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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Cotton, Francis Vere

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​COTTON. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 18; h-p., 17.)
Francis Vere Cotton is, we are given to understand, a nephew of Gen. Viscount Combermere, G.C.B.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 Aug. 1812; and embarked, 19 May, 1814, as a Volunteer, on board the Pomone 38, Capts. Philip Carteret and John Rich. Lumley, in which frigate he sailed for the coast of North America. On his return home in Aug. 1815, he became Midshipman of the Albion 74, flag-ship at Sheerness of Sir Chas. Rowley; after which he served for five years in the East and West Indies, on board the Orlando 36, and Malabar 74, both commanded by Capt. John Clavell, Raleigh 18, Capt. Wm. Augustus Baumgardt, and Salisbury 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. Chas. Fahie. Having passed his examination in Aug. 1818, and attained the rank of Lieutenant 1 Jan. 1821, Mr. Cotton was next appointed, in the latter capacity – 13 Sept. 1823, to the Weasel 10, Capts. Tim. Curtis and Rich. Beaumont, stationed in the Mediterranean – and, 9 Aug. 1828, as First, to the Galatea 42, Capts. Sir Chas. Sullivan and Chas. Napier, employed on particular service. He was promoted, 12 Feb. 1830, to the command of the Champion 18. After serving for some time on the Halifax station, he proceeded to the West Indies, where he removed, 31 Jan. 1832, to the Racehorse 18. Capt. Cotton, who has been on half-pay since the close of 1833, attained Post-rank 23 Nov. 1841. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Couch, Daniel Little

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​COUCH. (Retired Commander, 1843. f.-p., 17; h-p., 41.)
Daniel Little Couch was born 24 May, 1779. This officer entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1789, as Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Adamant 50, Capt. Knox, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Hughes at Halifax, where he remained until 1791. Re-embarking in on board the Charon, Capt. Edm. Dodd, he visited the African and West India stations, and in removed with the same officer, as Midshipman, to the Dictator 64. He afterwards served for three years in the Channel, as Master’s Mate of the Atlas 98, commanded at first by Capt. Dodd, but latterly by Capt. Squire; and then – joining in succession the Melpomene 38, Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, and Fisgard, of 46 guns and 281 men, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin – was wounded in the latter ship at the capture, on 20 Oct. 1798, of l’Immortalité, of 42 guns and 580 men, after a close and obstinate conflict of great length, a loss to the British of 10 killed and 26 wounded, and to the enemy of 54 killed and 61 wounded. Having passed his examination in June, 1797, Mr. Couch was promoted, while subsequently serving in the West Indies on board the Volage frigate, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, to a Lieutenancy in the Serpent, Capt. Thos. Roberts, 9 Feb. 1799. His after-appointments appear to have been, on the Home and Mediterranean stations – 7 Oct. 1800, to the Formidable 98, Capts. Edw. Thornbrough and Rich. Grindall – 25 March, 1801, to the Majestic 74, Capt. Davidge Gould – 24 Oct. 1803, to the Terrible 74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet – 20 Nov. 1804, to the Hero 74, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner – 12 May, 1807, to the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers – and, lastly, 27 June, 1809, to the command of the Trusty gun-brig, which he left 21 Aug. 1810. While serving in the Hero, Lieut. Couch was present, in 1805, in Sir Robt. Calder’s and Sir Rich. Strachan’s actions; and witnessed the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo of 80 guns, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule, of the former of which ships he was made prize-master. He became a Retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 27 March, 1843.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Coull, Francis Peter

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​COULL. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Francis Peter Coull, passed his examination 16 Nov. 1838; was for some time employed, as Mate, on board the Dove Revenue-cruizer, Lieut.-Commander Josias Drew; and, obtaining an appointment in the Coast Guard 28 Feb. 1842, continued in that service until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 July, 1846. He is now on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Kennicott, Gilbert

