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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Corbett, Arthur

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​CORBETT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 7; h-p., 32.)
Arthur Corbett entered the Navy, 24 April, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, Capt. Jonas Rose, on the South American station; and on being transferred, as Midshipman, to the Magicienne 36, Capt. Lucius Curtis, assisted, in 1810, at the reduction of Isle Bourbon, and took part in a series of unfortunate and sanguinary operations which, by 25 Aug. following, had enforced the self-destruction, at the entrance of Port Sud-Est, Isle of France, of the latter ship and the Sirius, part of a squadron under the orders of Capt. Sam. Pym, and the surrender of their respective crews to the enemy. After nearly four months of captivity, he returned home in the Iphigenia 36, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild; and further served, until the conclusion of the war, on board the Audacious 74, Capt. Donald Campbell, Prince of Wales 98, Capt. Thos. Burton, Bellona 74, Capt. Geo. M‘Kinley, Hydra 33, Capt. Joseph Digby, Bonne Citoyenne 20, Capts. Pitt Burnaby Greene and Aug. Wm. Jas. Clifford, and Perseus 22, Capt. Edw. Henry A’Court, which ships appear to have been variously employed on the Home, St. Helena, West India, and North American stations. Since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 March, 1815, this officer has been on half-pay. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Coppin, Charles Pitman

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​COPPIN. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 15; h-p., 32.)
Charles Pitman Coppin entered the Navy, in Oct. 1800, as Midshipman, on board the Flora 36, Capt. B. Kendall, guard-ship at South Yarmouth; and afterwards served for seven years with Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray in the Maidstone and Active frigates, chiefly on the Mediterranean station, where we find him present at the passage of the Dardanells and destruction of the Turkish squadron in Feb. 1807. While next serving in the Weasel 18, Capt. Henry Prescott, in which vessel he was confirmed a Lieutenant 8 March, 1809, Mr. Coppin contributed to the defeat of a French brig of 20 guns – assisted in capturing, besides innumerable other vessels, L’Eole French privateer, of 14 guns and 140 men, after a gallant action of an hour and 30 minutes, 25 Dec. 1809 – and co-operated in the defence of Sicily, when threatened with invasion by Murat. His subsequent appointments appear to have been – in Nov. 1810, to the Canopus 80, flag-ship at Palermo of Rear-Admiral Chas. Boyles – 24 Oct. 1812, to the Tuscan brig, Capt. Geo. Matthew Jones, employed in cruizing off the Western Islands – 10 Feb. 1814, to the Zephyr sloop, Capts. Thos. Cuthbert Hichens and Rich. Creyke, stationed in the Channel, whence he invalided in Jan. 1815 – and, 5 July, 1821, to the Iphigenia 42, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Robt. Mends on the coast of Africa. Since 1822 Lieut. Coppin has been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Corbet, Edward

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​CORBET. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 12; h-p., 26.)
Edward Corbet entered the Navy, 30 Sept. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, under whom he appears to have subsequently served at the siege of Cadiz and in -co-operation with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia. In Oct. 1811, he removed, as Midshipman, to the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. John Harvey; and on next joining the Daedalus 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell, was wrecked near Ceylon 2 July, 1813. He returned home from the East Indies on board the Theban frigate, Capt. Sam. Leslie, in 1816; then joined in succession the Bulwark and Conqueror 74’s, flag-ships at Chatham and St. Helena of Rear-Admirals Sir Chas. Rowley and Robt. Plampin; officiated, from 7 April to 27 Oct. 1820, as Acting-Lieutenant of the Menai 24, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, on the latter station; and after an additional employment in the Sybille 38, flag-ship of Sir C. Rowley in the West Indies, was confirmed to a Lieutenancy in the Surinam 24 Sept. 1822. He was placed on half-pay 27 Nov. following, and has not since been afloat. Agents – Holmes and Folkard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Copeland, Richard

