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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Halleck, Fitzgreene

​Halleck, Fitzgreene (1790-1867).—Poet, b. at Guilford, Conn., wrote, with Rodman Drake, a young poet who d. at 25, The Croaker Papers, a series of satirical and humorous verses, and Fanny, also a satire. In 1822 he visited Europe, and the traces of this are found in most of his subsequent poetry, e.g. his lines on Burns, and on Alnwick Castle.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Halliwell-Phillips, James Orchard

​Halliwell-Phillips, James Orchard (1820-1889).—Archæologist and Shakespearian scholar, ed. at Camb., was the author of a Life of Shakespeare (1848), New Boke about Shakespeare and Stratford upon Avon (1850), Folio Edition of Shakespeare (1853-65), and various other works relative to him, also Dictionary of Old English Plays (1860). He also ed. works for the Camden and Percy Societies, and compiled a Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words. In 1872 he added his wife's name of Phillips to his own.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Bax, Ernest Belfort

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​Bax, Ernest Belfort (1854).—Writer on philosophy and socialism. Kant's Prolegomena with Biography and Introduction (1882), Handbook to the History of Philosophy (1884), Religion of Socialism (1886), Ethics of Socialism (1889), The Problem of Reality (1893), Socialism, its Growth and Outcome (with W. Morris) (1894), The Roots of Reality (1907), etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Becke, George Louis

See also George Lewis Becke on Wikipedia.
​Becke, George Louis (1848).—Novelist. By Reef and Palm (1890), A First Fleet Family (1896), Pacific Tales (1897), Tom Wallis (1900), Yorke, the Adventurer (1901), Chinkie's Flat (1903), etc.; and with W. Jeffery, His Native Wife (1896), The Mutineer, Admiral Phillip (1899), The Tapu of Benderah, etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Beesly, Edward Spencer

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​Beesly, Edward Spencer (1831).—Writer on history and philosophy. Catiline, Clodius, and Tiberius (1878), Queen Elizabeth (1892), has translated various works of Aug. Comte, etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Beazley, Charles Raymond, F.R.G.S.

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​Beazley, Charles Raymond, F.R.G.S. (1868).—Historical geographer. James of Aragon (1870), Henry the Navigator (1895), Dawn of Modern Geography, 3 vols. (1897-1906), etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Beerbohm, Max

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​Beerbohm, Max (1872).—Essayist and dramatic critic. The Works of Max Beerbohm, The Happy Hypocrite, Caricatures of Twenty-five Gentlemen, More (1898), Yet Again (1909), etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Battersby, Harry Francis Prevost

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​Battersby, Harry Francis Prevost ("Francis Prevost").—Poet, novelist, and war correspondent. Poems, Melilot (1886), Fires of Greenwood (1887). Novels, Rust of Gold (1895), The Avenging Hour (1896), False Dawn (1897), The Plague of the Heart (1902), etc.; joint translator of Tolstoi's Christ's Christianity and What to Do. Plays, The Way of War (1902), and Voice of Duty (1904).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Beeching, Rev. Henry Charles, D.Litt.

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​Beeching, Rev. Henry Charles, D.Litt. (1859).—Miscellaneous writer. In a Garden and other Poems (1895), Pages from a Private Diary (1898), various vols. of sermons, etc., including Seven Sermons to Schoolboys (1894), The Grace of Episcopacy (1906); has ed. A Paradise of English Poetry (1892), Lyra Sacra (1894), and various English classics, etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Baring-Gould, Sabine

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​Baring-Gould, Sabine (1834).—Novelist and folklorist, etc. Iceland, its Scenes and Sagas (1862), Curious Myths of the Middle Ages (1866), Origin and Development of Religious Belief (1869-70), Lives of the Saints (1872-77). Novels: Mehalah (1880), Richard Cable (1888), The Pennycomequicks (1889), Domitia (1898), Pabo the Priest (1899), Crock of Gold (1899), Nebo the Nailer (1902), Devonshire Characters (1908), etc.; also books on Folk-lore.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Barry, Rev. William (Francis)

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​Barry, Rev. William (Francis), D.D. (1849).—Novelist, etc. The New Antigone (1887), Two Standards (1898), Arden Massiter (1900), The Wizard's Knot (1901), The Dayspring (1903), etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Barrie, James Matthew

