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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Norcott, Edmund

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​NORCOTT. (Commander, 1838. f-p., 20; h-p., 22)
Edmund Norcott entered the Navy, 15 July, 1805, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Belliqeux 64, commanded by the late Viscount Torrington, in which ship, after witnessing the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, he assisted, 27 Nov. 1806, at the capture and destruction of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs of war, and about 20 armed and other merchant-vessels, in Batavia Roads. In Aug. 1810, two years after he had attained the rating of Midshipman, he removed to the Sir Francis Drake frigate, Capt. Geo. Harris; and on next joining the Minden 74, Capt. Edw. Wallis Hoare, he co-operated in the reduction of Java, and was wounded in an affray with the Malay pirates. After a short servitude in the Illustrious 74, Commodore Wm. Robt. Broughton, he returned, in Sept. 1812, to England in the Akbar 50, Capt. Henry Drury. Rejoining Lord Torrington in Feb. 1813 on board the Warrior 74, he escorted the Prince of Orange in the following Nov. to Holland, and then sailed for the West Indies; where, in Nov. 1814, at which period he was serving with Rear-Admiral Wm. Brown in the Argo 44, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Arachne 16, Capt. Wm. McKenzie Godfrey. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 10 Feb. 1815, and subsequently appointed – 10 Oct. 1825, to the Albion 74, Capt. John Acworth Ommanney, part of the force engaged at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827 – 15 Oct. 1828, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – 20 Nov. 1829, to the Trinculo 18, Capt. Sam. Price, on the Cork station – 30 April, 1831, as Senior, to the Druid 46, Capts. Gawen Wm. Hamilton and Sam. Roberts, with whom he served in South America and off Lisbon until paid off in 1833 – 4 Oct. 1834, to the Coast Guard – and, 21 April, 1835, to the command of the Curlew 10, on the coast of Africa, whence he returned soon after his promotion to the rank of Commander, 28 June, 1838.
He was nominated Governor of the settlements on the Gambia 20 Nov. 1843. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Norie, Evelyn

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​NORIE. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 20; h-p., 33.)
Evelyn Norie is brother of Mr. John Wm. Norie, author of ‘The Naval Gazetteer,’ ‘A Complete Epitome of Practical Navigation,’ &c., and late of the firm of J. W. Norie and Wilson, Publishers, of 157, Leadenhall Street, London.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1794, as ​Ordinary, on board the Glory 98, Capt. Bourmaster, attached to the Channel fleet. Removing, in Dec. of the same year, to the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Henry Harvey, he served in that ship in the action off Ile de Groix 23 June, 1795, and also at the reduction of Trinidad in Feb. 1797. On his return to England in Jan. 1800 in the Concorde 36, Capt. Robt. Barton, he was received on board the Royal William, Capt. Fras. Pickmore, lying at Spithead. Being soon again ordered to the West Indies in the Juno 32, Capt. Geo. Dundas, he there, 11 April, 1800, joined the Busy 18, Capts. John Acworth Ommanney, Lord Viscount Falkland, Win. Henry Byam, Michael Spencer, and Timothy Clinch; in which vessel he assisted at the capture of a Spanish letter-of-marque, and continued employed, as Midshipman, Master’s Mate, and Acting-Master, until Oct. 1803. In Jan. 1804 he became Master’s Mate of the Volcano bomb, on the coast of France; where, from Jan. 1805 until presented with a full commission bearing date 12 Sept. 1806, he officiated as Sub-Lieutenant on board the Thrasher, Clinker, and Sparkler gun-brigs. His subsequent appointments were – 14 Oct. 1806, to the Mars 74, Capt. Wm. Lukin, in which ship he was slightly wounded during the attack of 1807 upon Copenhagen – in Sept. and Oct. 1809, to the Trinculo and Goldfinch sloops, the latter commanded by Capt. Arden Adderley – and, for a few months in 1815, to the Cherokee 10, Capt. Wm. Ramage, and, as Senior, to the Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll. From May, 1810, to May, 1814, Lieut. Norie was a prisoner of war in France. He accepted his present rank 13 Oct. 1840.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Norcock, George Lowcay