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​COPELAND. (Capt., 1838. f-p., 21; h-p., 21.)
Richard Copeland, born 5 March, 1792, is son of the late John Copeland, Esq., Surgeon of the 7th Fusileer Guards, and Staff Surgeon to H.R.H. the late Duke of Kent when Governor of Nova Scotia. This gentleman, together with his wife and youngest son, was lost in the Frances transport, off Sable Island, in Dec. 1799.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1805 (under the auspices of Queen Charlotte and the Princess Augusta), as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Medusa 36, Capt. Sir John Gore; and, on removing to the Revenge 74, commanded by the same Captain, and subsequently by Hon. Chas. Paget, witnessed the capture of four French frigates by Sir Sam. Hood’s squadron off Rochefort 25 Sept. 1806; and was further present, in 1809, at the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads and the siege of Flushing. In Sept. 1810, he rejoined Sir John Gore, as Midshipman, in the Tonnant 80; and, after serving for some time with the British army in the Tagus, and with Capt. Jas. Brisbane in the Belle Poule 38, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 11 Dec. 1811. From 11 Feb. 1812, until wrecked, off the mouth of the Courantine river, 8 March, 1815, Mr. Copeland next served on board the Cygnet 18, Capt. Robt. Russell; and, being awarded a second promotal commission 13 June following, was afterwards appointed, 7 Sept. 1825, and 4 Feb. 1830, to the command of the Mastiff and Meteor alias Beacon surveying-vessels, on the Mediterranean station. While at Gibraltar on one occasion he seized a notorious pirate; and, in 1834, he took captive, near Thasos, another famous marauder, Kara Mitzos, with 160 of his men, all of whom were delivered over to the Greek government. Being, however, liberated without trial, these plunderers resumed their former atrocities with redoubled zest, and, falling again into the hands of Capt. Copeland, were sent to the Pacha of Thessalonica, by whom they were executed. The subject of this sketch, who has been on half-pay since Feb. 1836, was promoted to Post-rank, at the instance of Her Majesty, 28 June, 1838.
He has published ‘An Introduction to the Practice of Nautical Surveying, and the Construction of Sea Charts, &c.,’ translated from the French of C. F. Beautems Beaupré, Hydrographer of the French Marine.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Coppinger, Thomas Stephen

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​COPPINGER. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
Thomas Stephen Coppinger belongs to a good old Irish family, whose chief is the present Wm. Coppinger, Esq., of Ballyvolane and Barryscourt, both in co. Cork.
This officer entered the Navy 1 Nov. 1810; and served during the remainder of the war on board the Endymion, Sybille, and Junon frigates. He assisted during that period at the capture of several of the enemy’s vessels; and was latterly occupied on Lake Ontario under the orders of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Sir Robt. Hall. Mr. Coppinger, who passed his examination in 1817, was afterwards employed in the West Indies on board the Rainbow frigate, and held command for some months of the Flamer. He obtained a commission 28 June, 1838; became, 5 July following, First-Lieutenant of the African steamer, Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey, employed in surveying the coast of Ireland; and since 27 Aug. 1841, has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
He married a Miss Duncan, of the island of Trinidad. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Pots, or Potts (Joseph)

​POTS, or POTTS (JOSEPH), bookseller (?) in London; In the [great] Old Baily neer the Sessions-House, 1646. His name is found in the imprint to a broadside entitled Life and Death of the … Earle of Essex [October 12th], 1646. [B.M. 669, f. 10 (93).] He was perhaps a descendant of Robert Potts, who was publishing from 1621-3. [Arber, v. 259.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Price (Nehemiah)

​PRICE (NEHEMIAH), bookseller (?) in London, 1660. His name occurs in the imprint to W. Prynne's pamphlet Title of Kings proved to be Jure Devino, 1660.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Powel (Edward)

​POWEL (EDWARD), bookseller in London; White Swan, Little Britain, 1660. Mentioned in the Hearth Tax Roll for the half-year ending Lady-Day, 1666, as a bookseller in Little Britain. [P.R.O. Lay Subsidy 252/32.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Powell (Thomas)

​POWELL (THOMAS), bookseller in London; Bethlehem [i.e., the precincts of Bethlehem Hospital], 1622-41. A stationer of this name took up his freedom March 1st, 1622. [Arber, iii. 685.] He is named in a list of secondhand booksellers who, in 1628, were ordered to send catalogues of their books to the Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1641 he figures as a publisher of political pamphlets.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Pridmore (Isaac)

