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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Durbin, George

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​DURBIN. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
George Durbin passed his examination 10 May, 1839; and after officiating for some time as Mate of the Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant in South America of Commodore John Brett Purvis, was appointed, 26 June, 1844, to the Vestal 26, Capt. Chas. Talbot, on the East India station. For his conduct in command of the cutter belonging to that frigate, at the capture and destruction, 19 Aug. 1845, of Maloodo, a strong fortification in the possession of Scheriff Osman, a rebel Borneo chieftain, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 6 April, 1846. He has been since serving in the Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dyer, George Shepherd

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​DYER. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 23; h-p., 9.)
George Shepherd Dyer, born 20 Jan. 1801, at Greenwich Hospital, is second son of John Dyer, Esq., formerly Secretary of that institution, and Chief Clerk of the Admiralty.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 June, 1815, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Volcano bomb, Capt. John Wyatt Watling, on the Home station, where, and in the West Indies and South America, he served, during the next seven years, occasionally as Midshipman, in the Belle Poule troop-ship, Capt. Fras. Baker, Julia brig, Capt. J. W. Watling, Bucephalus troop-ship, Capt. Amos Freeman Westropp, Vengeur 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, Florida 20, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, Sybille 44, bearing the flag of Sir Home Popham, Inconstant 36, Commodore Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, Leven 24, Capt. David Ewen Bartholomew, Active 38, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, Albion 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, Active again, Capt. Andrew King, Beaver brig, Capt. Archibald Maclean, and Créole 36, Commodore Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy. He became Acting-Lieutenant, 5 Feb. 1823, of the Doris frigate, Capt. Edw. Venables Vernon, and, being confirmed 1 April following, was afterwards appointed – 31 Jan. 1824, to the Victory 104, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Martin – 27 July, 1825, to the Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude – and 1 March, 1826, to the Ganges 84, flag-ship at the Brazils of Rear-Admiral Robt. Waller Otway. Assuming the rank he now holds, 17 April, 1827, Commander Dyer, on 6 Nov. in that year, obtained the Second Captaincy of the Melville 74, Capts. Henry Hill, Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, and Christ. John Williams Nesham, with whom he successively served, on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, until paid off in Sept. 1831. He afterwards officiated, as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard, at Lyme Regis, Harwich, and at Westport, co. Mayo, from 17 April, 1832, until 1835, and again from 27 Sept. 1838, until 1843. Since the latter date he has been on half-pay.
Commander Dyer married, 29 June, 1826, Adelaide, daughter of John Williams, Esq., of Elm Grove, Southsea, Comptroller of the Customs at Portsmouth, by whom he has issue four children.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Duthy, Peter

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​DUTHY. (Commander, 1841.)
Peter Duthy entered the Navy 14 March, 1812; and passed his examination in 1819. He afterwards served in the Burmese war, and drew forth the highest encomiums of Capt. Thos. Alexander for his unwearied exertions in command of a boat during the long and laborious siege which preceded the fall of the strong fortress of Donoobew, in April, 1825. He became Acting-Lieutenant, 4 Aug. 1826, of the Dartmouth 46, but, leaving that frigate soon after his official promotion, which took place 1 Nov. following, did not again go afloat until 24 July, 1833, when he was appointed First-Lieutenant of the Wasp 16, Capts. Jas. Burney and John Sam. Foreman, on the North America and West India station. He subsequently joined – 4 May, 1834, the Sapphire 28, Capt. Hon. Geo. Rolle Walpole Trefusis, with whom he returned home – 25 Oct. 1834, the Vernon 50, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. John M‘Kerlie – 2 Sept. 1837, as Senior Lieutenant, the Donegal 78, bearing the flag off Lisbon of Sir John Acworth Ommanney – and, 1 Oct. 1840, in a similar capacity, the Britannia 120, flag-ship of the same officer in the Mediterranean. Since his attainment of his present rank, 23 Nov. 1841, Commander Duthy has been on half-pay. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dutton, Benjamin

