Vendée - the RIVOLI 74, Capts. Sir Chas. Oglc and Aiskew Paffard Hollis, guard-ship at Portsmouth, in which he attained the rating of Midshipman - the CARRON 20, Capt. John Furneaux, under whom, as Master's Mate, he was wrecked, in the Bay of Bengal, on the night of 5 July, 1820, and, with others, cast, senseless on the beach - the QUEEN CHARLOTTE 104, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed at Portsmouth, where he passed his examination 1 Aug. 1821 - the SERINGAPATAM 44, Capt. Chas. Sotheby, in the boats of which frigate we find him, as Mate, repeatedly employed in the suppression of piracy in the Grecian Archipelago - and the WARSPITE 76, fitting at Portsmouth, towards the close of 1825, for the flag of his uncle, Rear-Admiral Bingham, whose premature death, when on the point of sailing, proved in a great measure detrimental to his prospects. On 3 Jan. 1826, however, Mr. Bingham was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and on 18 Nov. 1828, was appointed to the HYPERION 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, lying in Newhaven harbour for the purposes of the extended Coast Blockade. In that ship he continued until 24 March, 1831, and experienced during the period much arduous boat-service. From 8 May, 1833, until 17 June, 1836, he next served as Senior of the LARNE 18, Capt. Wm. Sidney Smith, on the West India station, where he appears to have been very actively employed, the latter part of the time, in protecting the British mercantile interests on the coasts of New Granada and Venezuela, then in a state of insurrection. The LARNE was also present throughout the siege of Puerto Caballo by Gen. Paez. On 16 Feb. 1837, Mr. Bingham joined the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE 104, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Robt. Stopford, and for his services, as First Lieutenant of that ship, during the operations on the coast of Syria, particularly at the capture of St Jean d'Acre, was advanced to the rank of Commander 4 Nov. 1810; and appointed, 15 Dec. following, her Second Captain. He was paid off 30 July, 1841, but was soon afterwards, on 28 of the next month, selected to act in the latter capacity on board the FORMIDABLE 84, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge and Sir Chas. Sullivan, likewise in the Mediterranean. Under the latter officer, in March, 1844, Commander Bingham witnessed the settlement of the Greek Constitution at Athens. He was turned over, on 23 April ensuing, with the rest of the officers of the FORMIDABLE, to the QUEEN 110. and in July of the same year was paid off: He has been employed, since 23 Dec. 1845, as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard.
Commander Bingham was presented with the Gold Cross of the order of the Saviour of Greece, but existing regulations prevented his acceptance of it. AGENT-Frederick Dufaur.

* Sir Chas. Douglas was created a Baronet in 1777, for the extraordinary service he had rendered, the year before, in forcing a passage for his squadron through the ice in the River St. Lawrence to the relief of Quebec, then closely besieged by the Americans. He served as Captain of the Fleet in Rodney's action of 12 April. 1782, and to him is attributed the advice which induced that nobleman to establish the precedent of breaking the enemy's line - a main cause of the signal victory which that day attended the British arms.

Surname: Bingham, First Names : Henry Maynard
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 19/02/1862
Lieutenant: 24/10/1851
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 28/06/1848

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

Surname: Bingham, First Names : John
Birth Date : 18 Mar 1785

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 05/02/1806

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 09/04/1839

Notes:

