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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morrison, Isaac Hawkins

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​MORRISON. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 22; h-p., 30.)
Isaac Hawkins Morrison entered the Navy, 8 June, 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Malabar 54, Capt. John Parr, and in April and May, 1796, was present at the surrender of the Dutch settlements of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice. Following Capt. Parr, as Midshipman, in Dec. of the latter year into the Standard 64, and next into the Zealand, he continued with him in those ships until Feb. 1801, on the Home station; where he further, until May, 1804, served, part of the time as Master’s Mate and Admiralty-Midshipman, in the Fortunée 36, Capt. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Raven and Gannet sloops, Capts, Jas. Sanders and Edw. Bass, and Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew. While in the Zealand, he had been lent to the Tisiphone sloop, Capt. Robt. Honyman, and Andromeda 32, Capt. Henry Inman. Being advanced to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 May, 1804, he was subsequently appointed in that capacity – 21 July, 1804, to the command, at Newfoundland, of the Queen Charlotte hired cutter – 25 Oct. following to the Camilla 20, Capt. Bridges Watkinson Taylor, on the same station – 25 Feb. 1805, to the Amaranthe 18, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, employed in the North Sea and Channel – 26 June, 1806, to the Trusty 50, Capt. Brian Hodgson, attached to the force in the Downs – 16 April, 1807, to the Uranie 38, Capt. Christ. Laroche, off Cherbourg – and, 28 Nov. 1807, to the Adamant 50, Capt. Micajah Malbon, at Jamaica. After having acted for a short time as Commander of the Pelican sloop, he was confirmed to that rank in the Shark receiving-ship at Port Royal 10 June, 1808. He invalided home in Feb. 1809, and was next, 31 May, 1813, appointed to the Achates brig of 16 guns. In that vessel, with much injury to her sails and rigging, Capt. Morrison fought, off the coast of France, 21 Oct. following, a very gallant running action of several hours’ duration with La Trave, a, French frigate of 44 guns and 321 men, which had been previously dismasted in a gale of wind, and which was captured two days afterwards by the Andromache 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin. He also, 25 Feb. 1814, witnessed the surrender, to the Eurotas of 46 guns and 320 men, of another French frigate, La Clorinde, mounting 44 guns and 12 brass-swivels, with a complement of 360 picked men. He attained Post-rank 7 June in the latter year; and was lastly, from 25 Oct. 1824 until the close of 1831, employed as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard at Tralee, co. Kerry. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Morrison married, 16 July, 1823, Louisa Adams, daughter of John Powell Smith, Esq., of Upper Berkeley Street, Portman Square, London.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morriss, Edward John

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​MORRISS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 33; h-p., 7.)
Edward John Morriss entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Orion 74, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, with whom he continued to serve in the Baltic, where he assisted at the siege of Copenhagen, and in the North Sea, until March, 1813 – the last four years and a half in the capacity of Midshipman. He was then for 18 ​months employed in the Mediterranean as Master’s Mate of the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Rear-Admirals Edw. Jas. Foote and Sir Rich. King; and, after a further attachment to the Puissant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, at Spithead, and, as Admiralty-Mate, to the Statira 38, Capt. Spelman Swaine, in which ship he accompanied the expedition against New Orleans, and was wrecked on a rock off the island of Cuba, 26 Feb. 1815, he was awarded a commission dated 17 of that month. His appointments have since been – 6 June, 1815, for three months, to the Puissant, commanded as before – 3 July, 1816, for an equally brief period, to the Belzebub bomb, Capts. Wm. Kempthorne and Fred. Thos. Michell, part of the force employed at the bombardment of Algiers – 17 Jan. 1817, to the Alban 12, Capt. Hugh Patton, which vessel, employed for some time off Holyhead, was paid off in Oct. 1818 – and, 26 April, 1825, to the command, which he still retains, of a station in the Coast Guard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morritt, George

