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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fothergill, William

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​FOTHERGILL. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
William Fothergill entered the Navy 18 May, 1811; passed his examination in 1818; and was promoted to the rank he now holds 22 July, 1830. With the exception of a command, from 11 Oct. 1834, to Sept. 1837, of the Stork Revenue-vessel, he has been uninterruptedly employed in the Coast Guard since 27 March, 1833.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fowell, William Newton

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​FOWELL. (Commander, 1839.)
William Newton Fowell, born 5 June, 1803, at Black Hall, is third son of the late Rev. John Digby Fowell, Rector of Torbrian, in Devon, by Sarah, second daughter and co-heir of Peter Knowling, Esq., of Washboume House, in the parish of Harburton, co. Devon.
This officer entered the Navy 26 March, 1819; served, as Midshipman of the Lion schooner, in action with pirates in the West Indies; and was Mate of the Pickle at the capture of the Calero slaver. Obtaining his first commission 12 Aug. 1834, he afterwards joined – 21 Nov. 1834, the President 52, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn in North America and the West Indies – 14 Feb. 1835, the Comus 18. Capt. Wm. Price Hamilton, on the same station – 15 July, 1836, the Inconstant 36, Capt. Dan. Pring, off Lisbon – and 17 Aug. 1838, as First-Lieutenant, the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, on the lakes of Canada. By the latter officer Mr. Fowell (who on the occasion was wounded) appears to have been commended in the highest terms for his gallantry, zeal, and activity in repelling, conjointly with the troops, a rebellious attack made on the town of Prescott, and on the British territory in its vicinity, 13 Nov. 1838. Ae a reward for his conduct, he was invested with the rank of Commander, 4 July, 1839; and next appointed, 3 April, 1843, to the Montreal, on Lake Erie. Since 25 July following he has been in successive command of the Mohawk and Cherokee steamers on the Canadian lakes.
Commander Fowell married, 29 May, 1841, Theana, daughter of John Holland, Esq., of Clapham Common, co. Surrey.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fowke, Richard

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​FOWKE. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 14; h-p., 27.)
Richard Fowke entered the Navy, 3 March, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ocean 98, Capt. Fras. Pender, with whom, and with Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland, he afterwards served for two years and a half in the Queen 98, on the Mediterranean station. In April, 1809, he became Midshipman of the Barfleur 98, bearing the flag off Lisbon of Hon. Geo. Cranfleld Berkeley; and in 1812-14 he joined the Menelaus 38, Capt. Sir Petar Parker, Vengeur 74, Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, and Linnet 16, Capt. Dan. Pring. On 11 Sept. 1814, after a series of very active operations against the enemy on Lake Champlain, the latter vessel, in common with others composing a squadron under the orders of Commodore Downie, was there taken beneath the hostile batteries of Plattsburgh by a greatly superior force commanded by Commodore Macdonough, to whose concentrated attack, however, she did not surrender until she had sustained a loss of 10 men killed and 14 wounded, and not until some time after all her consorts had been captured. Mr. Fowke, who was officially recommended by Capt. Pring for the assistance he had afforded him on that occasion, was subsequently employed as a Supernumerary, during the summer of 1815, in the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Thornbrough at Portsmouth. Obtaining his Commission 8 Aug. 1816, he next served, from 22 Oct. 1828, until 1831, in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies and Talavera 74’s, both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot. He further joined, 4 April, 1844, the Ocean 80, Capt. Peter Fisher, guard-ship at Sheerness; and on 23 Sept. following he removed to the Poictiers 72, guard-ship at Chatham, where he is still serving. Agents- Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fowler, Robert Dashwood