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​NORCOCK. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
George Lowcay Norcock entered the Navy 10 May, 1830; passed his examination in 1836; and, on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 15 March, 1841, was appointed to the command of the Forester brigantine, on the coast of Africa. His next appointments were – 23 Dec. 1841, to the Warspite 50, Capt. Lord John Hay, employed on particular service – 23 Oct. 1843, to the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley at Portsmouth – 22 Jan. 1846, as Senior, to the Ringdove 16, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, on the East India station – and, 28 Aug. following, to the Vestal 26, Capt. Chas. Talbot, with whom he returned to England and was paid off in July, 1847. During an expedition conducted, in July, 1846, by Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. John Cochrane against the Sultan of Borneo, we find him commanding the 7th company of small-arm men, together with half the men belonging to the Royalist brig, and assisting at the capture and destruction, on 8 of that month, of the enemy’s forts and batteries on the river Brune. On the ensuing ascent of a branch of the latter stream by a force under Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy, and its debarkation, after struggling for many hours against an almost impenetrable navigation, at the village of Mallout, Mr. Norcock, while the main body marched on to Damuan, in the hope of there capturing the Sultan’s person, was left in partial charge of a flotilla of seven gun-boats, and was mentioned for the cheerful assistance he afforded on the occasion.
He married, 4 Nov. 1843, Isabella, daughter of the late Major Jenkins, of the 11th Hussars. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Norcock, John Henry

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​NORCOCK. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 23; h-p., 3.)
John Henry Norcock was born 1 Feb. 1809. This officer entered the Navy, 30 Dec. 1821, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Liffey 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Chas. Grant in the East Indies; where, in May, 1824, while engaged in the expedition to Ava, he was discharged as Midshipman into the Larne 20, Capts. Fred. Marryat and John Kingcome. On 8 Aug. in the same year we find him assisting, with a detachment of 400 men under Lieut.-Col. Kelly, at the capture of two strong stockades in the Dallah creek, an enterprise of great gallantry, in which the British sustained a loss of 4 men killed, and 15, including himself slightly, wounded. He also, 6 Feb. 1825, united with a force under Lieut.-Col. Godwin and Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, R.N., in effecting the reduction of a 36-gun stockade at Than-ta-bain, on the Lyne river, garrisoned by 2000 fighting men, together with the destruction of an immense number of fire-rafts and canoes filled with combustibles; and, in the course of the following month, having accompanied, in the Satellite transport, an armament under the orders of Capt. Marryat and Major Sale up the Bassein river, he contributed, in a manner that obtained him high commendation, to the capture of the town of Thingang and the village of Pumkayi. Removing in Aug. 1826 to the Warspite 76, he served in that ship, at first under the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Brisbane, and next under Capts. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas and Wm. Parker, on the East India, South American, Lisbon, Mediterranean, and Home stations, until Jan. 1829. Having passed his examination 21 April, 1828, he was then appointed Mate of the Kent 78, Capt. John Ferris Devonshire, lying at Plymouth. He was subsequently, from Nov. in the latter year until paid off in Nov. 1833, employed in North America and the West Indies on board the Winchester 50, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, Columbine 18, Capt. Thos. Metcalfe Currie, Winchester again. Racehorse 18, Capt. Fras. Vere Cotton, and Blanche 46, Commodore Sir Arthur Farquhar; and in the early part of 1835, after a servitude of 14 months at Portsmouth in the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings, he returned to the East Indies in the Rattlesnake 28, Capt.Wm. Hobson. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 10 Jan. 1837, he was next appointed – 28 Nov. following to the Vestal 26, Capts. Thos. Wren Carter and John Parker, with whom he was for four years and a half employed on the North America and West India station – 15 Nov. 1843 to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne at Plymouth – 17 March, 1845, for a few weeks, to the Melampus 42, Capt. John Norman Campbell, fitting at that port – and, 2 Jan. 1846, as Senior, to the Canopus 80, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, attached to the Channel squadron. He was advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846, and is now on half-pay.
Commander Norcock married, 5 Oct. 1837, Jane Money, eldest daughter of Lieut. Robt. Lowcay, R.N., by whom he has issue. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1825, p. 1494.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1825, p. 2278.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Norman, Charles Spry

