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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Harvey, John

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​HARVEY. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 15; h-p., 28.)
John Harvey, born 31 Dec. 1793, is eldest son of Henry Wise Harvey, Esq., of Harnden, co. Kent, whose father, the gallant Capt. John Harvey, R.N., was mortally wounded in command of the Brunswick 74, in the action of 1 June, 1794. He is brother of Lieut. H. W. Harvey, R.N.; nephew of the present Capt. Edw. Harvey, R.N.; and brother-in-law of Commander Geo. Hilton, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Sept. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, commanded by his uncle Capt John Harvey. In Sept. 1805, after having served on the north coast of Spain, and participated in Sir Robt. Calder’s action, he accompanied his relative into the Canada 74, and sailed for the West Indies, where he remained, until transferred, about Jan. 1808, to the Orion 74, commanded in the Baltic by Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson. From June, 1809, until Dec. 1811, he again served with Capt. Harvey in the Leviathan 74, and Royal Sovereign 100, both attached to the force in the Mediterranean; on which station he aided in the Leviathan in causing the self-destruction of the French ships-of-the-line Robuste and Lion, between Cette and Frontignan, 25 Oct. 1809. Until Sept. 1813, we next find Mr. Harvey employed on the North Sea and North American stations in the Sceptre and Marlborough 74’s, Capts. Thos. Harvey and Robt. Honyman, and St. Domingo 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren. He was then appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Success 32, armée en flûte, Capt. Thos. Barclay, to which vessel the Admiralty confirmed him by commission dated 13 Nov. 1813. Joining next the Epervier, of 18 guns and 117 men, Capt. Rich. Walter Wales, Mr. Harvey continued to serve on the American coast until 29 April, 1814, when that vessel, after a severe action of an hour, and a loss of 23 men killed and wounded, became a shattered prize to the United States sloop Peacock, of 22 guns and 185 picked seamen, two only of whom appear to have been hurt. On regaining his liberty he was appointed, 22 Aug. 1815, to the Astraea 36, Capt. Edw. Kittoe; and from 22 Aug. 1815, until advanced to his present rank, 2 April, 1819, he further served in the Antelope 50, as Flag-Lieutenant to his uncle Rear-Admiral John Harvey, Commander-in-Chief in the Leeward Islands. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Harvey, Robert Beazley

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​HARVEY. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Robert Beazley Harvey entered the Navy 2 March, 1827; passed his examination 27 July, 1833; and obtained his first commission 23 Nov. 1841. He has been serving since 10 June, 1842, in the Wolf 18, Capts. Courtenay Osborn Hayes, Arthur Vyner, Geo. Evan Davis, and Jas. Alex. Gordon, on the East India station. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Harward, Richard

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​HARWARD. (Capt., 1809. f-p., 14; h-p., 36.)
Richard Harward died 2 May, 1845, at Geneva.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 June, 1795. as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caesar 80, Capts. Chas. Edm. Nugent and Roddam Home, of which ship, successively employed in the Channel and North Sea, he soon became Midshipman. Proceeding in 1798 to the Mediterranean in the Perseus, Capts. Jas. Oswald and Henry Compton, he assisted in the following year at the bombardment of Alexandria, and served in the ship’s launch in action with an enemy’s flotilla in the Bay of Naples. He subsequently became Acting-Lieutenant of the Blanche 36, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, and, on 3 Sept. 1801, after participating in the victory gained by Lord Nelson at Copenhagen, was officially promoted. His next appointments were – 26 March, 1803, to the Plantagenet 74, Capts. E. Hamond, Hon. Michael De Courcy, and Fras. Pender, on the Home station – 17 Sept. 1804, to the Endymion 40, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget – in 1805, to the command of the Netley schooner and Swinger gun-brig, in the former of which vessels he conveyed despatches to the West Indies – and, in Nov. 1805, to the Northumberland 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Hon. Alex. Cochrane. For his conduct as First-Lieutenant of the latter ship in the action off St. Domingo, Mr. Harward was promoted to the rank of Commander 2 April, 1806. He subsequently joined, 2 March, 1808, the Delphinen 18, but, that sloop being unfortunately wrecked off the coast of Holland 4 Aug. following, he was next appointed, in Oct. of the same year, to the Parthian 10; in which vessel we find him capturing La Nouvelle Gironde, a notorious privateer of 14 guns and 58 men, and ultimately attending the expedition to the Walcheren. Capt. Harward, whose Post-commission bore date 31 July, 1809, was lastly employed, from June, 1810, to June, 1812, as Flag-Captain to Sir Edw. Pellew in the Christian VII. 80, and Caledonia 120, on the Mediterranean station.
Capt. Harward was Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Gloucester. He married, first, 11 Jan. 1810, Julia, youngest daughter of Admiral the late Lord Exmouth; and, that lady dying in 1831, secondly, in 1834, Julia, daughter of Admiral Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted, G.C.B., and grand-daughter of the above nobleman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hast, Philip