BINGHAM. (RETIRED COMMANDER, 1839. F-P., 16 ; H-P., 33.)
JOHN BINGHAM born 18 March, 1785, is second son of the late Rich. Bingham, Esq., of Melcombe Bingham, co. Dorset, Colonel of Militia, by Elizabeth, only daughter and heiress of John Rideout, Esq., of Dean's Lease, in the same shire ; younger brother of the late Major-Gen. Sir Geo. Rideout Bingham, K.C.B., K.T.S., Colonel of the Rifle Corps; and first cousin of Capt. Arth. Batt Bingham, R.N., who was drowned in 1830. This officer entered the Navy, 22 Sept. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board LA MINERVE 42, commanded by the present Sir Geo. Cockburn, in which frigate he proceeded with convoy to the Mediterranean where, on joining, as Midshipman, the MINOTAUR 74, Capt. Thos. Louis, he witnessed, in the Bay of Naples, the proceedings which led to the unfortunate execution of Prince Caraccioli. While in the same ship, under the flag of Lord Keith, he assisted at the siege of Genoa, in 1800, and was employed, during the expedition of 1801 to Egypt, in landing part of the 42nd Highlanders in Aboukir Bay. In 1803, after conveying Lord Nelson from off Brest to the Mediterranean, in the AMPHION 32, Capt. Thos. Masterman Hardy, he became attached with his Lordship to the VICTORY 100. he appears to have been next employed in the AGINCOURT 64, Capt. Thos. Briggs, and in the AMBUSCADE 32, and CANOPUS 80, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Thos. Louis, under whom he accompanied Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back, in pursuit of the combined squadrons of France and Spain, in the summer of 1805, and then aided in the blockade of Cadiz. After acting for three months as Lieutenant of the PRINCE 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, Mr. Bingham obtained a commission, dated 5 Feb. 1806, and about the same period was appointed to the ENDYMION 40, Capts. Edw. Durnford King and Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. In Feb. 1807, he assisted at the passage of the Dardanells, and, during the period the squadron lay off Constantinople, was employed in carrying nearly all the flags of truce. While reconnoitring in a boat off the island of Cephalonia, in the following September, he had the misfortune to be taken by some French privateers, and sent to France, where he was detained, the greater part of the time at Verdun, until the abdication of Buonaparte. Unable to procure further employment, he at length accepted the rank he now holds, 9 April, 1839.
He married, 22 Dec. 1824, Frances Eleanora, daughter of the Rev. Wm. Woollcombe, M. A., Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral, by Anne, sister of his old commander, Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. Louis, Bart., and aunt of the present Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart. He has issue two sons and a daughter.

Surname: Bingham, First Names : John Elliot
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Commander: 06/05/1841

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Captain: 01/07/1865
Notes:

BINGHAM. (COMMANDER, 1841. F-P., 24; H-P., 3.)
JOHN ELLIOT BINGHAM is fourth son of the Rev. Rich. Bingham; and younger brother of Commander H. H. Bingham, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Sept. 1820, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ESK 20, Capts. Edw. Lloyd and Arth. Lee Warner, on the West India station ; became Midshipman, in 1823-4, of the QUEEN CHARLOTTE 104, and VICTORY 104, flagships at Portsmouth of Admirals Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed and Sir Geo. Martin - next, of the HERALD yacht, Capt. Sir Hen. John Leeke, engaged on Particular Service - and ultimately of the WARSPITE 78, and BOADICEA 46, bearing the flag in the East Indies of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage; and on 23 Sept. 1826, passed his examination. He subsequently, for three years, commanded the COCHIN flag-tender; and during that period was much employed in suppressing piracy in the Straits of Malacca. He returned home in 1831, as Acting. Lieutenant of the SUCCESS 28, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jervoise ; and, after a further servitude, as Mate, in the VICTORY, Capt. Hyde Parker, and EXCELLENT gunnery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings, was presented with a commission, dated 28 July, 1832, and appointed, 20 Oct. following, to the SOUTHAMPTON 50, Capt. John Milligan Laws, on the North Sea station. On 11 May, 1833, he joined the DONEGAL 72, in which ship (after bringing Don Carlos to England) and in the HASTINGS 74, bearing each the flag of Sir W. H. Gage, he continued to serve off Lisbon, including the latter part of Don Miguel's ascendancy, for nearly five years. On the occasion of the wreck of the Portuguese corvette Portuense, near the mouth of the Tagus, he had charge of the boats which saved the crew. The HASTINGS returned home, and was paid off in Jan. 1838. On 25 July following Lieut. Bingham was appointed Senior of the MODESTE 18, Capt. Harry Eyres, and, during the three years he remained in that sloop, was at Mexico pending the dispute between that republic and the French government - went to New York with despatches for the British Minister at Washington relative to the Maine boundary question - rendered much effective assistance in destroying the slave traffic in the Mozambique Channel - led, during the expedition to China, the storming party at the taking of the fort of Tycocktow, 7 Jan. 1841 - was struck, three days afterwards, in consequence of the springing of a. mine, by a large stone which caused a violent contusion of the hip and fracture of both bones of the right leg * - and in May witnessed the capture and ransom of Canton. For the latter service he was advanced to his present rank, by commission dated 6 ,July, 1841. He has been in command, since 14 Dec. 1844, of the ACORN 16, on the S. E. coast of .America. Commander Bingham, who, previously to joining the ACORN, had been for some time a student at the R.N. College, is author of a ‘Narrative of the Expedition to China.’ Although crippled from his wounds, he receives no pension. AGENTS - Messrs. Ommanney.