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​FOWLER. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 17; h-p., 4.)
Robert Dashwood Fowler, born 29 April, 1814, is eldest son of Rear-Admiral R. M. Fowler.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in Dec. 1826; and embarked, in Dec. 1828, on board the Champion 18, Capts. Geo. Scott and Fras. Vere Cotton, employed off the coast of Africa. From 1830 until 1834 he officiated as Midshipman and Mate, on the North American and Mediterranean stations, of the Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, North Star 28, Capt. Lord Wm. Paget, Belvidera 42, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, and Rainbow 28, Capt. Sir John Franklin. In the latter ship, during the revolutionary movements of 1832, he appears to have been present at Mesolonghi, and also at Patras, which city, in company with the French forces, he assisted in garrisoning. On 2 Jan. 1837, after a continued servitude in the Mediterranean, as Signal-Mate of the Portland 52, Capt. David Price, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and towards the close of the same year he sailed for the Cape of Good Hope in the Melville 74, Capt. Hon. R. S. Dundas, bearing the flag of Hon. Geo. Elliot. On eventually proceeding to China, Mr. Fowler assisted at the capture, in 1841, of Chuenpee and Tycocktow, co-operated likewise in the attack upon the forts of the Boca Tigris, and commanded the ship’s pinnace in the first advance up the Canton River, where all the forts and batteries as high as Howqua’s Folly were captured and destroyed. His next appointments were – 22 Feb. 1842, to the Formidable 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, in the Mediterranean – 7 Nov. 1845, to the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Chas. Ogle – and 30 April, 1846, to the Queen 110, as Flag-Lieutenant, ​in the Channel, to Sir Gordon Bremer. He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 9 Nov. in the latter year, and is at present on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fowler, Robert Merrick

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​FOWLER. (Rear-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 17; h-p., 37.)
Robert Merrick Fowler entered the Navy, 6 May, 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ruby 64, Capt. Sir Rich. Hussey Bickerton, lying at Spithead, where, for two months in 1794, he served as Midshipman in the Royal William, flag-ship of Sir Peter Parker. Until promoted to the rank of lieutenant, 27 Feb. 1800, we afterwards find him joining in succcession the Hector and Cumberland 74’s, Capt. Robt. Montagu, Mercury frigate, Capt. Thos. Rogers, and Royal George 100, flag-ship of Admirals Lord Bridport and Chas. Morice Pole. On the date of his promotion he joined the Xenophon alias Investigator, Capts. John Henry Martin and Matthew Flinders, with the latter of whom he sailed on a voyage of discovery to New Holland. Having assumed command, in the previous May, of the Porpoise armed store-ship, for the purpose of conveying Capt. Matthew Flinders from Port Jackson to England, Mr. Fowler, on 17 Aug. 1803, had the misfortune to lose that vessel on a coral reef near Cato Bank; but he ultimately succeeded in reaching Canton, where he embarked as a passenger on board the Earl Camden East Indiaman, Capt. Nathaniel Dance, the Commodore of a homeward-bound China fleet of 16 sail. In consideration of the assistance afforded to that officer by Mr. Fowler, in beating off, during their voyage, a powerful French squadron under M. Linois, he was presented by the East India Company with the sum of 300l. for the purchase of a piece of plate, and the Patriotic Society also awarded him a sword valued at 50 guineas. He subsequently, in the Dragon 74, Capt. Edw. Griffith, took part in Sir Robt. Calder’s action, 22 July, 1805, and, attaining the rank of Commander 4 Feb. 1806, was further appointed – in 1807, to the Sea Fencibles in Ireland – 27 June, 1808, to the Crocus brig, employed, we believe, in the expedition to the Walcheren – 18 Sept. 1809, to the Charybdis 16, on the Leeward Islands station – and, 20 April, 1811, as Acting-Captain, to a frigate, in which he returned to England with convoy. He went on half-pay in Oct. of the latter year, having been confirmed in Post-rank on the date previously mentioned; and on 1 Oct. 1846, accepted his present rank.
The Rear-Admiral married, 16 June, 1813, Caroline Matilda, eldest daughter of the late Jas. Dashwood, Esq., of Valla- Wood, co. Somerset, and Forest Lodge, co. Berks, and niece of Vice-Admiral Sir Chas. Dashwood, K.C.B. By that lady, who died in 1816, he has, with other issue, two sons, Robert Dashwood, and George Campbell, both in the R.N. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fowell, Samuel

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​FOWELL. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Samuel Fowell, entered the Navy 17 March 1823; passed his examination 1 June, 1836; and at the period of his promotion, which took place 13 May, 1842, was officiating as Mate on board the Cornwallis 72, bearing the flag in the East Indies of Sir Wm. Parker. We find him, on 18 of the same month, and prior to the receipt of his commission, serving on shore at the capture from the ​Chinese of the town of Chapoo. He soon afterwards removed to the Harlequin 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. Fowler Hastings – and was next appointed, 20 June, 1845, to the Crocodile 26, commanded at Cork by Capt. John Balfour Maxwell – 13 June, 1846, as Additional, to the Avenger steam-frigate, Capt. Woodford John Williams, attached to the Channel squadron – and, 10 July, 1846, to the Sphynx, Capt. John Bettinson Cragg, also on the Home station.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fowke, Thomas Thorpe

