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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sankey, Jacob Hiram

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​SANKEY. (Commander, 1844. f-p., 18; h-p., 9.)
Jacob Hiram Sankey, born 23 July, 1807, is only surviving son of the late Matthew Villiers Sankey, Esq., of Coolmore, by Mary Ellington, sister of Major Elrington, Major of the Tower of London. His grandfather, Jacob Sankey, Esq., of Coolmore, married a sister of Admiral Sir Benjamin Caldwell. The Sankey family is of ancient and high standing.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1820, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, where he continued to serve as Midshipman, until 1827, in the Hind 20, Capt. Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill, Weasel 10, Capt. Johnson, Cambrian again, Capt. Hamilton, and Revenge 76, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard. He was actively employed during that period in the Archipelago in destroying pirates, with whom he came repeatedly into sharp conflict. In 1827, having passed his examination 20 Aug. 1826, he became Mate of the Victory 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, at Portsmouth; in 1828 he returned to the Mediterranean in the Madagascar 46, Capt. Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer; and on 10 Dec. 1835, after having been for some months employed on the Home and South American stations in the Vernon 50, Capt. Sir Francis Augustus Collier, and Spartiate 76, Capt. Robt. Tait, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments were – 30 April, 1836, to the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe, with whom he served on the Lisbon station until the early part of 1837 – 25 May, 1838, to the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, fitting at Portsmouth – and 7 July following, to the Inconstant 36, Capts. Daniel Pring and Fred. Thos. Michell. He continued in the latter ship on the West India and Mediterranean stations, part of the time as First-Lieutenant, until paid off in March, 1843. He has not been since afloat. His promotion to the rank he now holds took place 27 Aug. 1844.
Commander Sankey married, 8 Feb. 1844, Melita Anne, only daughter of the late Capt. G. W. Hamilton, R.N., C.B., by whom he has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sarsfield, Dominick

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​SARSFIELD. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 32.)
Dominick Sarsfield was born 18 Jan. 1790. He is a descendant of the celebrated Irish General, Sarsfield, Lord Lucan.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1804, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the Tromp 50, Capts. J. A. Norway and Michael McCarthy, on the Falmouth station. In 1807 he became Midshipman of the Glückstadt 18, commanded in the Channel and North Sea by Capts. Edw. Bass and Henry Higman; the latter of whom he followed, as a passed Midshipman, in Sept. 1811, into the Fly 16, attached to the force in the Baltic. In the course of the same year he was sent in charge of a Danish prize to Gottenborg. While there, the Fly being driven off the coast in a gale, he was placed, for a passage to join her, on board the Grasshopper 18, Capt. Henry Fanshawe; and he was in that vessel when, in order to avoid sharing the fate of her unfortunate consort the Hero 74, she was under the necessity of surrendering to the Dutch fleet in the Texel. He remained in consequence a prisoner of war in France from Dec. 1811 until the end of the war. Towards the close of 1814 he successively joined the Pompée 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, and Icarus 10, Capt. Thos. Barker Devon, both on the Home station; and in July, 1815, he was presented with a commission bearing date 14 of the preceding Feb. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Sarsfield is now Marine Manager for the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company. For 20 years prior to this appointment he was in command of steamers, both government and private, employed principally in the conveyance of mails between Liverpool and Dublin. He married, 14 Oct. 1815, Mary, eldest daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Balcomb, by whom he has issue four children.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sansum, Arthur

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​SANSUM. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
Arthur Sansum entered the Navy 3 Aug. 1826; passed his examination in 1832; and obtained his commission 10 May, 1839. His appointments have since been – 22 May, 1839, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Magnificent receiving-ship at Jamaica, Commodore Peter John Douglas – 16 Feb. 1840, to the Thunder surveying-vessel, Capt. Edw. Barnett, on the North America and West India station – 27 July, 1841, as First, to the Scout 18, Capts. Joseph Paffard Dickson Larcom and Hon. Jas. Robt. Drummond, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in 1845 – and 16 Feb. 1846, in a similar capacity, to the Calypso 18, Capt. Henry John Worth, now in the Pacific.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sanford, John Ayshford