Surname: Bingham, First Names : Joseph

Date promoted :
Rear Adm: 12/08/1819
Captain: 20/04/1796

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

Notes:
Lieut 1790 ; Cdr 1794

Surname: Bingham, First Names : Parker Duckworth
Birth Date : 11 Apr 1799

Date promoted :
Commander: 26/04/1827

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1843 Inspecting Commander, Coast Guard 18 Jan 42
June 1844 : Inspecting Commander, Coast Guard 18 Jan 42
Notes:

BINGHAM. (COMMANDER, 1827, F-P., 19 ; H-P., 17.)
PARKER DUCKWORTH BINGHAM, born 11 April, 1799, is son of the late Rear-Admiral Joseph Bingham; grandson, maternally, of the late Admiral Sir Wm. Parker, Bart., an officer who obtained great celebrity on 1 June, 1794, as Captain of the AUDACIOUS 74 ; nephew of the present Capt. Sir Wm. Geo. Parker, Bart. R.N. ; godson of the late Admiral Sir John Thos. Duckworth, K.B. ; and first cousin of Commanders H. H. and J. E. Bingham.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 May, 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the EGM0NT 74, commanded by his father, Capt. Joseph Bingham, with whom he participated, as Midshipman, in the operations up the Gironde in 1814, where he witnessed the destruction of a French line-of-battle ship, 3 brigs of war, several smaller vessels, and of all the forts and batteries on the north side of the river. He was next attached for a short period to the TIBER 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, lying in Portsmouth Harbour; then joined the QUEEN 74, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose; and, on removing to the ALBION 74, Capt. John Coode, was present at the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, on which occasion he commanded at intervals the mortar and rocket boats, and was slightly wounded in the foot. During his continuance in the ALBION he had the good fortune, twice at sea, and once in port, to save the lives of 3 men, by intrepidly jumping overboard after them. In Oct. 1818, he passed his examination; and, after serving successively in the MYRMIDON 22, Capt. Robt. Gambier, QUEEN CHARLOTTE 101, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Campbell. Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, VENGEUR 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, and TARTAR 42, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, was made Lieutenant, 28 April, 1821, into his former ship the MYRMIDON, Capt. Hen. John Leeke, on the coast of Africa. While employed in the boats, as First-Lieutenant, at the subsequent capture of two privateer slavers - armed, the one with 4, the other with 16 guns - Mr. Bingham was very severely wounded by a grape-shot, which, entering his left breast, passed along his arm as far as the elbow, and was not extracted until after a lapse of ten days. In consequence of over exertion in afterwards fitting out the two prizes, he brought on a severe attack of fever, and in Dec. of the same year, 1821, was obliged to invalid. On 20 March, 1823, he was appointed to the REVENGE 76. flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Harry Neale, and, at a later date, of Sir Edw. Codrington, to whom he became Flag-Lieutenant 17 Sept. 1825. He was promoted out of that ship 26 April, 1827 ; and since 18 Jan. 1842, has been employed as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard.
Commander Bingham married first, in 1833, Emily, eldest daughter of Major Geo. Payne, of Walton, co. Surrey ; and secondly, in Nov. 1838, Jane, daughter of the late Col. Delamane, and widow of Capt. W. H. C. Howard, of the Hon. E. I. C.'s European Regiment. He has issue one daughter. AGENT - J. Hinxman.

