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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Holman, William

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​HOLMAN. (Retired Captain, 1844.)
William Holman is brother of Lieuts. Jas. and Robt. Holman, R.N.; and first-cousin of Commander T. H. Holman, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 30 Dec. 1790, and was Midshipman of the Royal George 100, flagship of Lord Bridport, in the action off Ile de Groix 23 June, 1795. Having attained the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 26 Sept. 1797, and been appointed to the Regulus 44, Capt. Geo. Eyre we find him, in the course of that year, serving in the boats at the capture of several vessels fiom under the fort of Guadilla, on the island of Puerto Rico; and again, on 11 July, 1798, ably contributing to the cutting-out of three others, beneath an incessant fire from the batteries in Aguada Bay on the same island. When afterwards in the London 98, flag-ship of Sir Hyde Parker, Mr. Holman was present at the victory achieved off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801. He obtained his second promotal commission 20 Feb. 1812, and accepted the rank of Captain 26 March, 1844.
Capt. Holman is married and has issue. His second daughter, Emily, is married to J. Kersey Esq;, of the Madras Medical Service. Agents – Pettet and Newton.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hollinworth, John (a)

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​HOLLINWORTH. (Rear-Admiral,, 1846. f-p., 15; h-p., 37.)
John Hollinworth is son of M. Hollinworth, Esq., many years a clerk of the Admiralty; and brother of Thos. Hollinworth, Esq., formerly Naval Storekeeper at Devonport.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1795, as Midshipman, on board the Repulse 74, Capt. Wm. Geo. Fairfax, employed on the Home station, where he removed, in March, 1797, to the Daedalus 32, Capt. Hall. Towards the close of the same year he sailed for the Cape of Good Hope in the Garland 28, Capts. John Clarke Searle and Jas. Athol Wood; under the latter of whom he had the misfortune to be wrecked, while in pursuit of an enemy’s vessel, off Madagascar, 26 July, 1798. On his return to England, in 1799, on board the Sphynx 20, Capt. Lord Augustus Fitzroy, he became attached in succession to the Téméraire, Barfleur, and Téméraire again, 98’s, in which ships we find him serving until May, 1800, in the Channel, under the flag of Rear-Admiral Jas. Hawkins Whitshed. Joining, then, the Endymion 40, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where – being appointed on his arrival Acting-Lieutenant of the Vestal armée en flûte, Capt. Valentine Collard – he accompanied the expedition to Egypt in 1801. On 10 June, 1802, he was confirmed a Lieutenant in the Carrère, Capt. Maitland. Between Feb. 1803 and April, 1806 (on 22 Jan. in which latter year he was promoted to the rank of Commander), he presents himself to our notice as next serving, in the Channel and West Indies, on board the Venerable 74, flagship of Rear-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, Mermaid 32, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, and Hercule 74, bearing the flags of Sir John Duckworth and Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres. His succeeding and last appointments were, on the Mediterranean station – 25 March, 1807, to the Minstrel 18, in which sloop he captured, 16 July, 1808, the Italian schooner Ortenzia, pierced for 16 guns, but carrying only 2 long 24-pounders, 6 long 9-pounder and 2 3-pounder swivels, with a complement of 56 men, who effected their escape – and, 22 Nov. 1809, and 7 April and 12 July, 1810, to the Acting-Captaincy of the Invincible 74, and Resistance and Salsette frigates. He returned to England soon after his official advancement to Post-rank, which took place 3 April, 1811; and on 1 Oct. 1846 he became a Rear-Admiral.
He married, in 1808, a daughter of John Jackson, Esq., Master-Attendant at Portsmouth; by whom he has, with other issue, a daughter, Marianne, who married, in 1844, a son of Colonel Shadforth. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hollinworth, John (b)

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​HOLLINWORTH. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
John Hollinworth entered the Navy 21 Nov. 1818; obtained his commission 10 Jan. 1837; and from 4 of the following March until paid off in the summer of 1842 was employed, a great part of the time as First-Lieutenant, in the Sappho 16, Capts. Thos. Eraser and Edw. Iggulden Parrey, on the North America and West India station. He has not been since afloat. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Holloway, Thomas