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​Barrie, James Matthew, LL.D. (1860).—Novelist and dramatist. Auld Licht Idylls, When a Man's Single (1888), A Window in Thrums (1889), My Lady Nicotine (1890), The Little Minister (1891), Sentimental Tommy, Margaret Ogilvy (1896), The Little White Bird (1902), Peter Pan (1906), etc. Dramatic works include The Professor's Love Story, The Little Minister, The Wedding Guest (1900), The Admirable Crichton (1903), Peter Pan (1904), What Every Woman Knows (1908).
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Cragg, John Bettinson

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​CRAGG. (Commander, 1842.)
John Bettinson Cragg entered the Navy 10 Oct. 1809; passed his examination in 1816; and obtained his first commission 19 May, 1828. He was next appointed – 1 Oct. 1829, to tie Semiramis 24, as Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, Commander-in-Chief at Cork – 15 Jan. 1831, to the Talavera 74, Capts. Thos. Brown and Edw. Chetham, employed on the Home, Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations – and, 15 Feb. 1837, to the Cornwallis 74, Capt. Sir Rich. Grant, with whom he visited North America and the West Indies. We subsequently find him assuming command, 7 March and 27 July, 1838, and 18 July, 1839, of the Carbon, Dasher, and Hecla steam-vessels, on the Home, North America, and West India stations. While in the Hecla, he obtained the high commendation of Capt. Leith, the Senior officer in the West Indies, for his conduct at a period when the fever was raging on board that vessel. He attained his present rank 15 April, 1842, and since 29 June, 1846, has been in command of the Sphynx steam-sloop.
He married, 7 Nov. 1843, Margaret Anne, fourth daughter of Simon Little, Esq., Purser and Paymaster, R.N. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Craigie, Robert

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​CRAIGIE. (Captain, 1839. f-p., 20; h-p., 16.)
Robert Craigie, born, we believe, in 1800, is descended of the Craigies of Rilgraston, in Perthshire.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 March, 1811, as a Volunteer, on board the Arethusa 38, Capt. Fras. Holmes Coffin, under whom, and Capt. Aug. Brine of the Medway 74, he served in the West Indies and at the Cape of Good Hope, nearly the whole time as Midshipman, until March, 1815. During the next seven years he appears to have been successively employed, on the Home, South American, and East India stations, on board the Prince 98, Capt. Edm. Boger, Ramillies 74, Capt. Thos. Boys, Tyne 26, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, Glasgow 50, Capt. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, and Curlew sloop, Capt. Robt. Graham Dunlop. On 13 July, 1822, Mr. Craigie became Acting-Lieutenant of the Leander 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood; and on his arrival home from India he was officially promoted by commission dated 9 Jan. 1823. Joining, in April of the same year, the Naiad 46, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, he next served for three years and a half on the Mediterranean station, where we find him in command of the boats at the cutting out of a Sardinian vessel from under the fire of the batteries at Bona. He afterwards officiated as Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. Sir H. Blackwood when Commander-in-Chief at the Nore; and, while a passenger on board H.M.S. Clio, was noticed as having eminently contributed by his zeal and activity to her preservation when nearly lost on the coast of Northumberland. On 16 Feb. 1828, immediately on his return from an experimental cruize, Mr. Craigie was awarded a second promotal commission; subsequently to which he commanded, from 4 Dec. 1835 until the close of 1839, the Scout 18, on the coast of Africa. During that period he liberated upwards of 2200 slaves – twice commanded, for periods of eleven and nine months, the squadron on the west coast – successfully conducted a very critical negociation with the King and Chiefs of Bonny in 1837 – and in 1838 acquired the thanks of the Governor of Mauritius for the “ahle and efficient” manner in which he discharged the duties of a special mission to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. In consequence of these and other important services, Capt. Craigie was rewarded, previous to the paying off of the Scout, with the rank of Post-Captain, 7 Nov. 1839. He has not since been employed.
Capt. Craigie married, in April, 1842, Charlotte, second daughter of the late Chas. Grant, Esq., and niece of the late Right Hon. Sir Wm. Grant, Master of the Rolls. Agent – John P. Muspratt.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Craufurd, Frederic Augustus Buchanan