Surname: Bingham, First Names : Richard (Hon)

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 01/06/1869
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 06/06/1866

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1879 : 268 - Jackal 31 Dec 78 Lieut & Com

Surname: Binstead, First Names : Cheesman Henry

Date promoted :
Captain: 07/03/1853
Commander: 23/11/1841
Notes:

BINSTEAD. (COMMANDER, 1841. F-P., 26 ; H-P., 11.)
CHEESMAN HENRY BINSTEAD entered the Navy, 10 June, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the PALLAS 36, Capt. Edwards Lloyd Graham, on the North Sea station, where he assisted at the capture and destruction of several Danish privateers. He subsequently became Midshipman, under the same Captain, of the ALCMENE 38, and, after participating in the seizure of many vessels, and the blockade, during a whole winter, of the French fleet in Toulon, joined, in Feb. 1814, the CALEDONIA 120, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew. In that ship Mr. Binstead commanded the maintop in a skirmish, on 13 of the latter month, with the French 74 Romulus, and took part in various other slight encounters with the enemy, besides sharing in the siege of Genoa. He next served in the COSSACK 22, Capt. Hon. Algernon Percy, on the North American station, ERIDANUS 36, Capt. Wm. King, in the Channel, and LIVERPOOL 50, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, at the Cape of Good Hope; passed his examination 3 July, 1816; and, having rejoined Lord Exmouth in the QUEEN CHARLOTTE 100, was present, 27 Aug. following, at the battle of Algiers. From 1817 until the death of Buonaparte in May, 1821, we find him, in the BLOSSOM 24, Capts. Fred. Hickey and Fred. Edw. Venables Vernon, arduously employed on the Brazilian coast, in the South Seas, and off St. Helena; after which he again joined the QUEEN CHARLOTTE, flagship at Portsmouth of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, and, in 1823, was received on board the OWEN GLENDOWER 42, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Robt. Mends on the western coast of Africa. While on the latter station, Mr. Binstead, who was frequently sent. up the rivers for weeks at a time in an open boat in pursuit of different slavers, served on shore at Cape Coast Castle during the Ashantee war, was present in several attacks made by the enemy, and witnessed the death of General Sir Chas. M’Carthy. He returned home in March, 1824, with a constitution severely impaired from the fevers of the climate, as Acting-Lieutenant of the OWEN GLENDOWER ; obtained his commission on 10 April ; and, in July following, was appointed to the GANGES 84, Capt. Patrick Campbell, lying in Portsmouth Harbour. On 23 Nov. 1826, Lieut. Binstead, with Capt. John Hayes, the constructor, joined the CHALLENGER 28, an experimental frigate. afterwards commanded by Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, in which he continued until July, 1829, when he was nominated Agent for Transports afloat. During the six years of his being so employed he conveyed upwards of 40,000 troops to the colonies - assisted in shifting the naval establishment from Gibraltar to Malta - succeeded on numerous occasions in saving the lives of soldiers who had accidentally fallen overboard - and was twice the means of preserving a transport-ship from destruction. In the discharge of all the trying duties that devolved on him he obtained the flattering encomiums of his several Commanders-in-Chief; and was further honoured with the approbation of the Admiralty. He subsequently served at Portsmouth, as Senior Lieutenant to Sir Edw. Codrington, in the BRITANNIA, QUEEN and ST. VINCENT, first-rates, from 19 April, 1839, until advanced to his present rank, 23 Nov. 1841. He has since been on half-pay.
Commander Binstead married, 7 July, 1833, Emily, third daughter of John Fulleck, Esq., of Liphook, co. Hants, and has issue three children. AGENTS - Messrs. Stilwell.

Surname: Birch, First Names : Thomas Francis

Date promoted :
Captain: 13/11/1850
Commander: 30/12/1842

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:

Notes:

BIRCH. (COMMANDER, 1842.
THOMAS FRANCIS BIRCH entered the Navy 2 Dec. 1830; passed his examination in 1837; and, after serving for some time as Mate of the BEAGLE 10, Capt. John Clements Wickham, in Australia, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 16 July, 1840. On 23 of the same month he joined the MELVILLE 72, flag slip in the East Indies of Rear-Admiral Hon. George Elliot, on leaving which he was in succession appointed, 10 June and 17 Aug 1841, to the BRITOMART 10, Capt. Owen Stanley, and MODESTE 18, Capt. Rundle Barges Watson. As First-Lieutenant of the latter vessel during the campaign in China, he landed with the troops at the reduction of Chinghae, 10 Oct. 1841 - ably commanded the boats of the MODESTE and E. I. C.'s ship Sesostris at the defence of Ningpo, 10 March, 1842 - and was em-ployed on shore at the capture of Chapoo and of the batteries of Woosung, 28 May and 16 June, 1842. * For these services Mr. Birch was advanced to his present rank 30 Dec. 1842. † Since 7 Sept. 1844, he has been in command of the WATERWITCH sloop of 10 guns. AGENT-John P. Muspratt.

Surname: Birch, First Names : Thomas Frederick
Birth Date : 16 Jan 1805

Date promoted :
Captain: 01/04/1856
Commander: 03/07/1840
Notes:

BIRCH. (COMMANDER, 1840. F-P., 20; H-P., 8.)
THOMAS FREDERICK BIRCH, born 16 Jan. 1805, is eldest son of the late Dr. Thomas Birch, Dean of Battel and Archdeacon of Lewes; and nephew of Rear-Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1819, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the VENGEUR 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, stationed in the North Sea; removed, in Feb. following, to the ACTIVE 46, commanded by his uncle, Sir J. A. Gordon, on Particular Service; became Midshipman, in July, 1821, of the AURORA 46, in South America; passed his examination 2 March, 1825; and was afterwards, until the receipt of his first commission, 17 Aug. 1841, employed as Mate on board the ALBION 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, lying at Portsmouth, RANGER 28, Capt., Lord Henry Fred. Thynne, in South America, and ROYAL GEORGE yacht., engaged on Particular Service. His subsequent appointments were - 20 July, 1832, to the ROVER 18, Capt. Sir Geo. Young, also employed on a Particular Service - 17 Nov. 1834, to the PIQUE 36, Capt. Hon. Henry John Rous, stationed off the coasts of Spain and America - 14 Dec. 1835, as Senior, to the SCOUT 18, Capt. Robt. Craigie, on the coast of Africa - and, 14 April, 1837, and 24 April, 1838, to the successive command of the LYNX 3, and WIZARD 10, on the same station. He was advanced to the rank he now holds 3 July, 1840, but continued in the WIZARD until 5 April, 1841. While in that vessel he succeeded in capturing four slavers. Commander Birch is at present on half-pay.
He married, 20 March, 18492, Ann, only daughter of Wm. Stephens, Esq., of Ives Place, Maidenhead, Berks.

Surname: Bird, First Names : Edward Joseph
Awarded Medal (m) : m

Date promoted :
Adm: 11/12/1875
Vice Adm: 03/07/1869
Rear Adm: 06/02/1863
Captain: 04/10/1843

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Rear Adm: 06/02/1863

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 312 - Investigator 29 Feb 48 CO
Notes:

BIRD. (CAPTAIN, 1843. F-P., 22 ; H-P., 13.)
EDWARD JOSEPH BIRD entered the Navy, 9 Sept. 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the BOYNE 98, Capt. Chas. Jones, bearing the flag off Brest of Rear-Admiral Sir Harry Neale, with whom he afterwards served as Midshipman in the VILLE-DE-PARIS 110. He next, in Aug. 1814, joined the QUEEN 74, flagship of Rear-Admiral Charles Vinicombe Penrose, in the Mediterranean, where, during a subsequent attachment, from Dec. 1815 until May, 1819, to the ALBION 74, Capt. John Coode, he assisted, 27 Aug. 1816, at the bombardment of Algiers, and, on 5 Oct. 1818, passed his examination. On 28 Feb. 1821, Mr. Bird was transferred from the RAMILLIES 74, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, lying at Portsmouth, to a Mateship in the HECLA bomb, Capt. Geo. Fras. Lyon, under whom he continued to be employed until Nov. 1823; after which he served, from Jan. 1824, until Nov. 1825, in the FURY bomb, Capt. Henry Parkyns Hoppner, and, from 1826 until Nov. 1827, again in the HECLA, Capt. Wm. Edw. Parry.
During the three epochs just alluded to, Mr. Bird (who appears to have been attached throughout the summer of 1826 to the GANGES 84, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield, lying in Portsmouth Harbour) accompanied Capt., Parry in his expeditions to the Arctic Seas, and, on the last occasion, was with him in the boats in his attempt to reach the Pole. He was in consequence, on his return to England, advanced to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 7 Nov. 1827; and was afterwards appointed, 14 May, 1831, to the GALATEA 36, Capt. Sir Chas. Napier, employed on the Home station and off the Western Islands - 16 Oct. 1833, to the THUNDERER 84, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, lying at Sheerness - 13 Feb. 1834, as First, to the MEDEA steam-vessel, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin, stationed in the Mediterranean, where he remained for nearly two years and a half - and, 9 April, 1839, in a similar capacity, to the EREBUS bomb, Capt. Jas. Clark Ross, whom he attended in all the dangers and hardships of the Antarctic expedition, until its return home in Sept. 1843. During his absence he had been awarded a Commander's commission, dated 16 Aug. 1841 ; and on his arrival home he was immediately, 4 Oct. 1843, advanced to Post-rank. He is at present on half-pay. AGENTS - Messrs. Stilwell.

Surname: Bird, First Names : Harold Godfrey

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 28/04/1876
Midshipman: 16/04/1867

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
June 1870 : 351 - Ocean 22 Jun 69 addl

Surname: Bird, First Names : Henry

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 04/08/1809

Rank & Seniority on Retired Lists as:
Commander: 12/08/1848
Notes:

BIRD. (LIEUTENANT, 1809. F-P., 11 ; H-P., 33.)
HENRY BIRD entered the Navy, in April, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board LA SEINE 38., Capt. David Milne, and in June following was wrecked on a sandbank near the Texel. He shortly afterwards joined the UNICORN 32, Capt. Lucius Hardyman, in which frigate he attained the rating of Midshipman in July, 1805, and, in Feb. 1807, witnessed the reduction of Monte Video. Being promoted (after further serving for 15 months in the North Sea on board the WARSPITE 74. Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood) to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 4 Aug. 1809, he subsequently joined in that capacity - on 21 of the same month, LA DESIREE frigate, Capt., Arthur Farquhar, lying at Portsmouth - 24 Oct. following, the HORATIO 38, Capt. Geo. Scott, under whom, on 21 Feb. 1810, he assisted at the capture, after a long chase, and a running fight of an hour, of La Nécessité, mounting 26 guns, with a complement of 186 men, and laden with naval stores and provisions - 3 Nov. 1810, the ROEBUCK 44, bearing the flag of Lord Gardner at North Yarmouth - 21 June, 1811, the MOSQUITO, Capt. Wm. Bell, employed in the North Sea - 6 March, 1812, the ROVER 18, Capt. Justice Finley, from which vessel, after intermediately cruizing in the Channel and Bay of Biscay, he invalided, in April, 1813 - and, on 24 Dec. in the latter year., the ELEPHANT 74, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, lying at Portsmouth. He was paid off 10 May, 1814, and since 29 Sept. 1846, has been employed in the Coast Guard. AGENTS - Coplands and Burnett,

Surname: Bird (256), First Names : Richard Sidney Bayley (act)

Date promoted :
Mate/Sub Lieutenant:: 13/04/1879

Surname: Birdwood, First Names : William Ilbert

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

Surname: Birtwhistle, First Names : Alexander Charles

Date promoted :
Lieutenant: 05/08/1846

Date of Navy List - Appointment and date:
Dec 1848 : 638 - Vixen 29 May 47
Notes:

BIRTWHISTLE. (LIEUTENANT, 1846.)
ALEXANDER CHARLES BIRTWHISTLE served as Midshipman of the WELLESLEY throughout the war in China, where, among other operations, be was employed in the boats at. the taking of Chinghae. * He passed his examination 30 March, 1843 ; and, after intermediately serving, as Mate, on board the EXCELLENT gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Aug. 1846.

Surname: Biscoe, First Names : Edward Carey

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

Surname: Bishop, First Names : George