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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Digby, Edward

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​DIGBY. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 30; h-p., 4.)
Edward Digby, born 14 April, 1799, is second son of the late Rev. John Digby, of Osberstown, co. Kildare, and of New Park, co. Meath, who for thirty years was in the Commission of the Peace, by Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Edw. Borr, Esq., of Spring Park, in the latter shire, a descendant of the celebrated Bishop Jeremy Taylor. He is related to Capts. Jos. Digby and Digby Marsh, R.N. This officer entered the Navy, 6 Aug. 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Devonshire 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly; and on removing, as Midshipman, to the Harlequin 18, Capt. Wm. Kempthome, assisted at the capture, off Newfoundland, of the Ida privateer, and was present in a mistaken and very severe action with the Princess Charlotte, a King’s packet. During the four years immediately consecutive on the general peace, he served as Master’s Mate of the Podargus 16, Capts. Jas. Wallis, Jas. Cairnes, and Hon. Henry John Rous, off St. Helena, for the purpose of securing the detention of Buonaparte. He then, in July, 1819, passed his examination; and was soon after appointed to the Coast Blockade. On 11 Feb. 1821, he assisted, with the present Commander C. J. F. Newton, and was wounded, at the attack and defeat of an overwhelming band of armed smugglers, at Brookland, in Kent. For his share in that daring exploit, Mr. Digby was promoted by Lord Melville to his present rank 4 May following. He was afterwards reemployed in the Coast Blockade from Nov. 1823, to Dec. 1825; and since Dec. 1826, has been in almost uninterrupted charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
He married Sarah, daughter of the late Hugh Crawford, of Orangefield, co. Down, by whom he has issue a son and daughter.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dickson, Alexander Collingwood Thomas

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​DICKSON. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 15; h-p., 9.)
Alexander Collingwood Thomas Dickson, born 1 Aug. 1810, is fourth son of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, Bart.; and brother of the present Sir Wm. Dickson, Bart., Capt. R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 3 ​April, 1823, and embarked, 4 Oct. 1824, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, on the Mediterranean station, where he removed, as Midshipman, 8 Oct. 1827, to the Seringapatam 46, Capt. Chas. Sotheby. From 12 May, 1831, until 6 July, 1833, he next served, on the Channel and Cape stations, as Midshipman and Mate of the Stag 46, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge, and Isis 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Fred. Warren; Having passed his examination 27 March, 1832, he was then promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. We subsequently find him appointed – 7 July, 1833, to the Favourite sloop, for passage home – 6 Sept. 1834, to the Malabar 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Augustus Montagu, on the South American station – 11 April, 1837, to the San Josef 110, as Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral F. Warren, Admiral-Superintendent at Plymouth – and, 27 April, 1842, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne, Commander-in-Chief-at the same port. He-attained his present rank on 7 May in the latter year, and has since been on half-pay.
Commander Dickson married, 15 Nov. 1837, Amelia Caroline Beauclerk Whimper, niece of Admiral of the Red Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dickson, William Henry

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​DICKSON. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 15; h-p., 31.)
William Henry Dickson is son of the late Admiral Dickson.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1801, as Midshipman, on board the Powerful 74, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey, whom he successively accompanied to the Baltic, to Cadiz, and to South America. Independently of various ships, on the books of which we merely find him borne for the purpose of effecting a passage from one station to another, Mr. Dickson, subsequently to the peace of Amiens, served on board La Virginie 38, Capt. John Poo Beresford, and Centaur 74, bearing the broad pendant in the West Indies of Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, of which ship he became an Acting-Lieutenant 5 April, 1805. Being confirmed by the Admiralty 16 Jan. 1806, he afterwards joined – 15 Feb. 1806, the Camilla 28, Capts. John Tower and John Bowen, off Newfoundland – 11 April, 1807, the Jupiter 50, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, under whom, when returning from China, he was wrecked on a reef of rocks, off Vigo, 10 Dec. 1808 – 20 March, 1809, and 28 March, 1810, to the Ruby 64, and Victory 100, flag-ships in the Baltic of Admirals Manley Dixon and Sir Jas. Saumarez – 11 July, 1812, to the Dragon 74, bearing the flag in the West Indies of Sir Jas. Saumarez – and, 16 Nov. 1812, to the command, on the same station, of the Maria brig, of 16 guns. He attained his present rank 21 Aug. 1815; and, after intermediately commanding the Chanticleer sloop, also in the West Indies, was placed on half-pay, in Aug. 1816. He has not since been afloat.
Commander Dickson, who was the zealous projector and principal promoter of the Royal Naval School, is now Secretary to the Royal Naval Benevolent Society.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hodgskin, James Archibald