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​DUTTON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 13; h-p., 35.)
Benjamin Dutton entered the Navy, 24 Oct. 1799, as A.E., on board the Anacreon brig, Lieut.Commander John Guyon; as Midshipman of which vessel, we find him present, the year following, in an action with a French brig and cutter-of-war off St. Valery. Between Oct. 1802, and Aug. 1808, he served in the Charger and Aggressor gun-brigs, Lieut.-Commanders Reede, Blow, and Watson, on the Home and Baltic stations. He then in succession became Acting Sub-Lieutenant of the gun-brigs Brevdrageren and Centinel, Lieut.-Commanders Dennis and King, and in the latter vessel assisted, in 1808, in beating off a whole Danish flotilla. In Aug. 1811 Mr, Dutton was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Dictator 64, Capts. Robt. Williams and Jas. Pattison Stewart, and, being confirmed to that ship by commission dated 19 Nov. in the same year, was subsequently, on 6 July, 1812, present, in company’ with the Calypso 18, Podargus 14, and Flamer gun-brig, at the gallant capture and destruction, within the rocks of Mardoe, on the coast of Norway, of an entire squadron, consisting of the Nayaden of 48 guns, the Laland, Samsoe and Kiel sloops, and several gun-boats, after a long conflict which occasioned the Dictator a loss of 5 men killed and 24 wounded, and the Danes of 300 killed and wounded. This officer – whose next appointment was, 25 Oct. 1813, to the Urgent 14, Capt. Gamaliel Fitzmaurice, on the Channel station – invalided 9 May, 1814. He has not since been employed.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dutton, Thomas

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​DUTTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 31.)
Thomas Dutton entered the Navy, 30 July, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sheldrake, Capt. John Thicknesse. From March, 1809, until Jan. 1814, he officiated as Midshipman, chiefly on the Home station, of the same vessel, and of the Adamant 50, bearing the flag of Vice-Admirals Sir Edm. Nagle and Wm. Albany Otway, the Forward gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Rich. Banks, the Nightingale sloop, Capt. Christ. Nixon, the Thisbe 28, flag-ship of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, and the Hebrus 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer. On leaving the latter frigate Mr. Dutton became successively attached to the Asia 74, and Tonnant 80, flag-ships of Sir Alex. Cochrane, whom he acoompanied In the expedition against New Orleans. He was appointed Acting-Lieutenant, in April, 1815, of the Levant 20, Capt. John Sheridan, employed for some time in the West Indies. Since he was paid off from that ship, in Nov. 1815, Lieut. Dutton, who had been officially promoted on 13 of the previous June, has been on half-pay. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Duval, Francis

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​DUVAL. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 15; h-p., 33.)
Francis Duval entered the Navy, in 1799, as A.B., on board the Zealous 74, Capt. Sam. Hood, and on removing, as Midshipman, to the Andromeda 32, Capt. Henry Inman, was present in an attack made on a French squadron in Dunkerque Roads, 7 July, 1800. After serving for two years with Capts. Inman and Rich. Dacres, in La Désirée frigate, a prize taken on that occcasion, he joined the Blenheim 74, bearing the broad pendant in the West Indies of his old Captain, Commodore Hood; on his successive transference from which ship to the Cvane and Barbadoes, Capts. Murray Maxwell and Joseph Nourse, we find him co-operating, as Master’s Mate, in the reduction of Ste. Lucie, 22 June, 1803, and assisting at the capture of six privateers, carrying altogether 72 guns and 537 men. Between Oct. 1805, and Oct. 1806, Mr. Duval further served on board L’Athénienne 64, and Zealous 74, both commanded by Capt. John Giffard; for a wound he received in the former of which ships, while participating, we believe, in the defence of Gaeta, he was subsequently presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. He was promoted, from the Ocean 98, bearing the flag off Cadiz of Lord Collingwood, to an Acting-Lieutenancy, 13 May, 1807, in the Unité 36, Capt. Patrick Campbell, on the Mediterranean station, where he was confirmed 26 Nov. following. In the early part of 1808 he was placed in charge of a prize, which, after encountering much bad weather, foundered about 20 miles N.E. of Manopoli, in the Adriatic. Having reached that place in a small boat, he was made prisoner, sent to Naples, and there confined for a considerable time in the Castle of Carmine. He regained his liberty 30 Dec. 1813; and on 15 June, 1814, was advanced to his present rank. Commander Duval has not since been employed. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Revised and Enlarged Account of the Bobbili Zemindari/Chapter 11/1907