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​KENNICOTT. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 24; h-p., 20.)
Gilbert Kennicott was born in 1789.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, Capt. Geo. Reynolds, bearing the flag in the Channel of his friend and patron the late Lord Collingwood, whom he successively followed, as Midshipman, into the Culloden 74, Prince 98, Venerable again, Dreadnought 98, Royal Sovereign 100, and Ocean 98. In the Royal Sovereign at Trafalgar he received nearly 40 wounds and lost the sight of his right eye; in consequence whereof he was allowed a pension of 10l. so long as he should continue a petty officer, and was presented by the Patriotic Society with the sum of 50l. In Oct. 1807, a few months after he had been appointed Master’s Mate of the Hind frigate, Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane, Mr. Kennicott had the misfortune, while in charge of a small detained Greek vessel, to be wrecked off the island of Cyprus. He fell in consequence into the hands of the Turks, and was by them held a prisoner until late in 1809. He then joined the Seahorse 38, Capt. John Stewart, and, on 28 Jan. 1810, he was nominated by Lord Collingwood to a Lieutenancy in his ovrn ship, the Ville de Paris – an act which the Admiralty confirmed by commission dated 22 Aug. in the same year. Removing, not long afterwards, to the Minorca 18, Capt. Ralph Randolph Wormeley, Lieut. Kennicott, in Nov. 1810, was again placed in command of a detained (American) vessel, whose crew, of themselves equal in number to the British, conjoined with one-half of the latter, and succeeded in re-capturing and carrying her into Marseilles. A second time thus a prisoner-of-war, the Lieutenant, after he had been for some time confined in a common gaol, was conducted to Verdun, and there kept en parole until the conclusion of the war. His next appointments were, in April and Sept. 1815, to the Mosquito 18, Capts. Jas. Tomkinson and Geo. Brine, and Leveret 10, Capt. John Theed; in the latter of which vessels he remained on the St. Helena station until obliged to invalid, for the benefit of his health, 3 June, 1817. From 17 Sept. 1836, until advanced to the rank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846, he was employed in the Coast Guard, and on more than one occasion rendered good service to the revenue. He is now on half-pay.
Commander Kennicott was re-awarded, 20 Sept. 1817, a pension for his wounds of 91l. 5s., together with two years’ arrears. He is married, and has issue two daughters, one of whom, Sophia Elizabeth, became the wife, in Nov. 1841, of Capt. W. Calder, late of the 8th Regt. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Kent, Charles

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​KENT. (Lieutenant, 1847.)
Charles KentCharles Kent passed his examination 4 June, 1845; and after serving as Mate on board the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, Spartan 26, Capt. Thos. Matthew Chas. Symonds, and Dido 18, Capt. John Balfour Maxwell, on the Home and East India stations, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 9 June, 1847. He has been since employed as Additional of the Vernon 50, flag-ship in India of Rear-Admiral Samuel Hood Inglefield.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Kennedy, William Hugh

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​KENNEDY. (Commander, 1846.)
William Hugh Kennedy entered the Navy 27 June, 1828; passed his examination in 1834; obtained his first commission 15 Dec. 1838; and was subsequently appointed – 9 March, 1839, to the Serpent 16, Capt. Hon. Robt. Gore, employed in North America and the West Indies, whence he returned towards the close of 1840 – 13 Aug. 1841, to the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, with whom he served for upwards of three years on the same station – 10 Nov. 1845, to the Queen 110, bearing the flag of Sir John West at Devonport – and, 24 April, 1846, as First-Lieutenant, to the Constance 50, Capt. Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, fitting for the Pacific. He attained his present rank on 4 July in the latter year; and since 29 of the following Sept. has been employed in the Coast Guard.
He married, 1 April, 1841, Georgiana, fourth daughter of the late Admiral Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, and niece of the Marquess of Anglesey. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Kennett, Edward Hoile

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​KENNETT. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
Edward Hoile Kennett entered the Navy 15 July, 1826; passed his examination in 1832; obtained his commission 12 Nov. 1839; and, with the exception of a few months at the commencement of 1841, was employed, from 13 Noy. 1839 until the latter part of 1846, in the Satellite 18, Capt. John Robb, and Pique 36, Capts. Rich. Augustus Yates, Henry Forbes, and Hon. Montagu Stopford, on the North America and West India station. He is now on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Keppel, Henry