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​CRAUFURD. (Lieut., 1843. f-p., 11; h-p., 0)
Frederic Augustus Buchanan Craufurd, born, 16 March, 1822, at Rome, is second son of John Craufurd, Esq., of Auchinames and Crosbie, co. Ayr, by Sophia Marianna, daughter of Major-General Horace Churchill, and great-grand-daughter of Sir Robt. Walpole. He is cousin of Commander H. W. Craufurd, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 June, 1836, on board the Imogene, Capt. Henry Wm. Bruce, fitting for the South American station, whence he returned in Dec. 1839. Joining, then, the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, he took part in all the operations of the Syrian campaign, including the bombardment of Beyrout, the attack on Tortosa, and the siege of Acre; and on 15 Jan. 1841, he was officially mentioned for his conduct in an affair with the enemy near Ascalon, while serving on shore as Extra Aide-de-Camp to General Michell. He next studied on board the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; and, entering the Naval College in 1842, was rewarded, 28 June, 1843, -with a Lieutenant’s commission, for having passed the best examination. Since 19 Oct. 1843, Mr. Craufurd has been serving in the East Indies on board the Fox 42, Commodore Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood. He holds a certificate of proficiency in steam navigation.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Craufurd, Henry William

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​CRAUFURD. (Commander, 1835.)
Henry William Craufurd is cousin of Lieut. F. A. B. Craufurd, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 3 April, 1821; passed his examination in 1827; and rose to the rank of Lieutenant 2 March, 1828. His appointments, in the latter capacity, were – 8 May, 1828, to the Pelorus 18, Capt. Michael Quin, in the Mediterranean – and 26 Nov. 1831, to the Melville 74, Capt. Henry Hart, whom he accompanied to the East Indies. Attaining his present rank 13 July, 1835, he assumed command, 13 Nov. 1837, of the Racehorse 18, and served in that sloop on the North America and West India station until 1839. He has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Crane, Thomas

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​CRANE. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 19; h-p., 35.)
Thomas Crane was born, 15 March, 1775, at Peel, Isle of Man.
This officer – who had previously served his time in the merchant-service – entered the Navy, 18 April, 1793, as A.B., on board the Tartar 28, Capt. Thos. Fras. Fremantle; and, proceeding to the Mediterranean, was present at the investment of Toulon in Aug. following, and at the capture, in 1794, of Bastia, and of the French frigate La Sybille. Being subsequently transferred with Capt. Fremantle to the Inconstant 36, he took part in Vice-Admiral Hotham’s first partial rencounter with the French fleet; on which occasion, 13 March, 1795, the Inconstant sustained a loss of 3 men killed and 14 wounded, in a very spirited action with the 80-gun ship Ca Ira. From Sept. 1797, until April, 1802, Mr. Crane next served with the Channel fleet, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Neptune 98, commanded during that period by various officers; after which he joined, in March, 1804, the Glatton 50, flag-ship at Leith of Rear-Admiral Jas. Vashon, and in the following Aug., as Acting-Lieutenant, the Blessing armed ship, Capt. John Baker. He was confirmed, 18 Sept. 1806, to a Lieutenancy in the Revenge 74, Capts. Sir John Gore and Hon. Chas. Paget; and in the course of 1809 was present, as Second Lieutenant, at the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads, and in the operations against Walcheren. His last appointments were, 12 Jan. 1811, and 5 Sept. 1812, to the Crescent 38, Capt. John Quilliam, and Superb 74, Capt. Hon. C. Paget; in the former of which ships he ​suffered a very severe accident in the loss of the first joint of his great toe. The effects ultimately obliged him, on his return from the Brazils, as First of the last-mentioned ship, to seek half-pay in Jan, 1814. Commander Crane accepted the rank he now holds 13 Oct. 1840.
He married, 16 Oct. 1817, Miss Margaret Kirk, and has issue a son and daughter.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Craufurd, Peter