1907.
The third Annual Cattle Show of the Vizagapatam District was held this year at Bobbili in the grounds of the Maharajah Park, and was pronounced a complete success. ​ The Maharajah erected a new building for the use of the Samasthanam High School, Bobbili, which institution he founded in 1882; and on the 16th February Mr. R. H. Campbell, the Collector and Agent to the Governor, Vizagapatam District, performed the Opening Ceremony. In the course of Mr. Campbell's speech, he referred to the numerous and useful works of the Maharajah in this District.
Lately the Maharajah bought a house at Madras next to Gopal Bagh, his residence, with the intention of presenting it to the Madras Landholders' Association for the use of its office and to accommodate the members of the Association when they visit Madras. It is proposed to call it "the Zemindars' Bobbili Club."
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/General Actions

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LIST OF THE GENERAL ACTIONS, ETC.,
ENUMERATED IN THE ANNEXED RETURN.
| 1. | Lord Howe’s Actions | 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794. |
| 2. | Vice-Admiral Hotham's Action | 14 March, 1795. |
| 3. | Lord Bridport’s Action | 23 June, 1795. |
| 4. | Action off Cape St. Vincent | 14 February, 1797. |
| 5. | Admiral Duncan’s Action | 11 October, 1797. |
| 6. | Battle of the Nile | 1 August, 1798. |
| 7. | Battle of Copenhagen | 2 April, 1801. |
| 8. | Battle of Algeciras | 6 July, 1801. |
| 9. | Battle off Cadiz | 12 and 13 July, 1801. |
| 10. | Sir Robert Calder’s Action | 22 July, 1805. |
| 11. | Battle of Trafalgar | 21 October, 1805. |
| 12. | Sir Richard Strachan’s Action | 4 November, 1805. |
| 13. | Sir J. T. Duckworth’s Action | 6 February, 1806. |
| 14. | The Dardanells | 19 and 27 February, and 3 March, 1807. |
| 15. | Lord Gambier’s Expedition to Copenhagen | August and September, 1807. |
| 16. | Lord Gambier’s Actions | 11 and 14 April, 1809. |
| 17. | Sir Edward Pellew, off Toulon | 5 November, 1813. |
| 18. | Battle of Algiers | 27 August, 1816. |
| 19. | Battle of Navarino | 20 October, 1827. |
| 20. | St. Jean d’Acre | 3 November, 1840. |
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gennys, William Henn

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​GENNYS. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
William Henn Gennys entered the Navy 2 July, 1826; passed his examination in 1834; and, for his services on the coast of Syria, where he assisted in the Carysfort’s barge at the attack upon Tortosa, and witnessed the fall of St. Jean d’Acre, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Nov. 1840. His appointments have since been – 1 Dec. 1840, to the Talbot 26, Capt. Robt. Fanshawe Stopford, in the Mediterranean – and, 29 April, 1843, to the Castor 36, Capt. Chas. Graham, under whom he is now serving in the East Indies as First-Lieutenant.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/George, Thomas Gethy

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​GEORGE. (Lieutenant, 1825)
Thomas Gethy George entered the Navy 6 April, 1809; passed his examination in 1815; and was made Lieutenant 24 July, 1825, into the Fly 18, Capts. Fred. Augustus Wetherall and Follett Walrond Pennell, on the East India station. Since ​the paying off of that vessel he has been unemployed. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Georges, Henry St. John

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​GEORGES. (Commander, 1845.)
Henry St. John Georges was promoted to the command, as Lieutenant, of the Harpy 10, on the North America and West India station, 18 Jan. 1838. His appointments were, afterwards – 14 May, 1839, to the Revenge 76, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, fitting at Portsmouth – 24 Sept. 1840, to the Belleisle 72, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, lying at Plymouth – 15 Dec. 1841, to the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Codrington – 8 March, 1842, to the Resistance 42, Capt. Chas. Geo. Edw. Patey, employed on Particular Service – 31 May, 1843, as First, to the Racer 16, Capt. Arch. Reed, on the South American station – and, 22 Nov. 1843, as Additional, to the Growler steam-sloop, Capt. Claude Henry Mason Buckle, on the coast of Africa. He assumed his present rank 25 July, 1845, and has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gerrard, William Collinson