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​MORRITT. (Commander, 1845.)
George Morritt entered the Navy 21 Aug. 1816; passed his examination in 1823; and obtained his first commission 10 Jan. 1837. His succeeding appointments were – 12 Jan. and 20 April, 1837, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Melville and Hastings 74’s, flag-ships of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget and Sir Wm. Hall Gage on the North America and West India and Lisbon stations – 7 Sept. 1837 and 1 Oct. 1840, to the Minden 72 and Howe 120, Capts. Alex. Renton Sharpe and Thos. Forrest, both attached to the force in the Mediterranean – and, 6 Dec. 1843, as Senior, to the Vestal 26, Capt. Chas. Talbot, fitting for the East Indies. For his conduct in command of the barge belonging to the latter ship, at the capture and destruction, 19 Aug. 1845, of Maloodoo, a strong fortification in the possession of Scheriff Osman, a rebel Borneo chieftain, he was promoted to the rank of Commander by commission dated back to the day of the achievement. He has been employed, since 30 June, 1847, as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morshead, William Henry Anderson

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​MORSHEAD, C.B. (Captain, 1842.)
William Henry Anderson Morshead entered the Navy 4 Sept. 1823; passed his examination in 1830; and obtained his first commission 21 Sept. 1832. His succeeding appointments were – 2 April, 1833, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the St. Vincent 120, Capt. Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, in the Mediterranean – 29 July following, and 30 May and 16 Dec. 1834, to the Malabar 74, Capts. Hon. Josceline Percy and Henry Shovell Marsham, Talavera 74, Capt. Edw. Chetham, and Edinburgh 74, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the same station, whence he returned in the early part of 1837 – 28 Sept. in the latter year, as Senior, to the Favourite 18, Capt. Walter Croker, whom he accompanied to the East Indies – and, 1 June, 1838, in a similar capacity, to the Hyacinth 18, Capt. Wm. Warren. On 13 and 18 March, 1841, we find him commanding the boats of the latter vessel at the capture of the last fort protecting the approaches to Canton, and also of the city itself. During the second series of operations against it, it was his lot to be slightly wounded, and to perform service which gained him the public mention of Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse. Being rewarded with the rank of Commander 8 June, 1841, and appointed, 16 Oct. following, to the Columbine 16, he further distinguished himself by the manner in which, with his own boats and those of the Hon. Co.’s war-steamer Queen, he destroyed a large number of fire-junks intended for the destruction of Her Majesty’s shipping in the neighbourhood of Ningpo, 10 March, 1842. In the course of the same year he participated in the attacks upon Chapoo and Woosung, and in the operations on the Yang-tse-Kiang. For these services he was recompensed with a Post-commission dated 23 Dec. 1842, and, the next day, with the Companionship of the Bath. He paid the Columbine off in the early part of 1843, and has not been since employed. Agent – John P. Muspratt.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503, 1505.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 2502, 2504.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 2388.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 3692, 3399, 3404.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Savage, William

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​SAVAGE. (Commander, 1 830. f-p., 17; h-p., 34.)
William Savage entered the Navy, in Nov. 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agincourt 64, Capts. John Williamson and John Lawford; under the former ofwhom he enacted a Midshipman’s part in the battle off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. On his removal with Capt. Lawford to the Romney 50 he assisted, in the course of 1798, at the capture of a convoy of Swedish vessels, laden with naval and military stores for the use of France, and accompanied, in the autumn of 1799, the expedition to Holland. He subsequently proceeded in the same ship, under the command of Sir Home Popham, to the East Indies, and made a visit, during his sojourn on that station, to the Red Sea. While there and on shore in the neighbourhood of Mount Felix for the purpose of procuring a supply of water, his party, 11 in number, was suddenly attacked by a party of the natives, lying in ambush, who murdered all but himself and a Midshipman, the late Retired Commander John Manton. Being severely wounded in the head, his own life was only saved through the exertions of his companion, who forcibly dragged him into a boat, and succeeded in keeping the enemy at bay until they were both out of danger. On his return to England in May, 1803, he joined La Seine 36, Capt. David Milne; and on that ship being wrecked 21 July following off Schelling Island, in the North Sea, he was received on board the Excellent 74, Capt. Frank Sotheron, with whom he continued employed, on the Mediterranean station, until nominated, 5 May, 1806, Acting-Lieutenant of the Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse. He was ​confirmed 17 Sept. in the same year; and was subsequently appointed – 12 Feb. 1807, to the Formidable 98, Capt. Fras. Fayerman, also in the Mediterranean, where he remained for a further period of three years – 6 April, 1810, to the Audacious 74, Capt. Donald Campbell, attached to the force in the North Sea and off Lisbon – 21 Aug. 1811, to the Barbadoes 24, commanded in the West Indies by Capt. Edw. Rushworth and for a short time by himself as Acting-Captain – 6 July, 1812, to the Polyphemus 64, Capt. Peter John Douglas, on the same station – and, 26 Feb. 1813, after three months of half-pay, to the Centaur 74, Capt. John Chambers White, in the Channel. He invalided in May, 1814, and has not, we believe, been since afloat. He obtained a pension of 91l. 5s. per annum for wounds 1 July, 1815; and was advanced to the rank of Commander 31 Dec. 1830.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Saville, George Augustus