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​CRAUFURD. (Retired Commander, 1838. f-p., 19; h-p., 35.)
Peter Craufurd entered the Navy, 25 July, 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Glory 98, Capt. Bourmaster, stationed in the Channel; removed, as Midshipman, in Nov. 1795, to the Prince George 98, Capt. Theophilus Jones; and proceeded, early in 1796, to the West Indies on board the Invincible 74, Capt. Wm. Cayley. In April of the latter year he was wounded at the reduction of Ste. Lucie; and, in the course of 1797, he was further present at the taking of Trinidad, and in the unsuccessful attack on Porto Rico. After contributing to the capture of Surinam in Aug. 1799, he became attached for some months to the Requin gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Sam. Fowell, on the Home station; and then, joining the Renown 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Borlase Warren, attended the expedition to Egypt in 1801. In Aug. of the same year he received an order to act as Lieutenant of the Camelion brig, Capt. Jas. Hawes, but he was not promoted by the Admiralty until 4 Sept. 1805 – previously to which he had further served for 18 months with Lord Nelson as Midshipman of the Victory 100, and for a shorter period with Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle as Acting-Lieutenant of the Amphitrite frigate. In Oct. 1805 Mr. Craufurd was next appointed to the Formidable 98, Capt. Fras. Fayerman, forming part of the Channel fleet after which he assumed command, 12 Dec. 1806, of the Surly cutter, and was employed at the blockade of Danzig, and the bombardment of Copenhagen, in 1807. His subsequent appointments were – 1 Feb. 1809, to the Fury bomb, Capt. Robt. Balfour, in the Baltic – 14 Nov. 1810, to the Formidable 98, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, off Lisbon – 11 April, 1812, to the Union 98, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, in the Mediterranean – and, 12 June in the same year, to the command of the Triton in the river Tagus. He was finally placed on half-pay 14 Dec. following; and on 17 Jan. 1838, was advanced to his present rank.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Crawford, Abraham

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​CRAWFORD. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 17; h-p., 30.)
Abraham Crawford, born in Oct. 1788, is youngest Son of the late Rev. Thos. Crawford, of Lismore, co. Waterford; and brother of Lieut. Rich. Crawford, R.N., who was lost in a hurricane while commanding the Dominica schooner, 15 Aug. 1815.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 May, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diamond 38, Capts. Edw. Griffith and Thos. Elphinstone, in which ship he assisted at the capture of many of the enemy’s vessels, armed and otherwise. While next serving, under Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen, in the Immortalité and Clyde frigates, he appears, as Midshipman, to have been almost daily in action, from June, 1802, until Aug. 1806, with detachments of the Boulogne flotilla, several of which were at different times taken, and himself on one occasion wounded. On next joining the Royal George 100, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, he was present, in Feb. 1807, at the passage of the Dardanells, and beheld the destruction of a Turkish squadron off Point Pesquies. Being promoted, 25 Nov. 1807, to a Lieutenancy in the Sultan 74, Capts. Edw. Griffith and John West, the subject of this sketch subsequently assisted in cutting out numerous vessels from different ports in the Gulf of Genoa, and joined in a pursuit which led to the self-destruction of the two French line-of-battle ships Robuste and Lion, 25 Oct. 1809. We afterwards find Mr. ​Crawford – whose next appointments were, 19 Jan. 1810, and 28 Oct. 1811, to the Tigre 74, and Malta 80, both commanded hy the late Sir Benj. Hallowell Carew – serving at the blockade of Toulon, and co-operating with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, where he was present at the siege of Tarragona in 1811. He was promoted to the rank of Commander on leaving the Malta, 23 March, 1815; appointed to the Grasshopper 18, on the West India station, 8 Dec. 1827; and posted into the Magnificent receiving-ship at Port Royal, Jamaica, 5 Jan. 1829. He invalided home in the course of the same year; and has not since been afloat.
Capt. Crawford received a pecuniary reward during the war from the Patriotic Society. He married, in Jan. 1831, Sophia, daughter of the Rev. Jas. Mockler, of Rockville, co. Cork. Agents – Coplands and Burnett.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Craggs, George

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​CRAGGS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
George Craggs entered the Navy, 13 June, 1807, as A.B., on board the Matilda, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Dorsett Birchall, flag-ship at Woolwich of Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, with whom, in the Pompeé 74, he attended the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen. With the exception of a few months in 1809, during which we find him commanding No. 11 gun-boat in the operations against Walcheren, ​he continued to serve with Vice-Admiral Stanhope, in the Thisbe 28, and Namur 74, flag-ships at Greenwich and the Nore, until Aug. 1810, latterly as Master’s Mate. When afterwards on board the Grasshopper 18, Capt. Henry Fanshawe, the subject of this sketch appears to have been in company with the Hero 74, when that ship was lost in a dreadful gale on the Haak Sand; on which occasion, 24 Dec. 1811, the former vessel, being driven close in with Texel Island, was obliged to surrender to the enemy. On his return from captivity in May, 1814, Mr. Craggs became attached in succession to the Ceres 32, Capt. Jas. Prevost, and Namur 74, Capt. Chas. John Austen, as also to the Conway 24, Capt. John Tancock, with whom he cruized for some time off Madeira. He obtained his commission 8 March, 1815; and since the following Aug. has been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Crang, John Hay