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​FOWKE. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Thomas Thorpe Fowke is son of Geo. Fowke, Esq., Rear-Admiral of the Red, of Sible Hedingham, who died in 1832.
This officer entered the Navy 22 June, 1816; and passed his examination in 1822. He obtained a Lieutenancy 17 June, 1825, in the Blanche 46, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, on the South American station, whence he returned in Oct 1827; and was afterwards appointed, 14 Jan. 1830, and 20 May, 1832, to the Ganges 84, Capts. John Hayes and Geo. Bnrdett, and Talavera 74, Capt. Edw. Chetham, both in the Mediterranean. Since 12 Feb. 1835, on which date the latter ship was paid off Mr. Fowke has been on half-pay.
He married, in 1837, Margaretta, daughter of G. Nottidge, Esq., of Castle Hedingham, co. Essex.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fowler, George Campbell

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​FOWLER. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
George Campbell Fowler is third son of Rear-Admiral R. M. Fowler.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Feb. 1833. Among other operations on the coast of China, he commanded, as Acting-Lieutenant of the Wellesley, one of three boats belonging to that ship, and assisted by his great exertions in towing clear a flotilla of nearly 20 of the enemy’s fire-vessels, most of them chained in couples and some even three together, which had been expressly intended for the Wellesley’s destruction. Having been confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 6 May, 1841, he afterwards, on leaving the Wellesley, joined in that capacity, 8 Dec. 1842, the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, on the Mediterranean station. Since 10 Nov. 1845, he has been serving, at Devonport and the Nore, in the Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir John West, and William and Mary yacht, Commander Sir J. J. G. Bremer.
He married, 22 Sept. 1846, Catherine Elizabeth, youngest surviving daughter of the late Wm. Innes Pocock, Esq., Lieut. R.N . (1811), who died 13 March, 1836. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fox, George

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​FOX. (Retired Commander, 1847. f-p., 19; h-p., 33.)
George Fox was born 28 Sept. 1773, at Scarborough, co. York.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1795, as A.B., on board the Malabar 54, Capt. Thos. Parr, which ship, after assisting at the reduction of Demerara, Essequibo, Berbice, and Ste. Lucie, foundered on her passage home from the West Indies, 10 Oct. 1796. Mr. Fox, who then joined the Pelter gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Walsh, subsequently became Midshipman of the Pallas 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Curzon, and in that ship was wrecked, in Plymouth Sound, 4 April, 1798. During the next two years we find him chiefly employed in the Foudroyant, Barfleur, and Queen Charlotte, flagships of Lord Keith, under whom he pursued the French fleet up and down the Mediterranean, and served at the blockade of Malta. In Feb. 1800 he assisted Lord Cochrane in navigating Le Généreux, a French ship-of-the-line, which had just been captured, to Minorca; after which he accompanied his Lordship into the Speedy 14 – assisted in that vessel at the capture of a settee of greatly superior force – and on being invested with the charge of the prize, and of a convoy, succeeded in beating off two powerful row-galleys. In June, 1800, having rejoined Lord Keith in the Minotaur 74, Mr. Fox witnessed the fall of Genoa; from the mole of which place he had the singular good fortune, after the battle of Marengo, of effecting the deliverance of a British 64 and two transports, all of which but for his own individual exertions would inevitably have been destroyed. The courage and ability displayed by Mr. Fox on this occasion were so marked as to render his enrolnent among the officers of their ship an object of ambition to many of the Captains of Lord Keith’s fleet, but so high was the opinion entertained of his merits by the Admiral that he was unwilling to part with him, and in consequence retained his services until enabled, on his having passed his examination, to promote him to the rank of Lieutenant. Previously to that event, which took place 23 Aug. 1801, Mr. Fox, who had followed Lord Keith into the Foudroyant, further attended the expedition to Egypt, and had the honour, when Sir Ralph Abercromby was brought on board with his death-wound, to conduct that heroic chief to the cabin which had been assigned to his use. On the occasion of his promotion, he rejoined the Minotaur, then commanded by Capt. Thos. Louis, with whom he returned home and was paid off in March, 1802. His after appointments were to the successive command, on the Home station – 4 Feb. 1804, of the Sheerness tender – 29 Sept. 1810, of the Watchful, a similar vessel – and, 25 May, 1815, of the Brevdrageren gun-brig, which he paid off 24 Aug. following. Mr. Fox, who appears to have been very undeservedly passed over in the general promotion which followed the termination of hostilities, accepted his present rank 28 Jan. 1847.
He married, 24 Feb. 1806, Elizabeth, daughter of Thos. Bamby, Esq., of Sutton, near Hull, an eminent merchant and shipowner, by whom he has an only surviving child.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sanders, John

