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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Nazer, Henry

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​NAZER. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 20; h-p., 28.)
Henry Nazer was born at Sandwich, co. Kent, and died in 1846. He was brother of the present Retired Commander Kelly Nazer, R.N.; and also of Lieut. Wm. Nazer, R.N. (1794), who died at Jamaica in 1804, and of Lieut. John Ferrier Nazer, R.N. (1796), who died at the same place in 1798. His uncle, John Ferrier, died a full Admiral.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1799, as Second-Master and Pilot, on board the Eagle receiving-vessel at Poole, in Dorsetshire, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Nazer; removed, as Master’s Mate, in Sept. 1801, to the York 74, Capt. John Ferrier, lying in the River Thames; and from July, 1802, until March, 1807, served in the East Indies on board the Concorde 36, and Phaeton 38, both commanded by Capt. John Wood. In the Concorde he assisted at the capture, after a long chase and running fight, of a privateer mounting 30 guns; and in the Phaeton he took part, in company with the Harrier 18, in a severe action of two hours, fought 2 Aug. 1805, with the French 36-gun frigate Sémillante, and several batteries at the entrance of the Straits of St. Bernardino, Philippine Islands; on which occasion the Phaeton, besides having two persons wounded, sustained damage in her sails, rigging, and masts, had three of her boats injured, and received nine shot in her hull. In the course of 1807 Mr. Nazer successively joined the Sceptre and Albion 74’s, Capts. Joseph Bingham and John Ferrier, also in the East Indies; where he was made Lieutenant, 2 May, 1808, into the St. Fiorenzo 36, Capt. John Bastard, and where he continued to serve, in the Samarang 18, Capt. Rich. Buck, Caroline 36, Capt. Chas. Gordon, and Terpsichore 32, Capt. Jas. Murray Gordon, until his return to England in July, 1809. Joining, in the following Nov., the Iris 36, Capts. Thos. Geo. Shortland and Hood Hanway Christian, he was afforded an opportunity of actively co-operating with the patriots in the north of Spain, and of contributing to the reduction of several small towns along the coast. His last appointments were – 7 Nov. 1811 and 29 Jan. 1813, to the Bellerophon and Scarborough 74’s, flag-ships off the Scheldt of his relative Rear-Admiral J. Ferrier – 24 Sept. 1814 (having left the Scarborough in the preceding May), to the Monmouth 64, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Thos. Foley in the Downs, where he remained but a few weeks – 4 March, 1819, to the command (which he retained until wrecked, near Torbay, 5 Dec. ensuing) of the Vigilant Revenue-cruizer – and, 5 Oct. 1820, to that of the Badger, also employed in the protection of the revenue. In the latter vessel, with a loss of 1 man killed and 7, including himself, wounded, he succeeded, at the close of a running action of three hours, in making prize of a smuggling lugger, 3 of whose people were killed and 5 wounded. He left the Badger in Dec. 1824; and on 28 Aug. 1823 was presented with a second promotal commission.
Commander Nazer married Louisa, daughter of Thos. Woolnough, Esq., of Hallesley, Suffolk, by whom he has left issue two sons and one daughter.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Neame, William