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​HODGSKIN. (Lieutenant, 1841. f-p., 13; h-p., 7.)
James Archibald Hodgskin is son of the late John Arundel Hodgskin, Esq., Lieutenant R.N. (1793.)
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Aug. 1827, as A.B., on board the Albion 74, Capt. John Acworth Ommanney,. After participating in the ​battle of Navarin, he joined, in March, 1828, the Chanticleer 2, Capt. Henry Foster, with whom he served, on a scientific mission, as Fst.-cl. Vol. and Midshipman, until Dec. 1829, when, being in the West Indies, his health obliged him to return to England. In April, 1831, he joined the Dublin 50, Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend, fitting for the South American station, whence he returned home in the capacity of Mate in Oct. 1834. Between Feb. 1835 and Oct. 1837, and again between April, 1838, and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841, we find Mr. Hodgskin employed in the Medea steam-frigate, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin, and Andromache 26, Capt. Robt. Lambert Baynes, on the Mediterranean, North America and West India, and Cape of Good Hope stations. His last appointments were, 28 March, 1843, and 8 Sept. 1846, to the Cyclops and Devastation steamers, Capts. H. T. Austin and Sir C. Hotham, to which vessels, stationed off the coasts of Ireland and Africa, he was but for a very short time attached.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hodgson, James

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​HODGSON. (Retired Commander, 1843. f-p., 16; h-p., 48.)
James Hodgson was born 24 Oct. 1766.
This officer entered the Navy (into which he was impressed from the merchant-service), in 1783, on board the Mohawk sloop, Capts. R. Tripp and J. Sutton, from which ship, on her return from the West Indies, he was paid off. In Oct. 1793 he was again impressed, and placed on board the Bellona 74, Capts. Geo. Wilson and Thos. Boulden Thompson. Under the former of those officers we find him present, as Master’s Mate, at the capture, in Jan. 1795, of Le Duras, a French ship of 20 guns, having on board 400 troops; and also of Le Duquesne frigate of 44 guns. In Feb. 1797 he further served with Capt. Wilson at the reduction of Trinidad by the forces under Rear-Admiral Harvey and Lieut.-General Sir Ralph Abercromby; and in the following April be was likewise with him in the unsuccessful attack made by those commanders on Puerto Rico. Obtaining, 11 April, 1799, a Lieutenancy in the Nereide 36, Capts. Fred. Watkins, Henry Wm. Bayntun, and Robt. Mends, he assisted in that frigate at the capture, 2 and 3 March, 1800, of La Vengeance privateer of 16 guns and 174 men, and of an American ship with a cargo on board worth 30,000l. In the next Sept. he was present in her at the surrender of Curaçoa, where the character he had won for zeal, bravery, and ever-steady conduct, so gained him the confidence of his Captain, that the latter was induced to place him in command of the principal fortress commanding the town. He had previously been of the utmost service in a newly-erected battery in annoying the enemy, and had been a principal cause of their retreat. On 11 Aug. 1801, a few weeks after his junction of the Lowestoffe 32, Capt. Robt. Plampin, Mr. Hodgson had the misfortune to be wrecked on the island of Heneaga. His last appointment Was, 15 May, 1804, to the Barryhead Signal station, in Ireland, the charge of which he retained until superseded, at his own request, 9 April, 1812. He accepted the rank of Retired Commander on the Senior List 8 May, 1843.
Commander Hodgson is married, and has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hoffmeister, Charles John