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​KEPPEL. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 18; h-p., 7.)
The Honourable Henry Keppel, born 14 June, 1809, is fourth son of the Earl of Albemarle, by Hon. Elizabeth Southwell, fourth daughter of Edward Lord de Clifford.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Feb. 1822; passed his examination in 1828; obtained his first commission 29 Jan. 1829; joined, 11 Feb. 1830, and 20 ​July, 1831, the Galatea 42, Capt. Chas. Napier, and Magicienne 24, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge – the latter on the East India station; was promoted to the rank of Commander 30 Jan. 1833; served from 16 May, 1834, until the spring of 1838, in the Childers 16, in the Mediterranean and at the Cape of Good Hope; attained his present rank 5 Dec. 1837; and, from 30 Aug. 1841 until his return to England in 1845, commanded the Dido 18. He served, in the latter vessel, at the capture of Woosung and Shanghae, and in the operations on the Yang-tse-Kiang, in 1842; and in Aug. 1844, with only the Dido and Hon.E.I.Co.’s steamer Phlegethon under his orders, he attacked a large piratical settlement on the island of Borneo; where, while the loss of the British amounted to 32 men killed and 30 wounded, the enemy had five of their towns destroyed, 250 men killed, some thousands of houses and 200 or 300 proas of various descriptions burnt, and 70 brass guns and 13 flags taken. Since he was paid off Capt. Keppel has been unemployed. He married, 25 Feb. 1839, Katherine Louisa, daughter of the late General Sir John Crosbie, G.C.H., of Watergate, co. Sussex. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Kenney, Edward Herbert

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​KENNEY. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 15; h-p., 9.)
Edward Herbert Kenney entered the Navy 1 Oct. 1823; and was promoted, immediately on passing his examination, to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 30 Oct. 1829. His succeeding appointments were – 16 Dec. 1831, to the Madagascar 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons, in the Mediterranean – 15 April, 1835, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings – 29 July, 1836, to the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Kenton Sharpe, from which ship, employed on particular service he soon afterwards invalided – 8 Sept. 1837, to the Hercules 74, Capts. John Toup Nicolas and Edw. Barnard, with whom he served, chiefly on the ​Lisbon station, until the close of 1839 — 7 Dec. 1840, as First-Lieutenant, to his old ship the Excellent — and, 27 May, 1841, to the Dublin 50, flag-ship in the Pacific of Rear-Admiral Bich. Thomas. He was advanced to the rank of Commander on 23 of the following Nov., and has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fitzmaurice, Edmund Howe

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​FITZMAURICE. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., 15; h-p., 28.)
Edmund Howe Fitzmaurice entered the Navy, in Oct. 1804, as Clerk, on board the Prévoyante store-ship, Master-Commander Dan. M‘Coy, and on his return from a visit to Gibraltar was transferred, as Midshipman, in Oct. 1805, to the Fame 74, Capts. Graham Moore, Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, and Walter Bathurst. A few months after his removal to the Volage 22, Capt. Phipps Hornby, he took part, 13 March, 1811, in the memorable action off Lissa, where a British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men, completely routed, after a battle of six hours, and a loss to the Volage of 13 killed and 33 wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament, whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. On 16 Nov. 1812, Mr. Fitzmaurice was promoted, from the Narcissus 32, Capt. John Rich. Lumley, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Dragon 74, flag-ship in the Leeward Islands of Sir Fras. Laforey, to which he was confirmed 28 May, 1813. He returned home in Aug. 1815; was afterwards employed in the Larne 20, Capt. Abraham Lowe, on the Home station, from 11 Jan. 1816, to 14 Jan. 1817; and since the latter date, with the exception of a command of the Scout Revenue-cutter to which he was appointed 29 May, 1826, has been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fitzmaurice, Lewis Roper

