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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sibbald, John

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​SIBBALD. (Commander, 1843.)
John Sibbald entered the Navy 5 Sept. 1821; passed his examination in 1828; obtained his iirst commission 10 Jan. 1837; and on 12 of the same month was nominated Additional Lieutenant of the Thalia 46, flag-ship of Sir Patrick Campbell at the Cape of Good Hope, where he remained upwards of 12 months. He was next, 3 Aug. 1833, appointed to the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, employed at Portsmouth and on the North America and West India station; and, from 13 Aug. 1839 until advanced on his return home to the rank of Commander 4 Oct. 1843, he served as Second and First Lieutenant in the Erebus bomb, Capt. Jas. Clark Ross, on a voyage of discovery to the Antarctic seas. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Seton, James Grant

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​SETON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 30.)
James Grant Seton was born 7 Nov. 1795.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 March, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Audacious 74, Capt. Donald Campbell; and from 26 Nov. 1811 until July, 1811, was employed in the Warrior 74, Capts. Hon. Geo. Byng (the late Viscount Torrington) and John Tremayne Rodd. In the former ship he was engaged as Midshipman in the attack upon Flushing, and was for some time stationed in the river Tagus, where he commanded a boat in co-operation with the army under Lord Wellington. During the term of his servitude in the Warrior, the whole of which he passed in the capacity of signal-officer, he assisted at the blockade of various ports in the Channel, North Sea, and Baltic, escorted the Prince of Orange, and Lord Clancarty, the British Ambassador, to Holland in Nov. 1813, was much employed in affording protection to trade, and visited the West Indies. On 10 Sept. 1815, two months after he had been received on promotion on board the Shark receiving-ship at Port Royal, Capt. Alex. Campbell, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Forester 16, Capt. Wm. Hendry; in which vessel and in the Emulous 16, Capt. Chas. Jackson, he continued in the West Indies until June, 1816. He has since been on half-pay. He was confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing date 18 May, 1815.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sewell, Henry Frederick

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​SEWELL. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 23; h-p., 21.)
Henry Frederick Sewell, born 19 Dec. 1790, is third son of the late Robt. Sewell, Esq., of Oak End Lodge, Bucks, Attorney-General at Jamaica; and grandson of the late Sir Thos. Sewell, Kt., Master of the Rolls.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 16 Sept. 1803; and embarked, 7 March, 1807, as Midshipman, on board the Africaine 38, Capt. Rich. Raggett. In that frigate he accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen, witnessed the surrender of Madeira, brought home a General (whose life he had saved when attacked by a Portuguese mob), after the Convention of Cintra, and conveyed the future King of the French to Malta. After serving for 12 months with Capt. John Poo Beresford in the Theseus and Poictiers 74’s (the former employed in the attack upon Walcheren), he again, in June, 1810, joined the Africaine, then commanded by Capt. Robt. Corbett; with whom he sailed for the East Indies. On his passage out he took part in a very gallant although unsuccessful attempt made, 11 Sept. 1810, by two boats under Lieut. Geo. Forder, to capture a schooner near the Isle of France; on which occasion the British sustained a loss of 2 men killed, and 16, including himself severely, wounded. Three days subsequently to this event the Africaine came to close action with the French frigates Iphigénie and Astrée, carrying between them 86 guns and 618 men, and, after a brave but unequal contest of two hours and a half, in which she endured a loss of 49 men killed and 114 (including her Captain mortally) wounded, and occasioned the enemy one of 10 killed and 35 wounded, was compelled to strike her colours. Being, however, retaken a few hours afterwards, Mr. Sewell continued to serve in her under the flag of Vice-Admiral Albemarle Bertie until the following Oct.; in the course of which and of the following month he joined the Russell 74 and Phaeton 38, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Wm. O’Brien Drury. He attained the rank of Lieutenant 10 Dec. in the same year; returned in 1811 to England in the Diomede 50, Capt. Hugh Cook; and between July, 1812, and June, 1815, was employed on the Home and Brazilian stations in the Diomede 50, Capt. Hugh Cook, Cornwall 74, Capt. John Broughton, Inconstant 36, Capt. Sir Edw. Tucker, Valiant 74, Capt. Zachary Mudge, and Duncan 74, flag-ship of Sir John Poo Beresford. Since 30 March, 1835, he has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard. On 9 Dec. in that year he captured a smuggling smack, crew, and cargo; on 9 Nov. 1840 he was presented with a gold medal from the Royal National Shipwreck Institution for having saved the lives of the crew of the smack 'Sarah', wrecked, 21 Sept. preceding, on St. John’s Point, co. Down; and on 9 Oct. 1846 he was instrumental, by Dennett’s Rockets, in saving the lives of the passengers and crew of the ship Templeman, wrecked off Kilmore.
Lieut. Sewell married Esther, eighth daughter of the late John Dawsnn, Esq., of Mossley Hill, near Liverpool, and sister-in-law of Vice-Admiral W. H. B. Tremlett. By that lady he has issue three sons and one daughter. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Seymour, Francis Edward