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​HOFFMEISTER. (Lieutenant, 1841. f-p., 18; h-p., 2.)
Charles John Hoffmeister was born 31 March, 1813, at Portsmouth.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 1827, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victory 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford. In Feb. 1828 he became Midshipman of the Revenge 78, Capt. Norborne Thompson, on the Mediterranean station, where, until the close of 1833, he continued to serve, In the Actaeon 26, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey. He then joined the Belvidera 42, Capt. Chas. Borough Strong, fitting for the West Indies; on which station he removed, in Nov. 1834, a few months after he had passed his examination, to a Mateship in the Fly 18, Capt. Peter M‘Quhae. Joining, next, in Nov. 1835, the Quail cutter, Lieut.-Commander Philip Bisson, he was Senior Mate of that vessel in April, 1836, when she was dismasted 50 leagues S.W. of Ushant, lost 17 of her men, and was reduced to so pitiable a condition, that nine days of the greatest privation and suffering elapsed before the surviving crew were enabled to get her into Jersey. Being appointed, soon after the catastrophe, to the Pembroke 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Fellowes, Mr. Hoffmeistfer served off Lisbon until Aug. 1837, when his health obliged him to invalid. While next borne on the books, from Oct. 1837 until June, 1839, of the Melville 74, bearing the flag of Hon. Geo. Elliot at the Cape of Good Hope, we find him lent in succession to various small vessels for service on the coast of Africa. During the 11 months immediately antecedent to his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 23 Nov. 1841, Mr. Hoffmeister presents himself to our notice as employed, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, in the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest. He was then appointed to the Belleisle troop-ship, Capt. John Kingcome, and ordered to China, where he arrived in time to witness the storming of Chin-Kiang-Foo, and to participate in the different operations on the Yang-tse-Kiang, terminating with the pacification of Nanking. He returned to England, an invalid, in Oct. 1842; and, on 5 June, 1843, was appointed to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, with whom he served for a period of 19 months. He has been employed, since 13 Nov. 1844, latterly as First-Lieutenant, in the Amazon 19, Capt. Jas. John Stopford, part of the force stationed in the Mediterranean. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hodgkinson, Thomas

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​HODGKINSON. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Thomas Hodgkinson entered the Navy 18 Dec. 1828; passed his examination in 1833; and obtained his commission 4 May, 1841. His appointments have since been – 30 Aug. 1841, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – 14 June, 1842, to the Pique 36, Capts. Henry Forbes and Hon. Montagu Stopford, in which frigate he served for two years on the North America and West India station – 23 May, 1845, as Additional, to the Caledonia 120, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, lying at Devonport – and, 29 Jan. 1847, as Senior, to his former ship, the Excellent, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, with whom he is now serving. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hodgson, George Henry

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​HODGSON. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 14; h-p., 1.)
George Henry Hodgson entered the Navy, 14 June, 1832, as Midshipman, on board the Revenge 78, Capt. Donald Hugh Mackay, employed off Lisbon. In the summer of 1834 he proceeded to South America in the North Star 28, Capt. Octavius Vernon Harcourt. On his return to England, towards the close of 1836, he joined the Dido 18, Capt. Lewis Davies, in which sloop, and in the Pembroke 74, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, we find him, until Feb. 1840, employed on the Mediterranean station – the last 16 months in the capacity of Mate. In Oct. 1840 he was appointed to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; and in June, 1842, he sailed for China, on board the Cornwallis 72, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Parker. Joining subsequently in the hostilities in progress against the Celestial empire, Mr. Hodgson participated in the attack on the enemy’s entrenched camp on the heights of Segoan (where he displayed very spirited conduct and was slightly wounded in a personal encounter with a Chinese), and was present at the capture of Chapoo, Woosung, Shanghae, and Chin-Kiang-Foo, as also at the pacification of Nanking. At Chin-Kiang-Foo, having landed, he distinguished himself by the manner in which with three other officers, he rushed into the Imperial Canal for the purpose of ascertaining its fordability. Being rewarded for his services with a commission bearing date 23 Dec. 1842, and appointed to the Wanderer 16, Capt. Geo. Henry Seymour, he served in the boats of that sloop in company with those of H.M.S. Harlequin, and Hon.E.I.Co.’s steamer Diana, in an attack upon some pirates at Murdoo, on the Pedir coast 12 Feb. 1843. On 27 Nov. 1844, five months after he had returned to England, he obtained a re-appointment to the Excellent. Since 4 March 1845 he has been employed on board the Terror discovery-ship, Capt. Fras. Rawdon Moira Crozier, in ​a renewed attempt to explore the N.W. passage through Lancaster Sound and Behring Strait.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 2336, 2390, 3400, 3405, 3694.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3389.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3821.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hoffman, Frederick