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​SANFORD. (Lieutenant, 1847.)
John Ayshford Sanford is fourth son of Edw. Ayshford Sanford, Esq., of Nynehead Court, co. Somerset, and Lynton, co. Devon (a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant, who represented the whole county of Somerset in two Parliaments before the Reform Bill, and the western division of the county in three Parliaments after the passing of that measure), by his first wife, Henrietta, only surviving daughter of Sir Wm. Langham, Bart., of Cottesbrooke, co. Northampton. In 1843 his father married, a second time. Lady Caroline Anna Stanhope, daughter of the late Earl of Harrington.
This officer passed his examination 3 Dec. 1845; became Mate, 15 Jan. 1846, of the Calypso 20, Capt. Henry John Worth, fitting for the Pacific obtained his commission 14 May, 1847; and was on that occasion appointed Additional-Lieutenant of the Collingwood 80, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour on the station last named; where, since 16 Nov, 1847, he has been attached, in a like capacity, to the Constance 50, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Saulez, Isaac Newton Thomas

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​SAULEZ. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Isaac Newton Thomas Saulez entered the Navy 9 Oct. 1828; passed his examination 28 Dec. 1836; and for his services as Mate of the Pylades 18, Capt. Talavera Vernon Anson, during the operations on the coast of China, especially at the second capture of Canton, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 Oct. 1841. He was appointed, 17 July, 1843, Additional of the Winchester 50, flagship of Hon. Josceline Percy at the Cape of Good Hope; and from 11 Nov. 1844 until the latter part of 1845 he was employed on that station in the Thunderbolt steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Nathaniel Broke. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sanford, George

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​SANFORD. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 12; h-p., 31.)
George Sanford entered the Navy, 1 May, 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Mary tender, Lieut-Commander Gilbert John Michell, lying at Greenock; and from the following Dec. until July, 1810, was ​employed in the Channel and West Indies, at Halifax, and off the coasts of France and Spain, in the St. George 98, Capts. Hon. Michael De Courcy, Thos. Bertie, and Edw. Sneyd Clay, flag-ship for some time of Rear-Admiral Elias Harvey, and Tonnant 80, Capts. John Hancock, Wm. Bowen, Anthony Abdy, Thos. Geo. Shortland, Sir Chas. Hamilton, and Hassard Stackpoole, bearing the flags at first of Rear-Admirals Hon. M. De Courcy and E. Harvey. Under Rear-Admiral De Courcy he aided in embarking Sir John Moore’s army at Corunna in Jan. 1809. After he had assisted in navigating the Spanish ship San Pablo from Cadiz to Minorca, and had further served in the Norge 74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier, also with the flotilla at the defence of Cadiz, and in the Stately 64, Capt. Rich. Thomas, he was promoted, 12 June, 1811, to the rank of Lieutenant. Between March, 1812, and Oct. 1816, when he invalided, we find him employed at Quebec, at Portsmouth, off Bordeaux, in the West Indies, and at Halifax, in the Rosamond 18, Capt. Donald Campbell, and Savage and Harrier sloops, Capt. Wm. Russell and Sir Chas. Thos, Jones. He has been in charge, since 28 Oct. 1846, of a station in the Coast Guard. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sargent, Robert Orme

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​SARGENT. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Robert Orme Sargent passed his examination 28 July, 1843; and since 15 April, 1845, has been serving in the Erebus discovery-ship, Capt. Sir John Franklin. His commission as Lieutenant bears date 15 Aug. 1846.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Saumarez, Philip

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​SAUMAREZ. (Lieutenant, 1847.)
Philip Saumarez passed his examination 19 April, 1845; obtained his commission 28 June, 1847; and since 23 July following has been serving in the Trincomalee 24, Capt. Rich. Laird Warren, on the North America and West India station.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Townshend, John