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​SEYMOUR. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 34.)
Francis Edward Seymour, born 2 Sept. 1788, in London, is eldest son of the late Lieut.-Colonel Fras. Compton Seymour; grandson of Lord Fras. Seymour, Dean of Wells; and great-grandson of Edward, eighth Duke of Somerset. His brother, Edw. William, is a Lieutenant R.N.
This officer (who had been educated at the Royal Naval Academy) embarked, 8 July, 1801, as a Volunteer, on board the Malta 84, Capt. Albemarle Bertie, stationed in the Channel. He served next, from May, 1802, until Nov. 1805 in the Leander 50, Capts. Jas. Oughton, Fras. Wm. Fane, Alex. Skene, Wm. Lyall, and John Talbot, flag-ship of Sir And. Mitchell at Halifax; and from Dec. 1805 until July, 1808, in the Centaur 74, Capts. J. Talbot and Wm. Henry Webley, bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Hood. In the Leander he assisted at the capture, 23 Feb. 1805, of La Ville de Milan, French frigate of 46 guns, and the simultaneous recapture of her prize, the Cleopatra 32; and in the Centaur (besides aiding at the capture, 25 Sept. 1806, of four heavy French frigates from Rochefort, after an action in which Sir Sam. Hood lost his arm) he accompanied the expedition of 1807 against Copenhagen, and witnessed the surrender of Madeira. After serving for a few weeks with Sir Jas. Saumarez on board the Victory 100, he went back, 7 Aug. 1808, to the Centaur, in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant; and on 26 of the same month contributed in her, in conjunction with the Implacable 74, to the taking, in sight of the whole Russian fleet near Rogerswick, of the 74-gun ship Sewolod, at the end of a close and furious conflict, in which the Centaur lost 3 killed and 27 wounded, and the enemy 180 killed and wounded. He was confirmed to the Centaur 3 Oct. following; and was subsequently appointed – 13 Dec. 1808, to the Frederickstein 32, Capts. Thos. Searle, Joseph Nourse, and Fras. Beaufort, stationed in the Mediterranean, where for nearly four years he was very actively and usefully employed, chiefly on survey service – 16 Nov. 1813, to the Granicus 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, lying at the Nore – and 28 April, 1814, to the Jason 32, as Flag-Lieutenant to H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, under whom he accompanied Louis XVIII. to Calais. He was promoted to his present rank 16 May, 1814; and was lastly, from 5 April, 1828, until 5 April, 1831, employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. While serving on one occasion as Supernumerary-Midshipman in the Swan hired-cutter he assisted in sinking, under the heights of Bornholm, a Danish cutter of superior force.
Commander Seymour married, 4 Feb. 1815, Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Chas. Cooke, Esq., of Bath, by whom he has issue one son and two daughters.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Servante, Frederick

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​SERVANTE. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Frederick Servante entered the Navy 10 Feb. 1808; passed his examination in 1817; and on the occasion of his promotion, 26 Feb. 1828, was appointed Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Sybille 48, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Fras. Augustus Collier on the coast of Africa, whence he returned in 1830. From 9 June, 1837, until 1845, he filled an appointment in the Coast Guard.
He married, in July, 1832, Susan, daughter of R. Chantrell, Esq., of Bruges. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Seymour, George Alexander

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​SEYMOUR. (Commander, 1845.)
George Alexander Seymour passed his examination in 1826; obtained his first commission 10 Dec. 1835; and was appointed, 23 of the same month, Additional-Lieutenant of the President 52, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn, Commander-in-Chief in North America and the West Indies. He afterwards became Senior – 29 July, 1836, of the Racer 16, Capt. Jas. Hope, on the station last named, whence he returned in 1838 – 29 May, 1839, of the Lily 16, Capts. Chas. Deare, John Jas. Allen, and Geo. Baker, under whom he was for four years employed on the coast of Africa – and 26 Feb. 1845, of the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, fitting at Portsmouth. His promotion to the rank of Commander took place 17 May, 1845. He has served in the whole eleven years on the coast of Africa. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Seymour, Frederick Beauchamp Paget