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​HOLLOWAY. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Holloway entered the Navy, in Jan. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Utrecht 64, Capt. Thos. Seccombe. With that officer, after having served a few months in the Downs under the flag of Rear-Admiral John Holloway, he removed to the Glatton 50, and proceeded to the Mediterranean, where, until the close of 1808, he was actively employed with Capt. Robt. Waller Otway on board the Montagu 74, and Malta 84. During the next 12 months we find him serving, on the Downs and Newfoundland stations, in the Isis 50, Capts. Laugharne and D. M‘Leod, and Antelope 50, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Holloway. He then rejoined Capt. Otway in the Ajax 74, and on 20 July, 1810, was on board that ship in a very gallant skirmish, in which the British, with a slender force, beat back a powerful division of the French fleet. After an attachment of some time to the Cumberland 74, commanded on the Home station by Capt. Thos. Baker, Mr. Holloway was made Lieutenant, 10 March, 1812, into the Fame 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, under whom he long cooperated with the patriots on the coast of Spain, and came into frequent contact with the French. Since he was paid off, in Oct. 1814, he has not been afloat.
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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Holman, Thomas Holloway

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​HOLMAN. (Commander, 1841.)
Thomas Holloway Holman is first-cousin of Capt. Wm. Holman, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Feb. 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Tisiphone sloop, Capt. Wm. Williams Foote, employed on the Home station; and on removing, in May, 1806, to the Theseus 74, Capts. Geo. Hope, Rich. Turner Hancock, and John Poo Beresford, was for some time employed at the Cape of Good Hope and on the coast of Spain. While afterwards attached, between May, 1808, and March, 1812, to the Egeria sloop, Capt. Lewis Hole, he served on the Channel and Leith stations, and assisted at the capture of three privateers, carrying altogether 30 guns and 89 men. Being then appointed Master’s Mate of La Minerve frigate, Capt. Rich. Hawkins, we find him cruizing, during the next two years, in the West Indies and along the American shores. He then joined for a few months the Namur 74, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Williams at the Nore; and between Aug. 1814 and his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 6 Feb. 1815, he served, in the Channel and among the Western Islands, on board the Leyden 64, armée en flûte, Capts. John Davie and Henry Bazely. On 9 April, 1832, having previously had charge of a station in the Coast Guard, Mr. Holman obtained command of the Harpy Revenue-vessel. He returned to the Coast Guard 30 June, 1834, and continued in that service until advanced to his present rank 15 Jan. 1841. Since 16 Feb. 1842 he has been again attached to it in the capacity of Inspecting-Commander.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hollinworth, Henry Augustus

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​HOLLINWORTH. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Henry Augustus Hollinworth entered the Navy 14 Feb. 1834; passed his examination 15 July, 1840; served on board the Thunderer 84, Capt. Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, during the proximate operations on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre; and on proceeding to China as Mate of the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, was there employed in 1842, at the capture of Chapoo, Woosung, and Chin-Kiang-Foo. He acquired his present rank, on his return to England, 20 Sept. 1843; since which period his appointments have been – 28 Dec. 1844, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads – and 29 Jan. 1847, as Additional, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir John Louis, Admiral-Superintendent at Devonport.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Holmes, Edward

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​HOLMES. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Edward Holmes entered the Navy 20 Aug 1826; passed his examination 28 Jan. 1833; and at the penod of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant which took place 23 Nov. 1841, was serving on the North America and West India station as Mate of ​the Racehorse 18, Capt. John Coghlan Fitzgerald. His appointments have since been – 26 Dec. 1841, again to the Racehorse, Capt. Edm. Peel – 14 Sept. 1843 (after about 12 months of half-pay), as First, to the Hyacinth 18, Capt. Fras. Scott, fitting at Sheerness – 19 Oct. 1843, and 14 June, 1844, to the Winchester 50, flag-ship of Hon. Josceline Percy, and Bittern 16, Capt. Edm. Peel, both at the Cape of Good Hope – and, 23 July, 1845, to the Calliope 26, Capt. Edw. Stanley, with whom he is now serving in the East Indies. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Holman, James