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​TOWNSHEND. (Captain, 1834. f-p., 18; h-p., 15.)
John Townshend, born 28 March, 1798, is eldest son (by Georgiana Anne, youngest daughter of Wm. Poyntz, Esq., of Midgham, co. Berks,) of the late Lord John Townshend, a nobleman distinguished for his genius and his literary accomplishments, who accompanied Lord Howe, as a Volunteer, to the relief of Gibraltar in 1782, was afterwards a Lord of the Admiralty and-Paymaster of the Forces, and M.P. at different periods, for the University of Cambridge, the city of Westminster, and the borough of Knaresborough. Capt. Townshend is brother of the Rev. Geo. Osborne Townshend, who married a daughter of Admiral John M‘Kellar; brother-in-law of Rear-Admiral Sir Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, Bart., C.B.; and nephew of the late General Wm. Loftus, Lieutenant of the Tower of London and Colonel of the 2nd Dragoon Guards, also of Lord Jas. Townshend, Captain R.N. (1809), K.C.H., who died 28 June, 1842, and of George, sixth Duke of Leeds. His grandfather, George, first Marquess Townshend (a Field-Marshal, Colonel of the Second Dragoon Guards, and for some time Lord Lieutenant of Ireland), served under George II. at the battle of Dettingen, and was present at Fontenoy, Culloden, and Lafeldt, as well as at the siege of Quebec, which town surrendered to him as Commander-in-Chief after the death of General Wolfe.
This officer embarked (from the Royal Naval College) 24 April, 1814, as Midshipman, on board the Mulgrave 74, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, attached to the fleet in the Mediterranean. In the following Aug. he removed to the Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the Irish station; he served next, from June, 1816, until June, 1819, on the coast of North America, in the Forth 40, Capt. Sir John Louis; and in Oct. 1820, at which period he had been for 12 months employed at Leith as Master’s Mate in the Dover 28, Capt. Arthur Batt Bingham, he joined the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, again in the Mediterranean; where he was made Lieutenant, 13 May, 1822, into the Rochfort 80, flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore. In the spring of 1824 he returned to England. He was next, 4 Jan. 1827, appointed to the Alligator 28, Capt. ​Wm. Pitt Canning, on the Haiifax station; and while there he was promoted, 26 Jan. 1828, to the command of the Columbine 18; which sloop he brought home and paid off in the early part of 1830. He attained his present rank 22 Oct. 1834; and was lastly, from 5 Sept. 1837 until the end of 1841, employed in the Tyne 26, in the Mediterranean.
Capt. Townshend married, 18 Aug. 1825, Elizabeth Jane, eldest daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Lord Geo. Stuart, C.B., uncle of the present Marquess of Bute. By that lady he has issue two sons and two daughters. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Towsey, George William

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​TOWSEY. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
George William Towsey passed his examination 29 Oct. 1840; and after having served as Mate on the Mediterranean, North America and West India, and African stations, in the Daphne 18, Capt. John Windham Dalling, Sydenham steamer, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Pearson Crozier, Penelope steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Jones, and Pluto, another steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commanders W. P. Crozier and Fred. Lane, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 10 March, 1846. On 16 of the latter month he was appointed to fhe Favorite 14, Capt. Alex. Murray, also on the coast of Africa; where he has been employed, since 5 Feb. 1847, as First, in the Contest 12, Capt. Arch. M‘Murdo.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Tower, Arthur

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​TOWER. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Arthur Tower, born 15 April, 1816, is fourth son of Christopher Thos. Tower, Esq., of Weald Hall, co. Essex, by Harriet, second daughter of Sir Thos, Beauchamp Proctor, Bart., of Langley Park, co. Norfolk; and brother of Christopher Tower, Esq., M.P. for Buckinghamshire, who married Lady Maria Frances, only daughter of John, 1st Earl Brownlow. He is nephew of Rear-Admiral (of the Blue) John Tower, C.B. (who died Nov. 1837), of Edw. Tower, Esq., R.N., who was lost with Sir Thos. Troubridge in the Blenheim 74 in 1807, and of the present Rear-Admiral Sir Wm. Beauchamp Proctor, Bart; another uncle, the Rev. Wm. Tower, married Maria, daughter and coheir of the late Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey, G.C.B.
This officer passed his examination 5 July, 1836; and, after having served for some time in the Mediterranean as Mate in the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds and Beacon surveying-vessel, Capt. Thos. Graves, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 18 Nov. 1842. His appointments have since been – 3 Dec. 1842 and 23 April, 1844, as Additional, to the Queen 110 and Formidable 84, flag-ships of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, also in the Mediterranean – and 22 Dec. 1845, a few months after his return to England, to the Ringdove 12, Capts. Sir Wm. Hoste, Wm. John Cavendish Clifford, and Edw. Augustus Inglefield, fitting for the East Indies, where he is now First-Lieutenant.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Townsend, John