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​CRANG. (Lieutenant, 1840. f-p., 21; h-p., 1.)
John Hay Crang was born 6 Oct. 1811.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 June, 1825, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Albion 74, Capt. John Acworth Ommanney; in which ship he served as Midshipman at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827. He joined next the Windsor Castle 76, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie; passed his examination 9 June, 1832; and until promoted 9 Oct. 1840, further served, on the Home, Mediterranean, Halifax, and Lisbon stations – on board the Viper 6, Lieut.-Commander Henry James, Confiance 2, Lieut.-Commander John Middleton Waugh, President 52, and Vernon 50, each commanded by Capt. John M‘Kerlie, Princess Charlotte 104, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, and Donegal 74, and Britannia 120, both under the command of Capt. John Drake. He then joined the Southampton 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Sir Edw. Durnford King; and on 18 June, 1841, was appointed to the Clio 16, Capts. Stephen Grenville Fremantle and Edw. Norwich Troubridge. In the foUowing year we find him enacting a part in the hostilities against China, where he served in the Yang-tse-Kiang, was present on shore in the attack on the batteries of Woosung, and assisted at the taking of Shanghae. His appointments have since been – 6 Oct. 1842, to the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Thos. Herbert, for passage home – 26 Oct. 1843, as First, to the Apollo troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Maclean, employed on general service – 13 June, 1845, in a similar capacity, to the Siren 16, Capt. Harry Edm. Edgell, in the Mediterranean – and, 1 Oct. 1845, to the command of the Volcano steam-sloop, now employed on the latter station. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Crane, Poynter

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​CRANE. (Retired Commander, 1843. f-p., 19; h-p., 30.)
Poynter Crane, born 5 June, 1786, is son of the late Edw. Crane, Esq., Coroner for the city of Norwich.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1798, as Midshipman, on board the Repulse 64, Capt. Jas. Alms, in which he beheld the capture, in 1799, of three French frigates by a part of the Mediterranean squadron under Lord Keith, and was wrecked, near Ushant, 10 March, 1800. After a short imprisonment in France, he joined Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats in the Boadicea 38; and, continuing to serve with that officer until Oct. 1805 in the Superb 74, took a warm part in the victory gained by Sir Jas. Saumarez over the Franco-Spanish squadron, near Cadiz, 12 July, 1801, and accompanied Lord Nelson in his pursuit of the combined fleets to the West Indies during the summer of 1805. He next served for some months in the North Sea and Baltic, on board the Roebuck 44, Capt. Geo. M‘Kinley, and Alert 18, Capt. Robt. Williams; was appointed, 31 Oct. 1806, Acting Sub-Lieutenant of the Havock gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Rich. Bamber, in which he escorted Major-General Claxton on a visit of inspection to the different ports of Prussia; and on 12 July, 1807; was officially promoted to the full rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the Resolution 74, Capt. Geo. Burlton. After a brief attachment to the Forester 18, Capt. R. Richards, the subject of this notice assumed command, 13 Aug. 1808, of the Irresistible prison-ship in the river Medway, where he remained until Jan. 1812. In March following he joined the Reynard 18, Capts. Hew Steuart, Geo. Brine, and David St. Clair; in which vessel he served at the defence of Riga, and conveyed, as Acting-Commander, the despatches announcing the eventual discomfiture of the French to Rear-Admiral Morris, off Carlscrona. He was subsequently, on 12 May, 1813, while in command of a prize, driven by a gale into Frederickstad, in Norway, where he was detained a prisoner for some months. In Sept. following he joined, as Senior Lieutenant, the Brisk 18, Capt. Henry Higman, and in that vessel and the Ariel 18, Capt. Dan. Ross, appears to have been actively employed on the Irish and African coasts until Dec. 1814. Mr. Crane was next appointed, 6 Nov. 1815, to the Bulwark 74, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Chas. Rowley – and, 14 March, 1817, to the command of the Asp Revenue-cutter. He was paid off in April, 1818; and invested with his present rank 6 April, 1843.
Commander Crane married, 2 May, 1809, Urania Hoare, daughter of E. Weekes, Esq., of the Hon.E.I.Co’s, service, by whom he has issue six sons and two daughters. One of the former, Benjamin Henry, is a Midshipman in the Indian Navy.