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​HOLMAN, K.W., F.R.S. (Lieutenant, 1807.)
James Holman is brother of Capt. Wm. Holman, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Dec. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal George 100, Capt. Chas. Morice Pole, bearing the flag in the Channel of Lord Bridport; served, from Sept. 1799 until April, 1805, in the Cambrian 40, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, Geo. Henry Towry, Wm. Bradley, and John Poo Beresford, on the Home and North American stations; then joined in succession the Leander 50, Capts. John Talbot and Henry Whitby, and Cleopatra 32, of which frigate, commanded by Capts. John Wight, Love, and Simpson, he was created a Lieutenant 27 April, 1807; and from Oct. 1808 to Nov. 1810, when he invalided, was employed in the Guerrière frigate, Capts. Alex. Skene, Robt. Lloyd, and Sam. John Pechell, stationed, as was also the Cleopatra, on the coast of North America. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Holman (who is totally deprived of sight, and whose extensive peregrinations have procured ​him the title of the “Blind Traveller”) has been a Naval Knight of Windsor since the commencement of the peace. He is the author of ‘A Narrative of a Journey taken in the years 1819-20-21 through France, Italy, Savoy, &c.,’ published in 1822; and also of ‘A Voyage round the World, including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australia, and America,’ published in 1834-5, in 4 volumes.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Pitfield, Joseph Edward Chilcott

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​PITFIELD. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 28.)
Joseph Edward Chilcott Pitfield entered the Navy, 8 Nov. 1807, as Master’s Mate, on board the Proserpine 32, Capt. Chas. Otter, which ship, despite a noble resistance, productive of a loss to her of 1 man killed and 10 wounded, was captured off the port of Toulon, on the night of 28 Feb. 1809, by the French 40-gun frigates Penélope and Pauline. Regaining his liberty early in 1811, he served from that period until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 9 Jan. 1815, on the Home station, in the Boyne 98, Ville de Paris 110, and Impregnable 104, flag-ships of Sir Harry Burrard Neale and Sir Wm. Domett. His last appointments were – 3 April, 1815, to the Hyacinth 24, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe, in the North Sea – 22 Nov. following, to the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, under whom he fought at Algiers 27 Aug. 1816, and continued to serve until paid off in Oct. 1818 – and, 28 Dec. 1820, to the Grasshopper 18, Capt. David Buchan, on the Newfoundland station, where he remained about 12 months.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Pitman, William

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​PITMAN. (Lieut., 1806. f-p., 21; h-p., 31.)
William Pitman entered the Navy, 19 April, 1795, as a Volunteer, on board the Mars 74, Capt. Sir Chas. Cotton; and on 16 and 17 June following was present in Cornwallis’ celebrated retreat. From July, 1796, until Dec. 1800, he served on the Home and Cape of Good Hope stations, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Star sloop, Capts. Hon. John Colville, David Atkins, and John Gardner. He was then made Prize-Master of the Guadeloupe in the West Indies, whence, in Oct. 1801, he returned to England in the Morgiana sloop. In the course of 1802-3 we find him joining in succession the Cambridge 74, Falcon sloop, Capt. Henry Manaton Ommanney, Puissant 74, Capt. John Irwin, and Excellent of similar force, Capt. Frank Sotheron. In the Falcon he visited Newfoundland; and in the Excellent he was employed in the Mediterranean from Aug. 1803 to Aug. 1806. His appointments in the capacity of Lieutenant, a rank he had attained 31 Jan. in the latter year, were – 3 Nov. 1806, to the Curlew sloop, Capt. Thos. Young, lying at Sheerness – 28 April, 1807, to the Hercule 74, Capt. Hon. J. Colville, part of the force employed in the expedition against Copenhagen – and, 7 Feb. 1808, to the Impress service at Folkestone, where, and at Bristol, he remained until 31 May, 1816. He has since been on half-pay. He was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 1 Jan. 1845.
He married, in 1833, Anne, daughter of Mr. Wm. Abraham, Landing-Waiter at the port of Liverpool, by whom he has issue. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Place, Lionel Read

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​PLACE. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Lionel Read Place entered the Navy 31 Oct. 1829; passed his examination 5 July, 1836; served in the East Indies as Mate in the Melville 72, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 29 March, 1842, in honour of a visit paid by her Majesty to the Queen 110, on the eve of the departure of that ship for the Mediterranean, with the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. His appointments have since been – 5 April, 1842, again to the Queen, in which ship he returned to England under the command of Sir Chas. Sullivan, and was paid off in 1844 – 4 Dec. 1846, to the Amphion steam-frigate, of 300-horse power, Capt. Woodford John Williams, fitting at Devonport – and, 8 Feb. 1847, to the President 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres at the Cape of Good Hope, where he is now serving.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Pitts, Edward