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​NORMAN. (Commander, 1845.)
Charles Spry Norman entered the Navy 6 Jan. 1829; passed his examination in 1835; and as a reward for his services as Mate of the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, during the war in Syria, where on the night of 2 Oct. 185) he assisted in the boats under Capt. Fras. Decimus Hastings in removing a quantity of powder from the castle of Beyrout, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His succeeding appointments were – 28 May, 1341, as Additional, to the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker during the latter part of the hostilities with China – 22 Jan. and 29 Aug. 1842, to the Cruizer 16, and Nimrod 20, Capts. Joseph Pearse and Fred. Henry Hastings Glasse, both in the East Indies, whence he returned to England and was paid off at the close of 1844 – and, 25 Feb. 1845, as Senior, to the Comus 18, Capt. Thos. Sparke Thompson. For his conduct in the latter ship during the warfare carried on against General Rosas in the Parana, he was advanced to the rank he now holds 18 Nov. 1845. Since the receipt of his commission he has been on half-pay. Agent-Joseph Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Norman, John Norris

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​NORMAN. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
John Norris Norman is son of the Rev. J. H. Norman, of Deal, co. Kent.
This officer entered the Navy 3 April, 1829; passed his examination 26 April, 1836; and at the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 18 Nov. 1842, had been serving for some months in North America and the West Indies as Mate of the Racer 18, Capt. Thos. Harvey. His appointments have since been – 4 July, 1843, to the Winchester 50, flag-ship of Hon. Josceline Percy at the Cape of Good Hope – 5 Feb. 1845, to the Helena 16, Capt. Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, on the same station – and, 30 Oct. 1847, as First (soon after the latter vessel had been paid off), to the Alert 6, Capt. Hugh Dunlop, fitting for the coast of Africa, where he is at present employed.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Norman, Henry Anne

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​NORMAN. (Lieut., 1841. f-p., 11; h-p., 5.)
Henry Anne Norman, born 14 Jan. 1816, is son of Rich. Norman, Esq., by the Lady Elizabeth Isabella Manners, eldest daughter of Charles, fourth Duke of Rutland, K.G., who died Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland 24 Oct. 1787. He is nephew of his Grace the present Duke; and also of Lord Chas. Henry Somerset Manners, K.C.B., M.P., a General officer in the Army, and Colonel of the 11th Dragoon Guards.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1831, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sapphire 28, Capts. Hon. Wm. Wellesley and Hon. Geo. Rolle Walpole Trefusis, employed in North America and the West Indies; where, in Jan. 1833, he rejoined Capt. Wellesley as Midshipman on board the Winchester 52. Returning home in the following June he was received, in Nov. of the same year, on board the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, fitting for the Mediterranean; on which station he continued to serve in the Orestes 18, Capts. Henry John Codrington, Julius Jas. Farmer Newell, and Wm. Holt, until April, 1838-the last 12 months in the capacity of Mate. In the summer of 1809 Mr. Norman was successively appointed to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and Blenheim 72, Capts. Sir Humphrey Le Fleming Senhouse and Sir Thos. Herbert. Participating in the latter ship in the operations in China, he assisted, in 1841, at the attack on Chuenpee, the capture of the Bogue forts, the second series of operations against Canton (during which he served with Sir H. Le F. Senhouse as part of the staff belonging to Major-General Sir Hugh Gough), the storming of Amoy, the re-taking of Chusan, the assault upon Chinghae, and the occupation of Ningpo. On hearing of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which had taken place 3 Sept. 1841, Mr. Norman, in May, 1842, returned to England a passenger in the Hyacinth 18, Capt. Geo. Goldsmith. His last appointment was, 17 Sept. 1846, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, in which ship he was for some months employed in the Channel and Mediterranean.
He married, 10 May, 1843, Helen, daughter of the late T. C. Worsley, Esq., of Platt Hall, Lancashire, by whom he has issue.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 2508.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 396.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 140