​PRIDMORE (ISAAC), bookseller in London, (1) The Falcon neer the New Exchange, 1656; (2) The Falcon beyond the New Exchange in the Strand; (3) At the Golden Falcon neere the New Exchange. 1656-9. His name is first met with on an eight-leaf pamphlet entitled Death in a New Dress, or Sportive Funeral Elegies, published in August, 1656. [E. 885 (11).] Dealer in plays and broadsides.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Price (John)

​PRICE (JOHN), bookseller (?) in London, 1642. His name occurs in the imprint to a pamphlet entitled Copy of the Queens Letter, 1642.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Pulleyn, or Pullein (Octavian), elder

​PULLEYN, or PULLEIN (OCTAVIAN), the Elder, bookseller in London, (1) The Rose in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1636-66; (2) neer the Pump in Little-Brittain, 1667. Took up his freedom December 14th, 1629. [Arber, iii. 686.] First book entry February 12th, 1636 [ibid., iv. 354.] He is found in partnership with Geo. Thomason from 1639 until about 1643. They occupied one of the houses built by Reginald Wolfe on the site of the charnel house on the North side of the Cathedral between the Great North Door and the church of St. Faith's, known by the name of the Rose. Next to it on the East side was the Three Pigeons, occupied by ​Humphrey Robinson, while on the West was the yard of the charnel house, possibly a paved open space near the Great North Door. These premises being destroyed in the fire, Octavian Pulleyn moved into Little Britain "neer the Pump," where he issued Samuel Woodford's Paraphrase upon the Psalms of David, 1667. [B.M. 6, a. 3.] Meanwhile Geo. Thomason had apparently set up for himself at the sign of the Rose and Crown in another part of the Churchyard. The date of Octavian Pulleyn's death is unknown.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Pouncet, or Pounce (John)

​POUNCET, or POUNCE (JOHN), bookseller (?) in London, (1) Lower end of Budge Row neere Canning [i.e., Cannon] Street; (2) Hand and Bible lower end of Budge Row neer Dowgate. 1646-7. His name is found in ​the imprints to the two following pamphlets: Certain Queries touching the ordination of ministers. By. A. W., 1647, 4$^o$, and Vox Populi, 1646, 4$^o$. [Hazlitt, i. 440.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Pulleyn, or Pullein (Octavian), younger

​PULLEYN, or PULLEIN (OCTAVIAN), the Younger, bookseller in London; The Bible in St. Pauls Church yard near the little North door, 1664-7 (?). Probably son of Octavian Pulleyn the Elder. Dealer in French literature in conjunction with John Dunmore. His name is found on a pamphlet entitled Discours d'un bourgeois de Paris, 1665. [Ames Collection, 3265.]
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ball, Thomas

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​BALL. (Commander, 1828. 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, flagship of Sir Rich. King, and Immortality 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 were – 9 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. 1821, 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.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Baker, William (b)

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​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.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Baker, William Henry

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​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 Lcveson Gower, the British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, from Gottenborg 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 transfered 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 Jahleel 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; wm 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-cruizer, has been in the Coast Guard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Baldey, Robert

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​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 armee-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 Découverte 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 Verd 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.
He is married, and has issue. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ball, William

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​BALL. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 1; 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 twelve-month 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.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Balfour, Edwin Robert Joseph

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​BALFOUR. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Edwin Robert Joseph Balfour entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College) 25 June, 1830; passed his examination 24 Oct. 1834; served for some time, as Mate, on board the Sparrowhawk 16, and Vesuvius steam-vessel, Capts. John Shepherd, Granville Gower Loch, and Erasmus Ommanney, on the South America and Mediterranean stations; and obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841. He appears to have been since appointed – 31 Dec. 1841, and 24 Oct. 1842, to the Jaseur 16, and Geyser 16, Capts. Wm. Alex. Wallis and Edw. John Carpenter, both in the Mediterranean – 17 May, 1844, to the Agincourt 72, bearing the flag in the East Indies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane – and, 16 May, 1846, to the President 50, now flagship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres at the Cape of Good Hope. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Balfour, William

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​BALFOUR. (Ret. Capt., 1840. f-p., 11; h-p., 40.)
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. Capt. 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 Magicienne 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.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1805, p. 542.