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​PITTS, K.T.S. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 14; h-p., 25.)
Edward Pitts, born 7 Oct. 1795, is eldest surviving son of John Pitts, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel and Commandant of the Bridlington Light Infantry and Artillery from the commencement of the French Revolution until the year 1809, by Frances, eighth daughter of Jas. Heblethwayte, Esq., of Bridlington. His eldest brother, Thos. Jas. Heblethwayte Pitts, Captain and commanding officer of the Royal Engineers attached to the 4th division of the army in the Peninsula under Sir Lowry Cole, was killed in Feb. 1814; and his second, Wm. Pitts, was drowned in 1806 off Dungeness in one of the boats of the Pomone frigate, Capt. Robt. Barrie. His maternal uncle, Edw. St. Quintin Heblethwayte, First-Lieutenant of the Arrogant 74, having been mortally wounded in an action fought between that ship and the Victorious 74 on one side and six heavy French frigates under M. Sercey on the other, died and was buried at sea 21 Sept. 1796.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 May, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leopard 50, Capt. Jas. Johnstone, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Albemarle Bertie at the Cape of Good Hope; became Midshipman, in Sept. 1810, of the Vengeur 74, Capt. Thos. Brown, lying at Sheerness; and, from 10 Nov. following until Oct. 1815, was employed, again at the Cape and on the West India and Newfoundland stations, in the Galatea 42, Capt. Woodley Losack. While cruizing in the latter ship off Madagascar, in company with the Astrea and Phoebe, frigates about equal in force to the Galatea, and 18-gun brig Racehorse, we find him participating, 20 May, 1811, in a long and trying action with the French 40-gun frigates Rénomée, Clorinde, and Néréide, in which the Galatea, besides being much damaged in her hull, masts, and rigging, sustained a loss of 16 men killed and 46 wounded. He took up, on leaving the Galatea, a commission bearing date 7 March, 1815; and was subsequently appointed – 11 March, 1823, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capts. Chas. Dashwood, Hugh Downman, and Edw. Durnford King, on the Lisbon and Home stations – 15 Nov. 1825, as First, to the Nimrod 18, Capts. Rich. Pridham and Sam. Sparshott, attached to the force on the coast of Ireland, where he remained until that vessel, by the breaking of her anchor, was driven on the rocks in Holyhead Bay 17 Jan. 1827 – 4 Nov. 1828, in a similar capacity, to the Dispatch 18, Capt. Wm. Bohun Bowyer – and, on 10 of the same month, again as First, to the Ariadne 28, Capt. Fred. Marryat, employed on general service. He was advanced to his present rank 22 July, 1830; and has since been on half-pay.
In commemoration of John VI. of Portugal having taken shelter on board the Windsor Castle when off Lisbon in 1824, the order of the Tower and Sword was by that sovereign conferred upon the subject of the present narrative in common with the other officers of the ship. Commander Pitts was left a widower 16 Feb. 1847.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Piper, Edmund John

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​PIPER. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 8; h-p., 33.)
Edmund John Piper entered the Navy, 5 April, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Belleisle 74, Capt. Wm. Hargood; and on 14 Sept. following was present at the destruction, off Cape Henry, of the French 74-gun ship L’Impétueux. After visiting the West Indies he accompanied Capt. Hargood as Midshipman, in July, 1807, into the Northumberland 74, commanded subsequently by Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, under whom, while cruizing off L’Orient, we find him assisting, in company with the Growler gun-brig, at the gallant destruction, 22 May, 1812, of the French 40-gun frigates L’Arienne and L’Andromaque and 16-gun brig Mamelouck whose united fire, conjointly with that of a heavy battery, killed 5 and wounded 28 of the Northumberland’s people. He had previously, in 1809, lost a leg in an attack upon a large convoy in the Adriatic. Proceeding in the summer of 1812 to the Cape of Good Hope, as a Supernumerary, in the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, he was there made Lieutenant, 21 Nov. in the same year, in the Harpy sloop, Capt. Henderson Bain. He invalided home in May, 1813, and has since been on half-pay. In consideration of his wound he received a pecuniary grant from the Patriotic Fund, and was awarded, 28 May, 1816, a pension of 91l. 5s. per annum.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Pitfield, Jacob