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​SAVILLE. (Retired Commander, 1835. f-p., 19; h-p., 35.)
George Augustus Saville was born 12 April, 1773. His brother, Capt. John Griffin Saville, R.N., died Agent for Prisoners-of-War at Jamaica in 1804.
This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1793, as A.B., on board the Irresistible 74, Capt. John Henry, part of the force employed under Sir John Jervis at the reduction of the French West India islands. On his return to England in 1794 he joined the Jupiter 50, Commodore John Willet Payne, under whom we find him, in March, 1795, escorting the Princess Caroline of Brunswick from Cuxhaven to England. Removing shortly afterwards to the Russell 74, Capt. Thos. Larcom, he fought in that ship, and was wounded in the left leg, in Lord Bridport’s action 23 June, 1795. He next, in Oct. 1796 and May, 1798, became Midshipman and Master’s Mate of the Impétueux 74, Capt. J. W. Payne, and Experiment 44, commanded by his brother, Capt. J. G. Saville. On his return, in the latter ship, from the expedition of 1799 to Holland, he proceeded to the Mediterranean; where, on 14 Dec. 1800, a few weeks after he had been received on board the Foudroyant 80, bearing the flag of Lord Keith, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Athénienne 64, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, of whose tender, the Arab, he had command from July, 1801, to March, 1802. He was confirmed a Lieutenant on his arrival home, 13 Nov. 1802; and was subsequently appointed – 14 March, 1803, to the Cruizer 18, Capt. John Hancock, on the Home station, where, prior to invaliding in the following Oct., he contributed to the capture of a large French praam – 31 March, 1804, to the Sea Fencibles in Ireland – 30 Jan. 1805, to the Espiègle 16, Capt. Henry Gage Morris, in the Channel – 6 Aug. 1806 (three months after he had left the latter vessel), to the charge, which he retained until Nov. 1809, of a Signal station on the Irish coast – and, 31 July, 1811, to the post of Agent for Transports afloat. While serving in the Espiégle his spine was severely hurt by the bursting of a hawser in towing a vessel down Channel. The effects of the injury he then sustained he still occasionally feels. As a Transport Agent he was employed on the coasts of Spain and Portugal, in the expedition against New Orleans, and in exchanging, at different French ports, the prisoners taken at Waterloo. He went on half-pay 14 Dec. 1815; and accepted his present rank 21 April, 1835.
Commander Saville married 25 July, 1807, and has issue one son and two daughters.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sawbridge, Samuel

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​SAWBRIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Samuel Sawbridge, born in 1805, is son of Samuel Elias Sawbridge, Esq., of Olantigh, co. Kent, Colonel of the East Kent militia, by Elizabeth, daughter of Brabazon Ellis, Esq., of Wyddiall Hall, Herts; and brother of the late Capt. Wanley Elias Sawbridge, of the 28th Regt. His grandfather, John Sawbridge, was Lord Mayor of London in 1775, and M.P. for that city in three successive parliaments; and his great-great-grandfather, Jacob Sawbridge, M.P. for Cricklade, co. Wilts, was one of the Directors of the South Sea Company in the memorable year 1720.
This officer entered the Navy 13 June, 1820; passed his examination in 1826; obtained his commission 7 June, 1828; and was appointed, 22 Sept. following, to the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, on the Mediterranean station. He was placed on half-pay a few months afterwards, and has not been since afloat.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Saumarez, Thomas

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​SAUMAREZ. (Lieutenant, 1848.)
Thomas Saumarez is son of Capt. Rich. Saumarez, R.N.
This officer obtained his commission 10 March, 1848.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Saunders, William Clewes