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​HAST. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 18; h-p., 10.)
Philip Hast entered the Navy 11 April, 1819; passed his examination in 1825; and was promoted, 10 July, 1826, to a Lieutenancy in the Pylades sloop, Capt. Geo. Vernon Jackson, on the West India station. His subsequent appointments were, Aug. 1827, to the Procris 18, Capts. Hon. Wm. ​Waldegrave and Chas. Henry Paget, employed off the coast of Ireland – 16 March, 1830, to the Wellesley 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maltland – 16 Aug. 1831, to the Warspite 76, Capt. Chas. Talbot, in South America – 4 June, 1832, to the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Chas. Graham, in which vessel he came home from the latter station and was paid off in Nov. 1833 – 17 Nov. 1834 and 20 April, 1835, as First, to the Pique 36, and Champion 18, Capts. Hon. Henry John Rous, Robert Fair, and Geo. St. Vincent King, employed off Lisbon and in the West Indies – and, 18 July, 1837, to the command of the Pickle schooner, on the North America and West India station. He was superseded from the last-named vessel in March, 1839, and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Hast has for several years been in command of a steamer belonging to the Royal West India Mail Packet Company. He married, 22 Aug. 1840, Mary, daughter of John Warrington, Esq., by whom he has issue. Agent – John P. Muspratt.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Crooke, Charles Henry

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​CROOKE. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 12: h-p., 34.)
Charles Henry Crooke entered the Royal Naval Academy 2 Jan. 1801; and embarked, in 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Phoebe 36, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, in a boat belonging to ​which ship he appears to have been wounded in an attack made on a French brig-of-war in the Mediterranean in 1805. After participating, as we believe, in the battle of Trafalgar, he proceeded to the West Indies as Master’s Mate of the Alligator 28, Capt. Hugh Pigot; and on becoming attached, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Circe 32, Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier, took command of her boats, 12 Dec. 1808, and made a most heroic – though unsuccessful – dash at an enemy’s corvette, Le Cygne of 16 guns, protected, near St. Pierre, Martinique, by four batteries and a considerable body of troops, with field-pieces, assembled on the beach. Out of 68 men who had been detached on this service, the British lost 9 killed and 21 wounded, and 26 missing, making in the whole 56, inclusive of Mr. Crooke himself, who was badly wounded in four places. The subject of this sketch, whose gallantry on the occasion was rewarded by a commission signed 9 Jan. 1809, remained in the Circe, under the command of Capt. Pigot, until 1810, when he invalided. On 27 Sept. 1811, he next joined the Medusa 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie; and, on the night of 4 June, 1812, he served in the boats under Lieut. Josiah Thompson at the capture and destruction, in the harbour of Arcasson, of La Dorade, of 14 guns and 86 men, after a desperate struggle, in which the assailants had 5 men wounded, and the enemy, who had hailed the latter in their approach, and were in every way prepared for the attack, 63 killed and drowned. Lieut. Crooke’s last appointment was, 3 Jan. 1814, to the President frigate, Capts. Fras. Mason and Archibald Duff, on the Irish station. He attained his present rank 30 Aug. 1815, and has since been on half-pay.
Commander Crooke was awarded, 16 Feb. 1816, a pension of 150l. for his wounds; previously to which he had been presented with gratuities from the Patriotic Fund. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Crooke, James