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​HOFFMAN. (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p., 14; h-p., 40.)
Frederick Hoffman entered the Navy, 18 Oct. 1793, as Midshipman, on board the Blonde 32, Capt. John Markham, with whom, after co-operating in the reduction of the French West India islands, he removed, in 1794, to the Hannibal 74, commanded subsequently by Capts. Joseph Bingham, Lewis, and Edw. Tyrrell Smith. In that ship he was present with Capt. Markham at the capture, 11 April, 1795, of the French frigate La Gentille of 42 guns, and also of several privateers. In 1798 he joined the Queen 98, bearing the flag of Sir Hyde Parker, by whom, on 17 Oct. in the following year, .he was appointed to a Lieutenancy in the Volage frigate, Capt. Fras. Vesey. At the peace of Amiens Mr. Hoffman, after many years of servitude in the West Indies, returned to England. His next appointments were – 14 March, 1803, to the Minotaur 74, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, from which ship, employed off the coast of France and in the Channel, he soon invalided – 28 Feb. 1805, to the Tonnant 80, Capt. Chas. Tyler, under whom he fought and was wounded at Trafalgar – and, 8 March, 1806, to the Diamond 38, Capt. Geo. Argles, employed off Havre de Grace and the coast of France. He was promoted, 22 Feb. 1808, to the command of the Favourite sloop, in which vessel, and in the Goelan, he again served on the West India station until the ensuing Oct. Capt. Hoffman’s last appointment was, 19 Dec. 1810, to the Apelles, another sloop. In that vessel, at the commencement of May, 1812, he was unfortunately run on shore to the westward of Boulogne, where himself and 19 of his people were obliged to surrender as prisoners of war. The remainder of his officers and crew contrived to effect their escape. He accepted his present rank 12 Sept. 1840. In consideration of the wound he received at Trafalgar, Capt. Hoffman was at the time presented with a gratuity by the Patriotic Society.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hoghton, William

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​HOGHTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., ll; h-p., 31.)
William Hoghton entered the Navy, 20 May, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., On board the St. Albans 64, ​Capt. John Temple, lying in the Downs, where, in the following Aug., he accompanied the same officer, as Midshipman, into the Utrecht 64. He was afterwards employed for several years in the Mediterranean; on board the Glatton 50, Capt. Thos. Seccombe, and Spider, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Olliver. With the latter and another officer he further served, from Dec. 1811 to Sept. 1812, in the Marshal 12, on the Channel station. He then sailed for the West Indies in the Ister 36, commanded by the present Sir Josiah Coghill Coghill, and, until his return to England in the summer of 1815, was there employed, as Master’s Mate and Acting-Lieutenant. On the paying off of the Ister at the latter period, he took up a commission bearing date 24 Feb. 1815; but he has not been since afloat. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hodgskin, Thomas

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​HODGSKIN. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p., 12; h-p., 35.)
Thomas Hodgskin entered the Navy, in March, 1800, as a Volunteer, on board the Active 38, Capts. Chas. Sydney Davers and Rich. Hussey Moubray, in which frigate he served for upwards of six years on the North Sea and Mediterranean stations. The next five years and a half were passed by this officer, as Lieutenant, in the Star sloop, Capt. John Simpson, Nymphe frigate, Capts. Edm. Heywood, Conway Shipley, and Hon. Josceline Percy, Saturn 74, Capt. Cumberland, Nemesis 28, Capt. Wm. Ferris, and Menelaus 38, Capt. Sir Peter Parker. While in the Nymphe, besides attending the expedition of 1807 to Copenhagen, he took partial command of the boats of that frigate, and on the night of 23 April, 1808, participated in a valorous but unsuccessful attack made by Capt. Shipley (who was killed in the act of boarding) upon a French corvette, La Gavotte, of 22 guns and 150 men, lying at anchor in a bight above Belem Castle, in the river Tagus. In the same ship, under Capt. Percy, we find Mr. Hodgskin escorting General Junot to Rochelle, after the convention of Cintra. He subsequently, when in charge of the boats of the Nemesis, in company with those of the Belvedera 36, contributed to the spirited capture, on the coast of Norway, of two Danish gun-vessels, the Bolder and Thor (carrying each 2 long 24’s, 6 6-pounder howitzers, and 45 men), and the destruction of a third, 23 July, 1810. If we mistake not, he was present in the Menelaus, at the reduction of the Isle of France. He was placed on half-pay 25 April, 1812; and awarded the rank of Retired Commander 27 Jan. 1846.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hodgson, Brian