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​PITFIELD. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
Jacob Pitfield obtained his commission 6 Dec. 1824; served in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, from 22 Dec. 1826 until 1829; and from 15 Dec. 1830 until 1838 held command of a station in the Coast Guard. He has not been since employed.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Pitman, John Charles

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​PITMAN. (Commander, 1842.)
John Charles Pitman, born 22 March, 1814, is fourth son of Jas. Pitman, Esq., of Dunchideock House, co. Devon, Major of the 1st or East Devon Militia, and a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for that shire, by Catherine, eldest daughter of John Harris, Esq., of Radford, co. Devon. His eldest sister, drowned by the upsetting of a boat, was wife of the present Capt. Wm. Keats, R.N.; and a younger one, also deceased, of the late Sir Edw. Wm. Corry Astley, Kt., Capt. R.N. (1829).
This officer entered the Navy 8 Jan. 1827; served on board the Rose 18, Capt. Lewis Davies, at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827, and in the Talbot 28, Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, in co-operation with the French, at the reduction of Morea Castle in Oct. 1828; passed his examination in 1833; obtained his first commission 3 July, 1840; and was employed during the operations in China in the Melville 72, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Elliot, Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Le Fleming Senhouse, and Druid 44, Capt. Henry Smith. In 1841 he officiated as Aide-de-Camp to Sir Hugh Gough and Sir H. Le F. Senhouse on the heights of Canton. He was rewarded for his services with a Commander’s commission bearing date 7 Dec. 1842; and, since 28 Feb. 1846, has been in command of the Childers 12, in the East Indies.
Commander Pitman married, 5 Oct. 1843, Elizabeth, daughter of the gallant Sir Humphrey Le Fleming Senhouse, Kt., C.B., K.C.H., Capt. R.N. (1814), who died in command of the Blenheim, in China, in 1841.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Pinto, Thomas

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​PINTO. (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p., 14; h-p., 38.)
Thomas Pinto was born 5 March, 1772.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Sept. 1795, as A.B., on board the Powerful 74, Capt. Wm. O’Brien Drury, lying at Spithead; and in the course of the same year joined the Magicienne 32, Capt. Geo. Martin, under whom, deducting a short time passed in 1798 on board the Pallas troop-ship, Capt. Joseph Edmonds, he continued to serve as Midshipman and Master’s Mate for about six years in the Irresistible and Northumberland 74’s. In the Irresistible he fought in the action off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797 -, and on 26 April following contributed, in company with the Emerald 36, to the capture, after a smart contest of an hour, of the Ninfa and Santa Elena Spanish frigates, which had been pursued into Conil Bay, near Cape Trafalgar. In the Northumberland he witnessed the capture of the 74-gun ship Le Généreux and frigate La Diane, assisted at the blockade of Malta, and participated in the operations of 1801 in Egypt. After further serving on the Mediterranean and Home stations in the Foudroyant 80, flag-ship of Lord Keith, Africaine 38, Capt. Thos. Manby, and Colossus 74 and Glory 98, both commanded by Capt. Geo. Martin, as Acting-Lieutenant in the Favorite sloop, Capt. Wm. Williams Foote, and again as Master’s Mate in the Glory, under the flag of Sir John Orde, he was officially promoted, 20 Feb. 1805, into the Agamemnon 64, Capts. John ​Harvey, Sir Edw. Berry, and Jonas Rose, part of the force employed in the actions off Capes Finisterre and Trafalgar and the island of St. Domingo, 22 July and 21 Oct. 1805, and 6 Feb. 1806. On 8 Dec. 1807, four months after he had been removed to the Ulysses 44, Capt. Christopher John Williams Nesham, he was nominated Acting-Commander of the Dart sloop on the West India station, where he was confirmed by commission dated 9 Feb. 1808; and next, towards the close of the same year, appointed to the Neptune 98, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, and Achates 14. The latter vessel he had the misfortune to lose in Feb. 1810. He accepted his present rank 10 Sept. 1840. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.