HYMN 140.
Sun of my Soul, Thou Saviour dear, It is not night when Thou art near; Oh, may no earth-born cloud arise To hide Thee from Thy servant's eyes! When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought, how sweet to rest For ever on my Saviour's breast!
Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live! Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die.
Come near and bless us when we wake, E'er through the world our way we take; Till in the ocean of Thy love, We lose ourselves in Heaven above.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 141

HYMN 141.
O God of Bethel! by whose hand Thy people still are fed; Who through their weary pilgrimage Hast all our fathers led;
​Our vows, our prayers we now present Before Thy throne of grace; God of our Fathers, be the God Of each succeeding race.
Through this perplexing path of life Our wand'ring footsteps guide; "Give us each day our daily bread," And raiment fit provide.
O spread thy cov'ring wings around, Till all our wand'rings cease, And at our Father's lov'd abode Our souls arrive in peace.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 144

HYMN 144.
Eternal God! we look to Thee, To Thee for help we fly; Thine eye alone our wants can see, Thy hand alone supply.
Lord! let Thy fear within us dwell, Thy love our footsteps guide; That love will all vain love expel; That fear, all fear beside.
​Not what we wish but what we want, Oh let Thy grace supply; The good, unask'd, in mercy grant; The ill, though ask'd, deny.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 145

HYMN 145.
The saints on earth, and those above, But one communion make; Join'd to the Lord in bonds of love, All of His grace partake.
One family we dwell in Him, One church above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream of death.
One army of the living God, To His command we bow; Part of the host bave crossid the flood, And part are crossing now.
Lord Jesu, be our constant guide! Then, when the word is giv'n, Bid death's cold flood its waves divide, And land us safe in Heaven.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 148

HYMN 148.
Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, Look upon a little child; Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to Thee.
Fain I would to Thee be brought; Gracious God, forbid it not; Give me, O my God, a place In the Kingdom of Thy Grace.
Fain I would be as Thou art; Give me Thy obedient heart; Thou art pitiful and kind, Let me have Thy loving mind.
Let me above all fulfil God my heav'nly Father's will; Never His good spirit grieve, Only to His glory live.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 146

HYMN 146.
We sing of the realms of the blest, That country so bright and so fair; And oft are its glories confess'd, But what must it be to be there?
We speak of its freedom from sin, From sorrow, temptation, and care, ​From trials without and within, But what must it be to be there?
We speak of its service of love, The robes which the glorified wear, The church of the first-born above, But what must it be to be there?
Do Thou, Lord, 'midst pleasure and woe, For Heaven our spirits prepare; Then soon shall we joyfully know, And feel what it is to be there.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 147

HYMN 147.
Around the throne of God in heaven, Ten thousand children stand; Whose sins are all through Christ forgiv'n, A holy, happy band; Singing glory!
What brought them to that world above, That heaven so bright and fair, Where all is peace, and joy, and love, How came those children there? Singing glory!
Because the Saviour shed His blood To wash away their sin; Bath'd in that pure, and precious flood, Bebold them white and clean; Singing glory!
On earth they sought the Saviour's grace, On earth they loved His name; ​And now they see His blessed face, And stand before the Lamb; Singing glory!
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 149

HYMN 149.
From Calv'ry's cross a fountain flows, Of water and of blood, More healing than Bethesda's pool, Or fam'd Siloam's flood.
Dear Dying Lamb, Thy precious blood Shall never lose its power, ​Till all the ransom'd church of God, Be sav'd, to sin no more.
E'er since by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die.
Then in a nobler, sweeter song, I'll sing Thy power to save; When this poor lisping, flat ring tongue, Lies silent in the grave.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 142