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​SEYMOUR. (Commander, 1847.)
Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, born in 1821, is second and youngest son (by Elizabeth Mallet, eldest daughter of Sir Lawrence Palk, Bart.) of Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour, K.C.H., M.P., a Colonel in the Army, who married, a second time, the Dowager Lady Clinton. He is brother of Capt. Chas. Fras. Seymour, of the Scots Fusileer Guards; and nephew of Rear-Admiral Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour, Kt., C.B., G.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Jan. 1834; passed his examination 6 May, 1840; and after having served in the Jlediterranean as Mate on board the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir John Acworth Ommanney, was promoted, 7 March, 1842, to the rank of Lieutenant. On 22 of the month last mentioned he received an appointment to the Thalia 42, Capt. Geo. Hope, attached to the force in the Pacific; where, from 29 Aug. 1844 until 20 Jan. 1847, he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant in the Collingwood 80, to his uncle, Sir G. F. Seymour. He attained his present rank 5 June, 1847.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Seymour, Edward William

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​SEYMOUR. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
Edward William Seymour was born 20 Dec. 1791. He is next brother of Commander Fras. Edw. Seymour, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 Sept. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Atlas 74, Capts. Sam. Pym and Jas. Sanders, bearing the flag of the late Admiral John Child Purvis; under whom he continued employed off Cadiz, latterly in the defence of that city against the French, until Feb. 1810. During 19 months of the time the Atlas continued ​at sea without ever being driven through the Gut or once letting go an anchor. On leaving her Mr. Seymour became in succession Midshipman (a rating he had attained in May, 1808,) of La Nymphe and Hotspur frigates, commanded, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, by Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy. He next, from July, 1811, until the receipt, in May, 1815, of a commission bearing date 16 Feb. in that year, served off Lisbon and on the Coast of North America, part of the period in the capacity of Master’s Mate, in the Naijaden 36 and Nymphe again, each under the orders of Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth, Statira 38, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole, and San Domingo 74 and Tonnant 80, flagships of Sir John Borlase Warren and Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. His last appointments were, 2 Jan. and 10 May, 1816, to the Comus 22 and Glasgow 50, Capts. Thos. Tudor Tucker and Hon. Anthony Maltland. In the Glasgow, which ship he left in Nov. of the same year, he assisted at the bombardment of Algiers. He was once wrecked in a prize during a hurricane.
Lieut. Seymour is a Magistrate for the counties of Monmouth and Brecon, and a Deputy-Lieutenant for the latter. He married, 21 Aug. 1821, Charlotte Alice, third daughter and co-heiress of Jas. Greene, Esq., of Turton Tower, co. Lancaster, and widow of Rich. Wilkinson, Esq. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sewell, Francis Theodore Dudley

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​SEWELL. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 12; h-p., 25.)
Francis Theodore Dudley Sewell died 28 Sept. 1846, at Wick Hill House, Bracknell, Berks, aged 50.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Nov. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Trident 64, Capt. Rich. Budd Vincent, guard-ship at Malta, and continued employed in the Mediterranean, from the following Dec. until Oct. 1814, part of the time in the capacities of Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Spartan of 46 guns and 258 men, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, Bustard 16, Capt. John Duff Markland, Bombay and Aboukir 74’s, Capts. Wm. Cuming and Norborne Thompson, and Buzzard sloop, Capt. John Smith. In the Spartan he shared, we understand, in a brilliant and single-handed victory gained, 3 May, 1810, by Capt. Brenton in the Bay of Naples (after a contest of more than two hours, in which the British sustained a loss of 10 men killed and 22 wounded) over a Franco-Neapolitan squadron, carrying altogether 95 guns and about 1400 men; and in the Bustard he co-operated in the defence of Sicily against the threatened invasion of Joachim Murat. From 25 Oct. 1814 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on his arrival home 9 Oct. 1821, he served on the North American, Cape of Good Hope, Downs, and East India stations, as Admiralty-Midshipman, in the Tamar 24, Capt. Chas. Sotheby, Orontes 36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, Leven 20, Capts. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer and Wm. M‘Culloch, Topaze 33, Capt, John Rich. Lumley, and Alligator 28, Capt. J. Walkie. In the Topaze he was present in 1820 in an affair at Mocha. After his promotion he did not go afloat.
He was married, and has left issue. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Colman, George