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​FITZMAURICE. (Lieutenant, 1844. f-p., 13; h-p., 3.)
Lewis Roper Fitzmaurice, born 29 April, 1816, at Deptford, is son of Lewis Roper Fitzmaurice, Esq., Master R.N., who, at the period of his son’s birth, was absent on an explorative mission to the river Congo; and first-cousin of Commander J. F. L. Wood, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Jan. 1831, as a Volunteer, on board the Protector surveying-vessel, Capt. Wm. Hewett, in which, and as Midshipman in the Fairy, he continued to serve, with the same Captain, until Dec. 1835. During the next 12 months we find him in the Spitfire and Columbia steamers, both commanded by Lieut. Andrew Kennedy, actively employed in the Mediterranean, and also on the north coast of Spain under Lord John Hay. He then joined the Beagle 10, Capts. John Clements Wickham and John Lort Stokes, and soon after his examination, which he passed 31 March, 1837, sailed on a voyage of discovery to South Australia, whence he returned home and was paid off 14 Oct. 1843. While absent he appears, at least for the first three years, to have been perpetually employed on boat services of considerable risk, and the last two years and a half to have officiated as Assistant-Surveyor. On one occasion, 6 Aug. 1841, being at the time on a detached service, Mr. Fitzmaurice had the misfortune to be very severely wounded by the explosion of a gun, the contents of which lodged in his ankle and (from the absence of surgical aid, which for four days was unattainable, in consequence of the boat’s distance from the ship) produced consequences so serious that he was for several months incapacitated from attending to his duty. Indeed the wound, we believe, still remains open, and it is feared will offer a barrier to Mr. Fitzmaurice’s early resumption of his professional avocations. His commission bears date 10 June, 1844.
He has been in the receipt, since 16 Nov. 1844, of a pension of 2s. 6d. a-day.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fletcher, William

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​FLETCHER. (Capt., 1829. f-p., 19; h-p., 25.)
William Fletcher died at the close of 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 31 Aug. 1803, as Midshipman, on board the Impérieuse 40, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, with whom he served the whole of his time in the same ship, and in the Révolutionnaire 44, and Defiance 74. During that period he took part, in the Révolutionnaire, in Sir Richard Strachan’s action, 4 Nov. 1805; and on Feb. 1809, was present at the destruction of three frigates under the batteries of Sable d’Olonne, where the Defiance, besides being much cut up in her masts and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 25 wounded. On 31 Oct. in the latter year he obtained a Lieutenancy in the Sophie 18, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, under whom he continued to serve, in the Channel, until 23 April, 1811, when he rejoined Capt. Hotham in the Northumberland 74, in which ship he subsequently assisted, in company with the Growler gun-brig, at the gallant destruction, 22 May, 1812, near L’Orient, 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, including himself, wounded 28 of the Northumberland’s people. As Lieutenant, Mr. Fletcher was afterwards appointed – 14 Jan. 1813, to the Elephant 74, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, in the Baltic – 21 Jan. 1814, to the Superb 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, flag-ship afterwards on the American and French coasts of Hon. Sir H. Hotham, by whom he was intrusted with the despatches announcing the surrender of Buonaparte – 31 April, 1816, to the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth – and, 17 July, 1820, to the Royal George yacht, Capt. Hon. C. Paget. Attaining the rank of Commander, 30 Nov. 1820, he next served for some time in the Coast Guard, and on 8 Dec. 1827, and 18 Jan. 1828, was successively appointed to the Terror bomb, and William and Mary yacht – in the latter of which vessels he served, as Second Captain, under the late Sir John Chambers White. From the date of his last promotion, which took place 4 March, 1829, he remained on half-pay.
Capt. Fletcher married, in 1826, Elizabeth, second daughter of John Luscombe Luscombe, Esq., of Coombe Royal, co. Devon, and niece of Sir Wm. Knighton, Bart., and of Admirals Hawker, Boyles, Osborne, and Sir Michael Seymour, Bart.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Floud, Ross Moore

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​FLOUD. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Ross Moore Floud entered the Navy 19 Sept. 1829; passed his examination in 1835; and for his services on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His appointments have since been – 15 Dec. 1840, to the Hazard 18, Capt. Hon. Chas. Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, in the Mediterranean – 21 Aug. 1841, to the Spartan 26, commanded by the same officer, on the North America and West India station – and, 9 Dec. 1845, to the Nimrod 20, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, with whom he is at present serving on the coast of Africa as First-Lieutenant. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fletcher, Archibald Douglas William

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​FLETCHER. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Archibald Douglas William Fletcher passed his examination 2 Feb. 1842; and after intermediately serving, as Mate, on the East India and Home stations, ih the Endymion 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, and Dwarf steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commanders Edw. Nicolls and Edw. Halked Beauchamp Proctor, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 30 Dec. 1845. Since 22 Jan. 1846, he has been employed in the Electra 14, Capts. Wm. Heriot Maitland and Fred. Wm. Pleydell Bouverie, on the North America and West India station.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fitzmaurice, James