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​TOWNSEND. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
John Townsend is youngest son of the late Horatio Townsend, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, by Elizabeth Trelawney, only daughter of Lieut.-General Sam. Townsend; and brother of the present Edw. Townsend, Esq., Major in Her Majesty’s 83rd Regt.
This officer entered the Navy 17 July, 1829; passed his examination 2 Nov. 1836; served for some time as Mate in the Revenge 76, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, on the Mediterranean station; and from the commencement of 1842 until removed, 13 Nov. 1846, to the Vestal 26, Capt. Chas. Talbot, was employed in the same capacity and as Lieutenant (commission dated 9 Feb. 1844) in the Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, in the East Indies. He returned to England in July, 1847; and has been officiating, since 18 July, 1848, as First of the Pantaloon 8, Capt. Lewis De Teissier Prevost, on the coast of Africa.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Townsend, Thomas

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​TOWNSEND. (Retired Commander, 1848. f-p. 13; h-p., 34.)
Thomas Townsend died about April, 1848.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Glenmore 44, Capts. Geo. Duff and John Talbot, employed on the Cork station; where he served from May, 1803 (he had been discharged from the Glenmore in April, 1802), until May, 1808, in the Dryad 36, Capts. John Giffard and Adam Drummond – part of the time as Midshipman and Master’s Mate. He then joined the Diomede 50, flag-ship of Sir Edm. Nagle off Guernsey; and in the course of the same month, May, 1808, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Sheldrake 16, Capts. John Thicknesse and Jas. Pattison Stewart; to which vessel, employed chiefly in the Baltic, he was confirmed 27 June, 1809. His succeeding appointments were – 29 Aug. 1810, for nine months, to the Revenge 74, Capt. Jas. Nash, off Cherbourg – 21 May, 1812, to the Fox 32, Capt. Paterson, on the north coast of Spain – 16 Sept. following, to the Superb 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, in the Channel – and 28 April, 1814, to the Achille 74, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, stationed on the coast of Brazil, whence he returned to England and was paid off in Sept. 1815. In April, 1817, he obtained command of the Beresford Revenue cruizer. He was placed on the list of Retired Commanders 5 Jan. 1848.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Townsend, James

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​TOWNSEND. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 19: h-p., 35.)
James Townsend is youngest son of the late Rev. Joseph Townsend, Rector of Pewsey, co. Wilts; and nephew of the late Jas. Townsend, Esq., M.P. for Calne.
This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1793, as Lieutenant’s Servant, on board the Leviathan 74, Capt. (afterwards Rear-Admiral) Lord Hugh Seymour, with whom, deducting an interval of 12 months in 1794-5, he continued employed, in the Channel, North Sea, and West Indies, in the same ship, and, as Midshipman, in the Sans Pareil 80 (part of the force engaged under Lord Bridport in ​the action ofF Ile de Groix 23 June, 1795, and of the fleet concerned in the mutiny at the Nore in 1797), until nominated, 14 Jan. 1800, Acting-Lieutenant, on the station last named, of the Gaiété 20, Capts. Edw. Durnford King, Rich. Peacocke, Robt. Fanshawe, and Joseph Briggs. In that vessel, to which he was confirmed 19 Dec. following, he assisted at the capture of the Danish and Swedish islands, and saw much active service. He returned to England at the peace; and was afterwards appointed – 11 Nov. 1802, to the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier, stationed at first in the Channel and next in the East Indies, whence he invalided in June, 1804 – in the course of 1805-6, to the Atlas 74, Veteran 64, and Hercule 74, Capts. Sam. Pym, Andrew Fitzherbert Evans, and Barrington Dacres, all in the West Indies, where he fought, in the Atlas, in the action off St. Domingo – 26 Dec. 1806 and 1 Aug. 1807, to the Uranie 38, Capt. Christopher Laroche, and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Hon. Michael De Courcy, both in the Channel – 7 Nov. 1809 and 4 May, 1810, to the San Josef 110 and Hibernia 120, Capts. Rich. Dalling Dunn and John Nash, stationed (the former under the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth) off Cadiz and Gibraltar – 10 Dec. 1810, to the Antelope 50, flag-ship of Sir J. T. Duckworth at Newfoundland – and 5 April, 1813, as First-Lieutenant (a post he had filled on board the Uranie), to the Queen 74, Capt. Lord John Colville, employed successively in the North Sea, Channel, and West Indies. While serving in the Albion he assisted at the capture of the French frigate La Franchise (which he was ordered to conduct into port) and the privateer Clarisse of 12 guns and 157 men. He was advanced to his present rank 27 June, 1814; and has since been on half-pay.
Commander Townsend married, 5 Jan. 1815, Frances Phipps, daughter of the Rev. Thos. Biddulph, Vicar of Padstow, Cornwall, and first cousin of the late Earl Beauchamp.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Towers, Robert