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​COLMAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
George Colman entered the Navy, 1 June, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cruizer 18, Capt. John Hancock, stationed in the North Sea, where he assisted at the capture, 13 Nov. following, of Le Vengeur privateer, of 14 guns. In Feb. 1806, he removed, as Midshipman, to the Ruby 64, Capts. Hardy and John Draper, employed in the Channel; and while afterwards serving, from June, 1807, to Feb. 1812, in the Racehorse 18, and Cornwallis, alias Akbar, 50, Capts. Wm. Fisher and Henry Drury, aided in taking L’Amiral Ganteaume privateer, of 4 guns, and, as we are informed, cooperated, in the capacity of Master’s Mate, at the ​reduction of the Isles of France and Java. Having returned home on board the Doris 36, Capt. Wm. Jones Lye, we find Mr. Colman joining, for a few months in 1813, the Ceres 32, flag-ship at Chatham of Rear-Admiral Thos. Surridge; after which he served, on the coasts of Spain and America, in the Dictator troop-ship, Capt. Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton, Severn 40, Capt. Joseph Nourse, Ruby 64, Commodore A. F. Evans, Morgiana sloop, Capt. David Scott, Dictator again, and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. During his latter attachment to the Dictator , Mr. Colman, who had previously acted as Lieutenant of the Morgiana, took part in the land-hostilities against Washington and Baltimore, as well as in those against New Orleans, where he was wounded. Since the date of his official promotion, 21 Feb. 1815, the subject of this sketch has – with the exception of a brief period, in 1839-40, when he held an appointment in the Coast Guard – been unemployed. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Colquitt, Samuel Martin

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​COLQUITT. (Rear-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 21; h-p., 43.)
Samuel Martin Colquitt entered the Navy, 10 Dec. 1783, as Captain’s Servant, on board the Queen 90, Capt. John Wainwright, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Rear-Admiral Alex. Arthur Hood (afterwards Lord Bridport); subsequently to which he cruized, until Dec. 1789, latterly as Midshipman, in the Perseus 20, Capt. Geo. Palmer, and Thisbe frigate, Capt. Isaac Coffin, on the Irish, Channel, and Halifax stations. In Sept. 1793 he rejoined Capt. Coffin in the Melampus 36); and, serving next, from March, 1794, to Oct. 1795, in the Arethusa of 44, and InDErATiGABLE of 46 guuS, both commanded by Sir Edw. Pellew, shared, 23 April, 1794, in the capture, by the Arethusa and Flora 36, after a resolute battle of three hours, and a loss to the former ship of 3 men killed and 5 wounded, of the French vessels Le Babet of 22, and La Pomone of 44 guns. On 22 Feb. 1796, Mr. Colquitt, who had previously held for upwards of two months an acting order as Lieutenant on board the Revolutionnaire 44, Capt. Fras. Cole, was officially promoted into the Rattler 16, Capt. John Coohet. He was subsequently appointed, 18 March, 1796, to the London 98, flag-ship off Cadiz of Sir John Colpoys – and, 12 June, 1798, and 1 April, 1801, as First-Lieutenant, to the Thalia 36, Capts. Lord Henry Paulet and Josiah Nisbet, and Hydra 38, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, employed respectively in the Mediterranean and off the coast of Spain. Of the Thalia he appears to have been for some time Acting-Captain. Having obtained his second promotal commission 29 April, 1802, we next find Capt. Colquitt commanding the Princess floating battery, off Lymington and Liverpool, from 18 June, 1803, until 16 June, 1809; and then the Persian 18, on the West India and Mediterranean stations. He obtained his Post commission 21 Oct. 1810; and the rank he now holds 1 Oct. 1846.
The Rear-Admiral’s first wife having died 3 Nov. 1823, he married, secondly, 27 Dec. 1843, Frances Rachael, daughter of the late Rev. Jas. Wiggett, Rector of Crudwell, Wilts.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Combe, Matthew

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​COMBE. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Matthew Combe entered the Navy 30 June, 1808; passed his examination in 1814; obtained his commission 27 May, 1825; and, on 9 Jan. 1838, obtained his present appointment in the Coast Guard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Collis, Samuel