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​SAUNDERS. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 22; h-p., 15.)
William Clewes Saunders entered the Navy 3 Aug. 1810, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Pheasant 18, Capt. John Palmer, under whom he was for upwards of four years employed, part of the time as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Channel and at Newfoundland. Between Oct. 1814 and Oct. 1818 he served on the Home and again on the Newfoundland stations in the Wanderer 20, Capts. J. Palmer and Wm. Dowers, San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Strachan, and Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres. He then proceeded, as Admiralty- Midshipman of the Sapphire 26, Capt. Henry Hart, to the West Indies; where he acted, from 9 June until 16 Dec. 1820, as Lieutenant in the Ontario 18, Capts. Whitworth Lloyd, Wilson Braddyll Bigland, and Jodrell Leigh, and was again for 14 months employed as Admiralty-Midshipman in the Euryalus 42, Capts. Thos. Huskisson, Isham Fleming-Chapman, and W. B. Bigland, and Tamar 26, Capt. Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 6 May, 1822, in the Sybille 44, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley at Jamaica; and was next, 11 April, 1823, appointed to the Phaeton 46, Capt. Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt, under whom, prior to being paid off in 1826, we find him conveying the Right Hon. C. R. Vaughan, British Ambassador, to North America, and bringing three millions of dollars home from the West Indies. He has filled the appointment, since 29 Oct. 1840, of an Agent for Transports afloat.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Savage, William Henry

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​SAVAGE. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 26; h-p., 17.)
William Henry Savage died in 1847. He was son of the late Rev. Christopher Kingsborough Savage, by Christian, only child of Bartholomew Welstead, Esq., of co. Cork, an officer in the Army; and brother (with Christopher Savage, Esq., also an officer in the Army) of Francis Savage, Esq., of Ballymadun, co. Dublin, late Captain in the 32nd Regt., and a Magistrate for the county.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Dec. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. George 98, Capts. Hon. Michael De Courcy and Thos. Bertie. After serving for about two years and a half, part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman, on the West India, Halifax, and Channel stations, he joined, in July, 1807, the Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of his former Captain, then Rear-Admiral, De Courcy, with whom he continued employed in the Channel, on the north coast of Spain, and on the coast of Brazil, in the Diana 38 and Foudroyant 80, until Nov. 1812 – the last four months as Acting-Lieutenant. In the Tonnant he assisted in embarking the remains of Sir John Moore’s army at Corunna. From Aug. 1813 until promoted, 13 Dec. following, to the rank of Lieutenant, his name was borne as a Supernumerary on the books of the Sabrina and Stately, flag-ships of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin at Lisbon, where he had charge, during that period, of a Signal post. He was subsequently employed – between Jan. 1816 and Sept. 1818, in the Maeander 38, Capts. John Bastard, Arthur Fanshawe, and Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, and Ister 42, Capt. Thos. Forrest, on the Home and Newfoundland stations and, from 20 March, 1829, until 1844, in the Coast Guard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Saurin, Edward

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​SAURIN. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 9; h-p., 35.)
Edward Saurin, is son of the Right Hon. Wm. Saurin, formerly Attorney-General for Ireland.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1803, as a Volunteer, on board the Euryalus 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, in which ship, attached to the force on the Irish station, he remained for a few weeks. He next, in May, 1804, joined the Loire 46, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, with whom he continued almost uninterruptedly employed in the same frigate, and, as Midshipman and as Master’s Mate, in the Volontaire 38 and Emerald 36, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 2 May, 1810. He was under the fire, during that period, of the batteries in Muros Bay, when they were gallantly stormed and carried, and the privateers Confiance and Bélier taken, by the boats under the late Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, 4 June, 1805. He assisted also, on 25 of the same month, in capturing Le Vaillant of 30 guns; was in company with L’Egyptienne frigate at the taking, after an obstinate resistance, of La Libre of 40 guns; conveyed, in July, 1806, to Sir Rich. Keats, off L’Orient, intelligence which led to the capture of Le Rhin of 44 guns; aided at the capture of many other vessels and at the blockade of Rochefort; contributed, on the night of 13 March, 1808, to the destruction, in Vivero harbour, of a large French schooner, L’Apropos, of 8 guns and 70 men; and was present, in April, 1809, at the destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads. After serving for about four months at Portsmouth in the Ethalion 36, Capt. Edm. Heywood, he was appointed, 17 Feb. 1811, to the Alcmène 38, Capt. Edwards Lloyd Graham, fitting for the Mediterranean, where he remained until July, 1812. On 22 May in that year he made an attack with four boats, near the island of Lissa, upon a large armed convoy, the result of which was the capture of one of the enemy’s principal vessels, but not until nearly the whole of her crew had been either killed or wounded. The slaughter on the part of the British was almost equally dreadful, the pinnace alone sustaining a loss of at least 20 officers and men killed and wounded. Among the latter was their gallant leader, who by his voice and example encouraged the rest, and, notwithstanding he was severely wounded, still persevered. He lost his right arm, his left was shot through, his neckcloth was cut through the different folds, and his sabre broken by a ball. He was advanced in consequence to the rank of Commander 12 Dec. 1812, and was awarded, 24 Feb. 1813, a pension, increased, in Dec. 1815, to 300l. per annum. His last appointment was, 6 July, 1813, to the Hope 10, in which vessel he served on the Home station until advanced to his present rank 7 June, 1814. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Saurin has been for many years a Commissioner of Stamps and Taxes. He married, 15 July, 1828, Lady Mary Ryder, second daughter of the Earl of Harrowby.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Savage, James