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​TOWERS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Robert Towers died in May, 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 July, 1805, as Midshipman, on board the Africaine 38, Capt. Thos. Manby, on the West India station; where, in the following Aug., he removed to the Atlas 74, Capt. Sam. Pym. In that ship, of which he became Master’s Mate and Second Master, he fought in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806; and was subsequently, until Feb. 1809, employed off the port of Cadiz under the flag of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis. He was then ordered to act as Master in the Delight sloop, Capts. John Brett Purvis and Lord Balgonie. In the ensuing June he was present at the reduction of the islands of Ischia and Procida. He was next, from Oct. 1810 until Nov. 1811, and from the latter date until July, 1815, employed on the Channel, Mediterranean, and North American stations, as Master’s Mate in the Romulus troop-ship, Capt. Lord Balgonie, and as Midshipman, Acting-Lieutenant, and Midshipman, in the Ganymede 26, Capt. J. B. Purvis (to whose memoir refer), and Wm. M‘Culloch. He then took up a commission bearing date 21 Feb. 1815; and did not afterwards go afloat.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Townsend, Joseph Cuthbert

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​TOWNSEND. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 32.)
Joseph Cuthbert Townsend entered the Navy, 19 Aug. 1807, as A.B., on board the Brunswick 74, Capt. Thos. Graves, under whom he assisted at the siege of Copenhagen and continued employed in the Baltic and Channel until transferred as Midshipman, in March, 1809, to the Nymphen 36, Capt. Keith Maxwell. In that ship he accompanied the ensuing expedition to the Walcheren, and was present at the forcing of the passage between the batteries of Flushing and Cadsand. After serving for 12 months with Capt. Chas. Webb as Master’s Mate in the Gorgon 44, on the Baltic, Cork, and Lisbon stations, he joined, in March, 1811, the Rose sloop, Capt. Thos. Mansell, attached to the force in the North Sea; where, in Feb. 1812, he was taken prisoner in a prize and carried into Dunkerque. In Feb. 1814, having effected his escape while in the custody of a gendarme and returned to England, he was received as Master’s Mate on board the Harrier sloop, Capts. Andrew Pellet Green, John Forbes, and Sir Chas. Thos. Jones; in which vessel we find him witnessing the grand naval review at Spithead, and cruizing, afterwards, among the Canary Islands. He took up, in March, 1815, a commission bearing date 2 of the preceding Feb.; and has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Townshend, William James

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​TOWNSHEND. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., 7; h-p., 33.)
William James Townshend entered the Navy, in July, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Halifax sloop, Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend; with whom he continued to serve, on the coast of North America and in the West Indies, in the Squirrel 24, and, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Aeolus 32, until received as a Supernumerary Midshipman, 7 July, 1813, on board the San Domingo 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren. He was made Lieutenant, 15 Aug. following, into the Shannon 38, Capt. Philip Bowes Vere Broke; and was afterwards, until May, 1814, employed, latterly in the North Sea and Channel, in the Mariner, Capt. Robt. Russell, and Diomede 50, Capt. Chas. Montagu Fabian. He has since been on half-pay. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Scandal in Bohemia

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# A Scene in the Life of Nourmahal

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A Scene in the Life of Nourmahal By Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.)
From Heath’s Book of Beauty, 1837 Pages 232-240 Compiled by Peter J. Bolton