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​CROOKE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 13; h-p., 38.)
James Crooke entered the Navy, 15 Feb. 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diana 38, Capt. Jonathan Faulknor, employed off the coast of Ireland, where he assisted at the capture of several French privateers. Between March, 1798, and Aug. 1802, he next served, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, as Midshipman of the Royal George 100, bearing the flag of Lord Bridport, and Anson 44, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham. Being appointed, 8 May, 1804, to a Lieutenancy in the Cleopatra of 38 guns and 200 men, Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie, he was present when that vessel was captured, after a brilliant and self-sought action of nearly three hours, and a loss of 20 men killed and 38 wounded, including himself, by the French frigate Ville de Milan of 46 guns and 350 men, 10 of whom appear to have been slain, 17 Feb. 1805. The latter ship, however, was herself taken, with her prize, on 23 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 R. Laurie, under whose orders Mr. Crooke continued until May, 1806. He then joined the Belle-isle 80, Capt. Wm. Hargood, in which he beheld the destruction, off Cape Henry, of the French 74-gun ship Impétueux, 14 Sept. following. From April, 1807, to April, 1809, he was afterwards on board the Niobe 40, Capt. John Wentworth Loring, off Cork; and in Feb. 1813, he joined the Diomede troop ship, Capt. Chas. Montague Fabian, employed on the coast of North America. Lieut. Crooke, the date of whose commission was subsequently altered for some reason to 15 Oct. 1814, has not been afloat since that period. In consideration of the wound above alluded to, he was presented with a sum of money by the Committee of the Patriotic Fund at Lloyd’s. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Crooke, William

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​CROOKE. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 31; h-p., 7.)
William Crooke entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1809, as a Supernumerary, on board the Clorinde 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs; and from July following until Feb. 1811, served in the East Indies as Midshipman of the Samarang 20, and Blanche 38, both commanded by Capt. Rich. Spencer, under whom he assisted, in the Samarang, at the capture, in 1810, of the Dutch islands of Amboyna, Saparona, Naso-Laut, and Pulo-Ay, and of the Dutch national brig Recruteur laden with money and stores for the latter place. Until the peace he next served, in the Channel and again in India, on board the Diomede 50, Capt. Hugh Cook, and Theban 36, and Cornwallis 74, each under the command of Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby; after which we find him successively joining the Duncan 74, flag-ship at the Brazils of Sir John Poo Beresford, Harrier 18, Capt. Sir Chas. Thos. Jones, on the Halifax station, Camelion brig, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, in the Channel, and Leander 50, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, on the East India station, where he was promoted, from the Acting-Mastership of the Dauntless, Capt. Geo. Cornish Gambler, to a Lieutenancy in the Satellite 18, Capt. Mark John Currie, 9 Jan. 1823. He returned to England with the latter officer in 1824, on board the Asia 84; and was next appointed – 9 June, 1828, as First, to the Falcon 10, Capts. John Pole and Henry Griffith Colpoys, at the Cape of Good Hope – 2 Oct. following, and 29 March, 1832, to the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole, and Winchester 52, Capt. Lord Wm. Paget, both in the West Indies – 29 Oct. and 31 Dec. 1832, 3 Jan. 1834, and 18 Aug. 1838, to the command of the Speedwell, Pincher, Nautilus, and Peterel, on the Jamaica, Lisbon, Mediterranean, and Falmouth stations – and, 9 April, 1845, again as First-Lieutenant, to the Queen 110, flagship at Devonport of Sir John West. Since the date of his last promotion, 15 Jan. 1846, Commander Crooke has been unemployed.
He married, in 1840, Eliza Keelir, eldest daughter of W. Vice, Esq., of Truro, co. Cornwall. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Crole, Charles

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​CROLE. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 18; h-p., 23.)
Charles Crole is a relative of the late Earl of Egremont, Captain R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Chiffonne 36, Capt. John Wainwright, in which frigate he attained the rating of Midshipman in Aug. 1807, and served, on the Mediterranean and East India stations, until Aug. 1811. In Nov. 1809 we find him participating in an attack on the pirates of the Persian Gulf, where the town of Ras-al-Khyma, their principal stronghold, together with all the shipping in the port, and a considerable quantity of naval stores, was set on fire and destroyed. Until the receipt of his first commission, 20 Oct. 1813, Mr. Cole further served on the Home station on board the San Josef 110, successive flag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton and Lord Keith, and Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Wm. Hotham. His next appointments appear to have been – 27 Nov. 1813, to the Rodney 74, bearing the flag off Lisbon of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin – 5 Aug. 1814, to the Araxes 38, Capt. Geo. Miller Bligh, fitting for the West Indies – and, 20 Nov. 1817, to the Sybille 48, in which ship he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant, on the latter station, to Sir Home Popham and- Sir Chas. Rowley. He assumed command, 6 May, 1822, of the Icarus sloop, and removing, 19 July following, to the Surinam 18, continued in the West Indies until 1825. His last appointment was, 9 Nov. 1827, to the Columbine 18, on the Halifax station, where he attained Post-rank 26 Jan. 1828. Since that date Capt. Crole has been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Crosby, Thomas Sackville