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​GERRARD. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 12; h-p., 23.)
William Collinson Gerrard entered the Navy, 14 July, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vengeur 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, and, after visiting the West Indies, became Midshipman, 22 Nov. 1813, of the Madagascar 38, Capt. Lucius Curtis, off Brest. From July, 1814, until Nov. 1815, he served in the Galatea 42, Capt. Woodley Losack, on the Newfoundland and West India stations; subsequently to which we find him employed, at home and on the coast of North America, in the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, Phaeton 46, Capts. Wm. Henry Dillon and Wm. Augustus Montagu, and Apollo and Royal George yachts, Capts. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget and Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. He acquired the rank he now holds 6 Sept. 1823, and was next appointed, 4 April, and 31 July, 1824, to the Britannia 120, and Ocean 98, flag-ships at Plymouth and off Lisbon of Sir Jas. Saumarez and Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Since 18 Oct. in the latter year he has not been afloat. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gerard, Henry

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​GERARD. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Henry Gerard entered the Navy 28 Dec. 1807; passed his examination in 1815; and obtained his commission 27 May, 1825. We are not aware that he has been since employed. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gennys, John Henn

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​GENNYS. (Commander, 1845.)
John Henn Gennys entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College), in 1824, as a Volunteer, on board the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, under whom, after participating, as Midshipman, in the battle of Navarin, as also in the capture of numerous pirates, he was wrecked, during an attack on a nest of those marauders at Carabusa, 31 Jan. 1828. He then joined the Pylades 18, Capt. Pat. Duff Henry Hay; and, from 1829 until his first promotion, 19 Feb. 1838, served, as Mate, on the Mediterranean, North America, West India, and Lisbon stations, of the Favourite 18, Capt. Joseph Harrison, Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, North Star 28, Capts. Hon. Geo. Rolle Walpole Trefusis and Lord Wm. Paget, Donegal 78, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, Royalist 10, Lieut.-Commander Chas, Anstruther Barlow, and Vanguard 80, Capts. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie and Sir Thos. Fellowes. During his servitude in the North Star, in 1832, he appears to have been employed on shore with a detachment of men for the protection of Montego Bay, at the period of the rebellion in Jamaica; and, when in the Royalist, in 1835, he took part in the operations against the Carlists on the North Coast of Spain. In the course of 1838, Mr. Gennys assumed command, in the Mediterranean, of the Confiance steamer, and he next became successively attached to the Princess Caroline 104, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Stopford, and Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker. In 1840-1 he served at Plymouth, on board the Belleisle 72, Capt. John Toup Nicolas; and, on 19 Jan. 1844, he was appointed to the Camperdown 104, as Flag-Lieutenant at the Nore to Vice-Admiral Sir John Chambers White. Since his attainment of his present rank, 17 ApriL 1845, Connnander Genpys has been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/George, George