HYMN 142.
All that we know of saints above, And all of saints below, And all we know of God, is love And all we need to know.
Love is of life the only sign, Love is our vital breath, Love only shows the child divine, Love only conquers death.
And if thou to the altar come, Nor love thine heart doth move, Go back again unto thine home, And come again with love.
Fear only lest thou has not love, And fear exceedingly; For else thou hast no part above, For without love we die.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 143

HYMN 143.
Yes, love is of the Lord, From Him all love proceeds; The kindly smile, the gracious word, All loving holy deeds.
He hears us when we call; He gives our daily food; He made and loves and cares for all, For He alone is good.
But most His love is shown In sending from on high His only well-beloved Son, For guilty man to die.
O gift, all gifts above, Whose price we cannot tell, But humbly own herein is love, Yea, love unspeakable.
# A Dirge (Tennyson)

* "A Dirge", in Poems, Chiefly Lyrical (1830)
* "A Dirge", in Poems, Volume I (1843)
# A Discord in Avalon

Thus far, he had taken no notice of the occupant of the chair next to his; but now [...] Quentin eyed the man, sized him up as a detective or plain-clothes man—then shivered slightly at a light contact. He glanced down to see a hand stealthily approaching his coat pocket.
It was a woman's hand, slender and well shaped, perfectly manicured and with unexpected dimples over each knuckle. . . .
And that was to be just the start of a very curious adventure for Dr. Quentin.
A Discord in Avalon.
By H. Bedford-Jones.
* Chapter I
* Chapter II
* Chapter III
* Chapter IV
* Chapter V
* Chapter VI
* Chapter VII
* Chapter VIII
* Chapter IX
* Chapter X
* Chapter XI
* Chapter XII
* Chapter XIII
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# A Dillar, A Dollar

"A Dillar, A Dollar", also called "A Ten O'Clock Scholar", is an English nursery rhyme, with Roud Folk Song Index number 19753.
* "A dollar, a dollar" in A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes by Sabine Baring-Gould (1895)
* "A Ten O'Clock Scholar" in The Nursery Rhymes of Mother Goose by Arthur Rackham (St. Nicholas, Sept. 1913)
* "A Diller, a dollar" in A Book of Nursery Rhymes by Charles Welsh (1901)
* "The Ten O'Clock Scholar" in The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright (1916)
# A Dimple in the Tomb

A Dimple in the Tomb Makes that ferocious Room A Home —
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Spain, David

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​SPAIN. (Lieutenant, 1847.)
David Spain obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1847; and has been serving, since 7 Jan. 1848, in the Havannah 19, Capt. John Elphinstone Erskine, now in the East Indies.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Spark, Thomas

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​SPARK. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 18; h-p., 24.)
Thomas Spark entered the Navy, 4 Nov. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defence 74, Capt. Geo. Hope; with whom and with Capts. Graham Moore, Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, Phipps Hornby, Abel Ferris, and Walter Bathurst, he served from the following Dec. until June, 1811, the greater part of the time as Midshipman, in the Fame 74, on the West India, Home, and Mediterranean stations. He was then for eight months employed in the St. Fiorenzo troop-ship, Capt. Hon. Edm. Sexten Pery Knox; and for nearly seven in the Montagu 74, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, and Chatham and Impétueux 74’s, both commanded by Capt. G. Moore. He was confirmed a Lieutenant (a few weeks after he had been ordered to act in that capacity) in the San Juan 74, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Chas. Vinicombe Penrose at Gibraltar, 15 Oct. 1812; invalided home in Nov. 1813; obtained an appointment in the Water Guard 22 Feb. 1820; and was subsequently placed in command – 12 May, 1830, of the Sylvia cutter, on the Home station – and 21 Nov. 1839 and 23 Feb. 1843, of the Prometheus and Polyphemus steamers, both in the Mediterranean, whence he returned towards the close of 1845. He was advanced to his present rank 23 April, 1846.
Commander Spark published, in 1829, a chart of the entrance into Poole Harbour, with Studland Bay – a correction of Lieut. M. M‘Kenzie’s chart of 1785. Agents – Burnett and Holmes.