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​CROSBY, K.T.S., G.S.C. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Sackville Crosby entered the Navy, 6 April, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Howe store-ship, Capt. Edw. Killwick, in which he sailed for the Cape of Good Hope, and thence to the Rio de la Plata. Joining, there, the Leda 38, Capt. Robt. Honyman, he witnessed, as Midshipman, the capture of Monte Video and the unsuccessful attack made on Buenos Ayres in Feb. and July, 1807; after which, on his return to Europe, he assisted at the bombardment of Copenhagen in Sept. following, and was wrecked, near the entrance of Milford Haven, 31 Jan. 1808. Until the receipt of his commission, 1 Feb. 1815, Mr. Crosby appears to have been further employed, on the Home, Lisbon, Mediterranean, American, and West India stations, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate in the Goshawk sloop, Capt. Alex. Innes, Lavinia 40, Capts. Lord Wm. Stuart and Geo. Digby, Superb 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, Terpsichore 32, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, Swiftsure 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Webley, and Venerable 74, flag-ship of Sir Philip Chas. Durham. While in the Lavinia, we find him present at the forcing of the passage between the batteries of Flushing and Cadsand, 11 Aug. 1809, and next engaged at the defence of Cadiz in 1811-12. He has not been officially employed since his return home from the West Indies in 1815.
Lieut. Crosby is, by royal licence, an officer of the Portuguese order of the Tower and Sword, and a Grand Dignitary of the order of the Southern Cross. Agent – Frederick Dufaur.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Croker, Charles

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​CROKER. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 17; h-p., 25.)
Charles Croker is sixth son of the late Edw. Croker, Esq., of Ballynagarde, co. Limerick, by Margaret Anne, youngest daughter of Rich. Hare, Esq., and sister of William, first Earl of Listowel. He is brother of Lieut.-Colonels Rich, and Wm. Croker, and of the late Albert Croker, who died First-Lieutenant of the Cambrian frigate in Jan. 1826.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 July, 1805, as Fst-cl. Vol., on board the Topaze 38, Capt. Willoughby Thos. Lake, on the Cork station; removed, with the same Captain, in Feb. 1807, as Midshipman, to the Gibraltar 80, part of the Channel fleet; and, in April following, joined the Alceste 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell, in the Mediterranean. He was present in Dec. of the same year at the surrender of Madeira to the British; served as a Volunteer in the boats, with Lieut. Allan Stewart, at the capture, 4 April, 1808, of seven Spanish tartans, under the very muzzles of the guns in the batteries at Rota; contributed to the destruction of several vessels and martello-towers on the coast of Italy in May, 1809; witnessed, in June of the same year, the reduction of the islands of Ischia and Procida; landed, while in company with the Belle Poule 38, and aided in destroying, 5 May, 1811, a French national brig lying in the harbour of Parenza, and defended by a galling cross-fire from two batteries; and, independently of other important and hazardous services, bore a part, 29 Nov. 1811, in an action of 2 hours and 20 minutes, fought with consummate gallantry, between the Alceste and the Active 38, on one side, and the French 40-gun frigates Pauline and Pomone on the other, which terminated in the capture, of the Pomone and escape of the Pauline after a loss had been occasioned to the Alceste of 7 men killed and 13 wounded. Returning home in the autumn of 1812, Mr. Croker joined the Clarence 74, Capt. Henry Vansittart; and, while next commanding a gun-boat on Lake Ontario, he was created a Lieutenant 17 Dec. 1814. He invalided home in March, 1815; and was subsequently appointed – 8 Aug. 1818, to the Redwing 18, fitting for the St. Helena station – 14 Sept. 1821, to the Carnation 18, Capt. John Edw. Walcott, in which sloop he proceeded to Jamaica – and, 19 Feb. 1824, as First Lieutenant, to the Icarus 10, Capt. John Geo. Graham. On 20 Aug. following Mr. Croker took command of a hired Spanish launch and of the boats of the Icarus, and was officially praised for the judicious and spirited manner in which he captured, off the Havana, a large piratical schooner called the Diableto, mounting 6 guns, and manned with about 50 men. He was promoted, 4 Oct. 1825, to the command of the Bellette 18; and, since his return to England in 1826, has been unemployed.
He married, in 1830, Miss M. Crowe, of Byblix, co. Cork, and has issue.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1547.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1825, p. 1.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Crooke, Thomas Leslie