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​GEORGE. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 21; h-p., 33.)
George George entered the Navy, 3 Sept. 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Glory 98, Capt. Fras. Pender, bearing the broad pendant in the Channel of Hon. Geo. Murray, whom he accompanied, the year following, to North America, as Midshipman of the Resolution 74. From that ship, after serving for some time also on board the Cleopatra 32, Capts. Chas. Vinicombe Penrose and Chas. Rowley, he was promoted to an Acting-Lieutenancy, in May, 1797, in the Lynx 16, Capt. Robt. Hall; under whom he assisted at the capture, 27 June, 1798, after a running fight of several hours, of Le Mentor privateer of 14 guns and 79 men. On leaving the Lynx, which vessel he had had the good fortune to preserve from destruction during a violent hurricane, Mr. George was confirmed, by commission dated 26 Nov. 1799, into the Boston 32, Capt. John Erskine Douglas. While in command, during the following year, of a boat belonging to that frigate, he succeeded in capturing off St. Domingo, both on the same day, a French schooner of 6 guns, and a Dutch sloop mounting 4 swivels. He afterwards, when on his passage home, towards the close of 1802, in the Chichester troop-ship, Capt. Joseph Spear, again proved instrumental, through great presence of mind, in saving that vessel from being lost on the rocks near the Isle of Wight. After assisting, as First-Lieutenant of the same ship, at the reduction, in June, 1803, of the islands of Tobago and Ste. Lucie, Mr. George was successively appointed – 5 July, 1804, as Senior, to the Albacore sloop, Capt. Major Jacob Henniker, on the Guernsey station – in the course of 1806, to the Ocean, Queen, and Prince 98’s, Capts. Fras. Pender and Wm. Lechmere – and, 25 Oct. 1808, to the command of a Signal Station. On 8 Oct. 1804, while in the Albacore, Mr. George induced, and obtained the high approbation of his Captain for the very animated part he bore in, an attack which led to the destruction of five armed luggers, under a heavy fire from the enemy’s battery and vessels near Grosnez de Flamanville. He subsequently fitted out the Ocean at Spithead, as her First-Lieutenant, and, for the activity he displayed on that occasion, received the thanks of the Port-Admiial; Six Geo. Montagu. The subject of this memoir, who has been on half-pay since 1816, assumed the rank of Retired-Commander on the Senior List 31 May, 1844.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/George, James

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​GEORGE. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
James George was born 25 Dec. 1786.
This officer entered tie Navy (into which he was impressed), 29 March, 1805, as A.B., on board the Ariadne 20, Capt. Hon. Edw. King; and, on 7 July following, became Midshipman of the Lucifer bomb, Capts. Robt. Elliot and Robt. Hall. After assisting, as Master’s Mate, at the passage of the Dardanells, and participating in other services, he successively joined, as Acting-Master, in the course of 1809-10, the Hesper, Blanche, and Cornwallis, all commanded by Capt. Edw. Wallis Hoare, and Illustrious 74, Capts. Wm. Robt. Broughton, Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing, and Robt. Maunsell. In the two latter ships he appears to have been employed at the blockade of the Isle of France, and, as Acting-Lieutenant, at the reduction of Java. He was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 8 May, 1812, in the Barracouta 18, Capts. Chas. Rayley and Chas. Hawkey; and, while in that sloop, was actively engaged in the suppression ot piracy in the Java sea and on the coast of Borneo. He has not been afloat since 16 Nov. 1814.
Lieut. George is at present employed as Assistant Superintendent of Quarantine at Milford Haven. He married, first, in Sept. 1816, and again in 1829; and has issue seven children. Agents – Holmes and Folkard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gibbons, William

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​GIBBONS. (Retired Commander, 1836. f-p., 16; h-p., 42.)
William Gibbons is second son of the late Sir Wm. Gibbons, Bart., LL.D., by Rebecca, eldest daughter of Vice-Admiral Chas. Watson (who died Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, 15 July, 1757); brother of Capt. Geo. Gibbons, who fell at Albuera, 16 May, 1811; grand-uncle of Sir John Gibbons, Bart., of Stanwell Place, co. Middlesex; and first-cousin of Sir Chas. Wager Watson, Bart., of Falmer, co. Bucks.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1789, as Captain’s Servant, on board the Pegasus 28, Capt. Herbert Sawyer, off Newfoundland, and during the six following years served as Midshipman, chiefly on the Home station, in the Porcupine, Capt. Geo. Martin, Spitfire, Capts. Geo. Woodley and Philip Chas. Durham, Magicienne, Capt. G. Martin, Hind, Capt. P. C. Durham, Santa Margarita, Capt. Elias Harvey, and Victory, flag-ship of Lord Hood. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 9 Feb. 1796, he became attached in succession to the Jason, Capt. Chas. Stirling, and Diana, Capt. Jonathan Faulkner, and commanded at intervals between the years 1799 and 1803, the Queen, Drake, and Joseph cutters, in the latter of which he took, 8 Sept. 1803, L’Espoir privateer, of 6 guns and 52 men. His last employment was as Commander, from March, 1808, to Oct. 1811, of the Alphea schooner, in the English Channel. He became a Retired Commander on the junior list 5 April, 1831; and on the senior 23 Nov. 1836.