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​HODGSON. (Rear-Admiral of the Red, 1838. f-p., 27; h-p., 33.)
Brian Hodgson entered the Navy, in 1787, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Salisbury 50, Capt. Erasmus Gower, on the Newfoundland station, where he continued until 1789. From 13 Dec. 1794 until Oct. 1802 he served uninterruptedly with Capt. Edw. Jas. Foote in the Niger 32, and Seahorse, of 46 guns and 292 men; in the former of which ships he assisted, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, at the capture of a French convoy, near Granville, 9 May, 1795 – the destruction, 27 April, 1796, off the Penmarcks, of L’Ecureuil national corvette, of 18 guns and 105 men – and the battle off Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797. When in the Seahorse, of which frigate he was created a Lieutenant 11 Dec. 1799, Mr. Hodgson, besides witnessing the capture of Le Belliqueux privateer, of 18 guns and 120 men, was present, off the island of Pantellaria, at the taking, 27 June, 1798, after a close action of eight minutes, a loss to the British of 2 men killed and 16 wounded, and to the enemy of 18 killed and 37 wounded, of the French frigate La Sensible, of 36 guns and 300 men. In 1799, during the absence of Lord Nelson, we find the Seahorse blockading the Bay of Naples; and, in July of the same year, escorting their Sicilian Majesties from Palermo to the latter place. Being shortly afterwards driven on shore in a violent gale near Leghorn, she was under the necessity, from the injuries she received, of returning to England, whence, in May, 1800, she was again ordered to the Mediterranean with Rear-Admiral Sir Rich. Bickerton and Sir Ralph Abercromby on board. During the ensuing summer she was employed in attendance upon the King and Queen off Weymouth; after which she was sent in escort of 10 sail of Indiamen to Calcutta. While on the Indian station her officers and crew succeeded by great exertion in rescuing the stores of La Sensible, a frigate that had been wrecked a few miles to the southward of the Molliwally shoal. The Seahorse being paid off in Oct. 1802, Mr. Hodgson was next, in Jan. 1805, appointed to the Topaze 38, Capt. Willoughby Thos. Lake, on the Cork station, where he remained until appointed, in Jan. 1805, Flag-Lieutenant to Lord Gardner, in the Hibernia 110, part of the Channel fleet. He obtained his second promotal commission on 8 of the following April; and, on 22 Jan. 1806, after having commanded, for very short periods, the Inspector and Pylades sloops, he was made Post into the Trusty 50. In that ship, in Aug. 1807, he accompanied the expedition sent against Copenhagen. He left her in May, 1809, and was lastly, in April, 1810, and July, 1811, appointed to the command of the Barbadoes 24, and Owen Glendower 42, both on the East India station. The latter ship returned to England in May, 1816; and, on 28 June, 1838, her Captain was advanced to Flag-rank.
Rear-Admiral Hodgson, who has issue, was left a widower 11 Nov. 1824. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hogge, Edward Martin

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​HOGGE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Edward Martin Hogge entered the Navy 9 April, 1823; passed his examination 5 May, 1829; and, while serving, as Mate, in the Seaflower cutter, Lieut.-Commander Nicholas Robilliard, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 Aug. 1841. His succeeding appointments were – 31 Aug. 1841, to the Belvidera 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, in the Mediterranean – 14 Oct. 1842, to the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, on the same station – 29 March, 1843, to the Howe 120, also commanded by Capt. Forrest, with whom he returned to England – 11 Aug. 1843, to the Coast Guard – and, 19 April, 1805, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the Home station. He has been on half-pay since Sept. 1846.
Lieut. Hogge is married, and has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Mason, George

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​MASON. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
George Mason entered the Navy 1 Oct. 1809; and was present, we are informed, at the reduction of Guadeloupe (where he had previously witnessed the destruction of the French frigates Loire and Seine), and also in the operations against New Orleans. He passed his examination in 1815; obtained his commission 28 April, 1827; was appointed, 19 June, 1828, and 19 Feb. 1830, Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies and Talavera Coast Blockade ships, both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot; obtained charge of a station in the Coast Guard 4 April, 1831; and was removed, 21 Jan. 1847, to the command of a Revenue-vessel, the Stag, in which he is now serving.
Lieut. Mason married, 1 June, 1831, Ann, eldest daughter of W. Whitehead, Esq., of Teynham, co. Kent.