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​SANDERS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 21; h-p., 21.)
John Sanders had a brother who, after having been for five years a Midshipman in the Navy, obtained, in 1812, an Ensigncy in the Royal African corps, and for his gallantry while a passenger in the Amelia 38, in a desperate action fought between that ship and the French frigate Aréthuse off the Isles de Los, 7 Feb. 1813, was promoted by the Duke of York to the rank of Lieutenant. He died at the Cape of Good Hope in 1830.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Jan. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agincourt 64, Capts. Thos. Briggs, Henry Hill, Robt. Henderson, and Wm. Kent, in which ship (with the exception of a few days passed at the commencement of 1808 at Chatham in the Pompée 74, Capt. Geo. Hope) he continued employed on the Home and Lisbon stations until transferred, in Feb. 1812, to the Ariel 16, Capt. Daniel Ross. He commanded a flat-bottomed boat, during that period, in the expedition to the Walcheren, as also in the river Tagus, and was frequently engaged in the landing and embarking of troops. After being for two years in the Ariel in the Baltic, he was again, in Feb. 1814, placed under the orders of Capt. Henderson in the Tigris 36, on the Irish station. In Aug. 1815 he was presented with a commission bearing date 6 of the preceding April; and he was afterwards, from 31 May, 1824, until 17 Dec. 1834, employed as an Agent afloat in the Admiral Berkeley, Southwark, Parmelia, Maitland, and Marquis of Huntley hired transports. On 11 Nov. 1831 we find him, in the Parmelia, superintending the debarkation of a military and naval force (consisting of 451 officers and men, 2 of whom were killed and 47 wounded) in a successful attack on the natives at Barra Point, in the river Gambia – a service for which he was strongly recommended for promotion toSir Jas. Graham, then First Lord of the Admiralty, by Rear-Admiral Fred. Warren, the Commander-in-Chief, and the Governors of Sierra Leone and the Gambia.
In 1823 Lieut. Sanders, at that time a resident on half-pay at Demerara, displayed great activity as a Captain in the “Marine Battalion” during the insurrection among the negroes. He has been Superintendent, since 26 June, 1837, of the Dreadnought, seamen’s hospital-ship at Greenwich.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sanderson, John (a)

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​SANDERSON. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 17; h-p., 2.)
John Sanderson is second son of Capt. Edw. Sanderson, of Rose Place, co. Worcester; and grandson of the late Sir John Holes, Bart., of Holes Place.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 July, 1828, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Windsor Castle 76, Capt. Hon. Buncombe Pleydell Bouverie, in which ship he was for nearly three years employed, part of the time as Midshipman, on the Mediterranean, Lisbon, and Irish stations. Towards the close of 1831 he sailed for the East Indies in the Melville 74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore; and in Sept. 1835, ten months after he had passed his examination, and a few weeks after the Melville had been paid off, ho became Mate of the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, under whom he escorted the Countess of Durham to St. Petersburg, then sailed for South America, and ultimately, in 1838, accompanied the Marquis of Clanricarde as Ambassador to the former court. He subsequently served In the Mediterranean in the Zebra 16, Capts. Robt. Fanshawe Stopford and Jas. John Stopford, and Phoenix steamer, Capt. R. F. Stopford; and for his conduct in the latter vessel during the operations on the coast of Syria and at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His succeeding appointments were – 23 Dec. 1840, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – 30 Aug. 1841, to the Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius, employed for nearly three years on the Mediterranean, South American, and Irish stations and, 3 Jan. 1845, as Senior, to the Fantome 16, Capt. Sir Fred. Wm. Erskine Nicolson. When at Gibraltar in the Malabar he materially assisted in saving the people and the property of an American steamer there burnt on 12 May, 1846. In the Fantome’s boats he was for many hours engaged in a desperate affray with a large force of Moorish pirates on the coast of Barbary in a successful attempt to recover the merchant-brig Ruth, of which they had taken possession. The British on the occasion sustained a loss of a Midshipman killed and 8, including himself severely (by a ball through the thigh), wounded. He was promoted in consequence to his present rank by a commission bearing date the day of the occurrence. He has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sanders, Thomas