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​COLLIS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 28.)
Samuel Collis entered the Navy, 30 April, 1805, as Midshipman, on board the Warrior 74, Capts. Sam. Hood Linzee, Michael Seymour, and John Wm. Spranger, in which ship he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and there joined successively, in Aug. 1809, and March, 1811, the Unite 36, and Leviathan 74, both commanded by Capt. Patrick Campbell. In the boats of the two latter ships, particularly of the Leviathan, he appears to have taken part, under the orders of Lieut. Alex. Dobbs, in a variety of dashing services, and to have assisted at the capture of many of the enemy’s vessels, frequently in the teeth of a destructive opposition. He next, in Oct. 1813, removed to the Urgent 12, Capt. Gamaliel Fitzmaurice, on the Home station; and, having passed his examination, 6 April, 1814, was promoted, 10 Feb. 1815, to the rank of Lieutenant. On the paying-off of the Urgent, in Sept. 1815, Mr. Collis became attached to the Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, under whom he served, off the coast of Ireland, until again placed out of commission in Sept. 1818. Since that period he has been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Colquhoun, Humphry

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​COLQUHOUN. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
Humphry Colquhoun was born in 1793.
This officer entered the NaVy, in Nov. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Zealand 64, Capts. Alex. Ball and Robt. Devereux Fancourt, guard-ship at the Nore; and, joining next the Foxhound 18, Capts. Pitt Burnaby Greene and Jas. Mackenzie, continued to be employed in that vessel, on the Home station, until detached in command of a prize early in 1809. After an intermediate servitude, as Supernumerary-Midshipman, on board the Salvador del Mundo guard-ship at Plymouth, he became attached, in Sept. following, to the Désirée 36, Capt. Arth. Farquhar, stationed in the North Sea, where he appears to have taken part in much active boat-service, including numerous cutting-out affairs, and the capture of many of the enemy’s vessels. Having been again placed in charge of a prize, Mr. Colquhoun unfortunately, on 21 Dec. 1810, fell into the hands of the enemy, and, being shortly afterwards wrecked off an island on the coast of Holland, – where he was washed on shore, bruised, frost-bitten, and in a state of insensibility, – was sent to Valenciennes, and ultimately to Sedan. After several thwarted attempts, he at length, in Feb. 1813, contrived to effect his escape, and, arriving at Portsmouth, rejoined the Désirée, still commanded by Capt. Farquhar, with whom he subsequently sailed with convoy for Quebec in the Liverpool 40. He obtained his commission 20 March, 1815; and was afterwards employed on Lakes Ontario and Huron, under Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, until his return home towards the close of 1816. Since that period he has not been afloat.
Lieut. Colquhoun – who married, first, 20 Aug. 1834, and by that marriage has issue a son and daughter – espoused,secondly, in 1839, Ann, daughter of the late Rev. T. Brown, of Innerskip. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Colston, Samuel

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​COLSTON. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Samuel Colston was born 21 Oct. 1795.
This officer entered the Navy 24 June, 1810; and, while attached, in 1811-12, as a Volunteer, to the Impérieuse 38, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, partook of a variety of active operations on the coast of Italy, including the capture and destruction of a battery and convoy at Pisciota, and (with a loss to the British of 5 men killed and 11 wounded) of a tower, two batteries, 10 gun-boats, and 22 richly-laden feluccas, defended, in the harbour of Palinuro, by a force of 700 troops and armed peasantry. During a subsequent servitude in the Caledonia 120, Boyne 98, and Queen Charlotte 100, all flagships of Lord Exmouth, he witnessed the partial skirmish with the French fleet off Toulon, 5 Nov. 1813 – officiated as Clerk to his Lordship’s Secretary during the negotiations with the Barbary Powers for the abolition of Christian slavery – and was present, 27 Aug. 1816, at the bombardment of Algiers, where he was wounded by a splinter in the face and ankle, and by a musket-ball in the thigh. Having been allowed by special order, when in the West Indies, in 1825, to pass his examination for Lieutenant, Mr. Colston was, on 3 Oct. in that year, advanced to the rank he now holds, and appointed, 31 Oct. 1828, to his present command in the Coast Gdard. Among various seizures since effected by Lieut. Colston, we may notice the capture, 21 Oct. 1832, of a noted French smuggler, a sloop of 35 tons, with a cargo of tobacco on board.
He married 1 Sept. 1825, and has issue seven children. Agent – J. Hinxman.