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​FITZMAURICE. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 8; h-p., 39.)
James Fitzmaurice is only surviving son of the late Harman Fitzmaurice, Esq., a lineal descendant of the Lords of Kerry, and great-grand-nephew of the first Earl.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ardent 64, Capt. Thos. Bertie, under whom he served in the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. He subsequently joined, on the Home, East India, and South American stations, the Brilliant 28, Iris 32, Caroline 36, and Lancaster 64, Capts. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, David Atkins, Benj. Wm. Page, and Wm. Fothergill. On 18 Nov. 1807, he obtained a Lieutenancy in the Carnation, of 18 guns and 117 men, Capt. Chas. Mars Gregory; and he soon afterwards had his hat shot off while co-operating in a sanguinary attempt made by the boats of that sloop, in company with those of the Melampus frigate, to cut out a Spanish schooner from under a battery at Porto Rico. After a contest of an hour and a half, in which she lost 10 men killed and 30, including Mr. Fitzmaurice severely, wounded, the Carnation, on 3 Oct. 1808 was unfortunately taken by the French nationai brig Palinure. The subject of this sketch, who had not been since employed, accepted his present rank 24 July, 1844.
​Commander Fitzmaurice, in consideration of the wound above alluded to, was granted, 24 Oct. 1809, a pension of 91l. 5s., and he also obtained a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. He married 28 Nov. 1814, and has a numerous family.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ogilvy, George Keith

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​OGILVY. (Commander, 1841.)
George Keith Ogilvy died 20 Sept. 1846, at Wyndham Place. He was son of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Wm. Ogilvy, Bart., by the eldest daughter of the late Jas. Morley, Esq. ​This officer entered the Navy 31 May, 1824; passed his examination in 1830; and obtained his first commission 1 May, 1834. His subsequent appointments were – 21 Nov. 1834, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Thalia 46, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Patrick Campbell at the Cape of Good Hope – 1 March, 1835, to the Jupiter 38, Capt. Edw. Henry A’Court, fitting at Woolwich – 18 May following, to the Barham 50, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, on the Mediterranean station – 29 Nov. 1836, and 29 July, 1837, to the Victory 104 and Wellesley 72, in which ships, stationed at Portsmouth and in the East Indies, he served as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland until the death of that officer in Nov. 1839-27 Oct. 1840, to the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos Forrest, fitting at Plymouth – and, 6 Aug. 1841, to the Illustrious 72, equipping for the flag of Sir Chas. Adam, Commander-in-Chief in North America and the West Indies. He attained the rank of Commander 23 Nov. 1841. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Oldmixon, William Henry

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​OLDMIXON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p.,27.)
William Henry Oldmixon entered the Navy, 14 Oct. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tartar 32, Capts. Edw. Hawker and Stephen Poyntz, on the Halifax station. In the following Jan., after he had been for a brief period attached to the Meleager frigate, Capt. John Broughton, fitting at Chatham, he became Midshipman of the Agamemnon 64, Capt. Jonas Rose; under whom he was at first employed off Lisbon, then with the expedition against Copenhagen, and ultimately on the Brazilian station; where, in June, 1809, he removed to the Foudroyant 80, Capt. Rich. Turner Hancock. Joining, next, the Révolutionnaire 38, Capt. John Chas. Woolcombe, he served for some time in that ship on the north coast of Spain, and in Aug. and Sept. 1813 was employed in the batteries at the siege of St. Sebastian. From Dec. in the latter year until Aug. 1815, we find him officiating as Master’s Mate of the Columbia sloop, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, and Shark receiving-ship at Port Royal, Jamaica, Capts. Jackson and Campbell. He was then (he had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 24 Feb. 1815) appointed to the Onyx 10, Capt. Chas. Strangways, also on the West India station; whence, in April, 1816, he returned to England in the North Star 20, Capt. Geo. Bentham. His last appointment was, 18 Dec. 1841, to the office of Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel, which he retained until the spring of 1847. Agents – Messrs. Chard.