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​SAVAGE. (Lieutenant, 1816.)
James Savage entered the Navy, 25 July, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Josef 110, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth in the Channel. He continued to serve with Capt. Dunn in the Hibernia 110, Armide 38, and Dublin 74, until July, 1813. In the course of that month he went back to the San Josef, then the flag-ship of Sir Rich. King in the Mediterranean; where, and in the West Indies and at Sheerness, we find him, from Jan. 1814 until March, 1816, employed in the Aigle and Scamander frigates, both commanded by Sir John Louis, In the former ship he assisted at the capture and destruction of a French convoy under the guns of Porto Maurizio 11 April, 1814. He was made Lieutenant, we believe, into the Magicienne 42, Capt. John Brett Purvis, on the East India station, 2 July, 1816; and was lastly, from 31 March, 1819, until the close of 1822, employed on the East India station in the Liverpool 50,, Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier; under whom he accompanied an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, and there, in Jan. 1820, assisted at the bombardment of Ras-Al-Khyma, their principal stronghold, where the fortifications were all destroyed, the vessels burnt, and a large quantity of treasure seized. Agents Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Le Vesconte, Philip

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​LE VESCONTE. (Commander, 1816. f-p., 21; h-p., 32.)
Philip Le Vesconte is son of Philip Le Vesconte, Esq., who lost a leg in Earl Howe’s action 1 June, 1794, and died Purser of the Royal William, flag-ship at Spithead, 25 May, 1807. He is brother of Commander Henry Le Vesconte, R.N.
This officer, entered the Navy, in 1794, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Saturn 74, Capt. Jas. Douglas, and on 13 July, 1795, was present as Midshipman in Hotham’s partial action with the French fleet off the Hyères Islands. He removed, in 1797, to the St. Alban’s 64, Capt. Fras. Pender, and, after serving for two years in that ship on the Channel and Halifax stations, joined the Lynx sloop, Capt. Alex. Skene, attached to the force in the North Sea. On being received into the Monarch 74, Capt. Jas. Robt. Mosse, Mr. Le Vesconte bore a part and was wounded in the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801; in consequence whereof he was promoted, 23 May following, to a Lieutenancy in the Glatton 50, Capts. Wm. Birchall, Wm. Nowell, and John Ferris Devonshire, stationed in the Baltic, where he remained until April, 1802. His next appointment was, 6 Sept. 1803, to the Magnificent 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Jervis, in which ship, when forming part of the in-shore squadron off Brest, it was his misfortune to be wrecked, during a gale of wind, 25 .March, 1804. On being restored to liberty after seven years of captivity, we.find him joining, in the course of 1811, the Leopard 50, armée en flûte, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon, and Elephant 74, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen. With the latter officer he served in the North Sea and Baltic until May, 1814; in Aug. of which -year he obtained an appointment to the Queen 74, Capts. Lord John Colville and John Coode, flag-ship for some time of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose. He returned home from the Mediterranean in Dec. 1815; and has since been on half-pay. His promotion to the rank he now holds took place 7 Nov. 1816.
Commander Le Vesconte is at present Vice-Consul at L’Orient. He is married and has issue. Agents – Pettet and Newton.