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​SANDERS. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 22; h-p., 28.)
Thomas Sanders entered the Navy, 2 April, 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Nymphe 36, Capts. John Cooke, Percy Fraser, and Stair Douglas, in which vessel he served in the Channel and Mediterranean until April, 1802 – latterly in the capacity of Midshipman. During that period he lost two of his fingers by the breaking of the spanker-boom, on which he happened to be standing when a smuggling-vessel was endeavouring to effect her escape to leeward. In June and Sept. 1802 he joined the Hussar 38 and Ambuscade 32, Capts. Philip Wilkinson and David Atkins; he was next, in May, 1803, received on board the Helder 36, Capt. Edw. Hawkins, lying in the river Humber; and on 19 Sept. 1806, after he had been about two years and a half employed on the Channel, Lisbon, and Plymouth stations, part of the time as Master’s Mate, in the Ville de Paris and Hibernia 110’s, flag-ships of Admirals Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, Chas. Edm. Nugent, Earl St. Vincent, and Sir Jas. Saumarez, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, He continued in the Hibernia until 16 June, 1807, and was afterwards appointed – 21 July, 1807, as First, to the Raleigh 18, Capts. John Ore Masefield, Geo. Sayer, and John Sheridan, in which vessel he cruized in the Atlantic, accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809, and visited the ​Baltic – 16 July, 1811, after five months of half-pay, to the Seine 36, Capt. John Hatley, on the coast of North America, where he remained six months – in May, 1813, to the Egmont 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, employed oif Cherbourg and, under the flag of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, in the operations of 1814 in the river Gironde, where he witnessed the destruction of a French line-of-battle ship, three brigs-of-war, several smaller vessels, and all the forts and batteries on the north side of the river – and, in June, 1814, and Jan. 1816, as Senior, to the Eurotas 38, Capts. Robt. Bloye and Jas. Lillicrap, and Leander 50, Capts. Wm. Skipsey and Edw. Chetham. In the Eurotas he served on the Channel, Cork, and Mediterranean stations; and for his conduct in the Leander at the battle of Algiers he was advanced to the rank of Commander 16 Sept. 1816. He was afterwards, from 29 Sept. 1827 until Jan. 1329, employed at the Cape of Good Hope as Second-Captain in the Maidstone 42, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg; and from 27 June, 1831, until June, 1834, in the Ordinary at Plymouth. Since the date last mentioned he has been on half-pay. He attained his present rank 23 Nov. 1841.
In April, 1817, Capt. Sanders obtained a pension for wounds of 150l. per annum. He was lately Mayor of Devonport, and is married and has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sanders, William Schollar

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​SANDERS. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Schollar Sanders entered the Navy 19 Jan. 1828; passed his examination 27 Feb. 1834; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 7 May, 1840; was advanced to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841; and was afterwards employed – from 9 Dec. 1841 until Aug. 1844, in the Growler steam-sloop, Capt. Claude Henry Mason Buckle, on the coast of Africa – and from 18 Feb. 1845 until paid off in 1848, as First-Lieutenant, in the Vulture steam-frigate, Capt. John M‘Dougall.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sanderson, John (b)

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​SANDERSON. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 19; h-p., 19.)
John Sanderson was born in Dec. 1796. He is cousin of Lieutenant Jas. Saunderson, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Dec. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Theseus 74, Capt. Sir John Poo Beresford, with whom he continued employed as Midshipman in the same ship and in the Poictiers 74, on the Home and North American stations, until transferred, in Feb. 1814, to the Asia 74, Capt. Alex. Skene. In June, 1815, three months after he had passed his examination, he joined the Hebrus 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer, in which frigate he fought as Master’s Mate at the battle of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. From that year until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 Aug. 1828, he was employed on the Irish and English stations, as Admiralty-Mate, in the Helicon and Harlequin brigs, both commanded by Capt. Alex. Barclay Branch, Semiramis 36, Capt. Peter Ribouleau, Britannia 120, Capt. Philip Pipon, Royal Charlotte and William and Mary yachts, each under the orders of Capt. Chas. Malcolm, Royal Sovereign and Royal George yachts, Capts. Sir Wm. Hoste and Sir Michael Seymour, and Royal Sovereign again, Capt. Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer. He has since been on half-pay.