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​CROOKE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Leslie Crooke entered the Navy, 10 Dec. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Flêche 18, Capt. Thos. White, whom he subsequently followed, as Midshipman, into the Ariel 18, St. George 98, and Ruby 64, on the Channel and Baltic stations. In Feb. 1811, he joined the Vanguard 74, Capt. Henry Rich. Glynn; and removing, next, to the Dictator 64, Capts. Robt. Williams and Jas. Pattison Stewart, commanded a boat at the cutting out of a schooner and other vessels from under a heavy fire in the Baltic. On 6 July, 1812, being in company with the Calypso 18, we find the Dictator gallantly effecting the capture and destruction, within the rocks of Mardoe, on the Norway coast, of a whole Danish sqnadron, consisting of the Nayaden of 48 guns, the Laland, Samsoe, and Kiel sloops, and several gun-boats, after a long contest, which occasioned a loss to the British 64 of 5 men killed and 24 wounded, and to the Danes of 300 killed and wounded. Until the conclusion of hostilities, Mr. Crooke was next employed, in succession, on board the Shamrock 18, Capt. Andrew Pellet Green, stationed in the Channel – Vigo 74, flag-ship in the Baltic of Rear-Admiral Graham Moore – Gloucester 74, Capt. Robt. Williams, whom he accompanied with convoy to the Leeward Islands – and Prince Regent 56, and St. Lawrence 98, bearing each the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on Lake Ontario, where he took part in many active operations. Since the receipt of his commission, 13 March, 1815, the subject of this notice has been on half-pay. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Crooke, William Boyle

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​CROOKE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 31.)
William Boyle Crooke is fourth and youngest son of the late William Crooke, Esq., of Ahavrin, co. Cork.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Feb. 1808, as a Volunteer, on board the Virago 13, Lieut.​Commander Wm. Robt. Ashley Pettman; and on removing to the Raven 16, Capts. John Martin Hanchett and George Gustavus Lennock, attended the expedition to the Walcheren in Aug. 1809, and was for four hours on one occasion in destructive contact with the batteries of Cadsand and Flushing. In March, 1811, he joined the Boyne 98, bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Harry Burrard Neale, to whom he acted for nearly two years as Signal Mate; after which he proceeded to North America with Capt. J. M. Hanchett, in the Diadem armée en flûte and co-operated in the attack on Craney Island and the town of Hampton, 22 and 26 June, 1813. He had the good fortune, about the same period, to rescue from a watery grave an officer and three men belonging to the San Domingo. Until the receipt of his commission, which bears date 7 March, 1815, Mr. Crooke further served, on the Halifax, Irish, and West India stations, on board the Narcissus 32, Capt. John Rich. Lumley, Spartan 38, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, and Orontes 36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane. He has not since been afloat.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Crosbie, John Gustavus

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​CROSBIE. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 15; h-p., 13.)
John Gustavus Crosbie is third son of the late General Sir John Crosbie, G.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1819, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leander 50, Capt. Chas. Richardson, fitting for the flag of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, where he served, a great part of the period as Midshipman, until the close of 1822. He was afterwards employed for some time in the Trinculo 18, Capt. Rodney Shannon, on the coast of Ireland; passed his examination 2 Nov. 1825; and in 1826 returned to India as Mate of the Java 52, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage. He there served, from 22 Feb. 1828, to 27 March, 1829, as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the Champion 18, Capt. Geo. Delmé, and Pandora 18, Capts. Wm. Clarke Jervoise and Hon. John Fred. Gordon; and being then confirmed by commission dated back to 28 May, 1828, was subsequently appointed – 25 April, 1831, to the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Chas. Graham – and, 22 Nov. 1836, to the Carysfort 26, Capt. Henry Byam Martin, respectively employed on the South American and Mediterranean stations. He has been on half-pay since Nov. 1838. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.