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​NEAME. (Commander, 1832. f-p., 45; h-p., 3.)
William Neame entered the Navy, in 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Steady gun-brig; in which vessel, commanded by a Lieutenant, he served in the North Sea and West Indies until 1802 – the last two years in the capacity of Midshipman. Be then successively joined the Hornet sloop, Capt. John Nash, and Excellent 74, Capts. Hon. Robt. Stopford and J. Nash; and next, in 1803, the Spencer 74, Capt. Hon. B. Stopford. For his conduct (on his return from the Mediterranean to the West Indies) in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, on which occasion he was slightly wounded, he was immediately nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Canopus 80, flag-ship of Rear-Admirals Sir Thos. Louis and Geo Martin. Under the former of those officers he assisted, in 1806-7, at the capture of the French frigate Le Président, and was present in the expeditions to the Dardanells and Egypt. His promotion being confirmed by commission dated 28 June, 1808, he subsequently, 22 Nov. 1809 and 6 March, 1814, became Senior of the Scout 18, Capts. Alex. Renton Sharpe, Benj. Crispin, and Jas. Arthur Murray, and Hyacinth 24, Capt. A. B. Sharpe, on the Mediterranean and Home stations. In the Scout he was again (severely) wounded, while contributing, in company with the Pomone 38 and Unité 36, to the destruction, 1 May, 1811, of the French store-ships Giraffe and Nourrice, each mounting from 20 to 30 guns, and both protected by a 5-gun battery, a martello-tower, and a body of about 200 regular troops, in Sagone Bay, Island of Corsica; where the service was accomplished at the close of a gallant action of an hour and a half, attended with a loss to the British of 2 men killed and 25 wounded. Having left the Hyacinth in Sept. 1815, he was appointed, 10 Jan. 1817, a Chief officer in the Water Guard. He removed, 28 Sept. 1818, to the command of a Revenue-vessel; and from 6 Sept. 1820 until awarded his present rank 4 April, 1832, he was employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. He was re-appointed to the latter service as an Inspecting-Commander 18 March, 1834; and since 5 of the following Sept. has held in it the office of Deputy-Inspector-General.
The injuries received by Commander Neame during the war procured him gratuities from the Patriotic Fund. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 373.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1250.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Nazer, Kelly

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​NAZER. (Retired Commander, 1847. f-p., 15; h-p., 33.)
Kelly Nazer was born 17 Jan. 1787.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1799, as A.B., on board the Eagle receiving-vessel at Poole, co. Dorset, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Nazer; and in the course of the same month attained the rating of Midshipman. With the exception of a brief attachment, in the summer of 1802, to the Alarm 32, Capt. Wm. Parker, and again, towards the close of the same year, to the Magicienne 36, Capt. Henry Vansittart, he served, from Sept. 1801, until June, 1809, in the York 74, Fortunée 36, and Albion 74, all commanded by his uncle Capt. John Ferrier, on the Home and East India stations. In the latter ship, of which he became an acting and a confirmed Lieutenant 11 Nov. 1807 and 30 Dec. 1808, he assisted at the capture of several privateers, and, in May, 1803, of La Franchise French frigate of 36 guns. He was also on board the Albion in a terrific hurricane, which, during her passage home, sank three of her convoy. East Indiamen, nearly dismasted herself, and occasioned the pumps to be kept constantly going for six months. Being again, towards the close of 1809, ordered to India in the Leda 36, Capt. Geo. Sayer, he there, in the summer of 1811, cooperated in the reduction of Java. His health obliging him soon afterwards to invalid, he was next, 8 May, 1812, appointed to the Maidstone 36, Capt. Geo. Burdett. On 8 Feb. 1813, being at the time in the Chesapeake, he took command of the boats of a squadron, nine in number, and, rushing through an animated fire of round and grape, ​boarded and, after a most obstinate resistance on the part of the enemy, succeeded in carrying the American letter-of-marque Lottery of 6 12-pounder carronades and 29 men, of whom 19, including the Captain mortally, were wounded. The British had 1 man killed and 5 wounded. Although the gallantry of the exploit was such as to obtain the especial thanks of Rear-Admiral Cockburn, an expression of approbation on the part of the Admiralty, and a certain prospect of promotion from Capt. Burdett, yet was its brave conductor suffered to pass wholly unrewarded. He subsequently, 6 May, 1814, led the second division of boats under the immediate orders of Rear-Admiral Cockburn up the Sassafras River, and, having assisted in routing a body of about 400 men, who had opened on them a fire from an entrenched position on the two opposite banks of the stream, contributed to the demolition of the settlements of Georgetown and Frederickstown. On 27 of the ensuing June he was present at the destruction of an American torpedo-boat on Long Island, sent from New York for the purpose of destroying H.M. shipping. Independently of the above, Lieut. Nazer was on many occasions in action with the enemy. He returned to England in Oct. 1814 on board La Hogue 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel; and on 3 Feb. 1847 he accepted the rank he now holds.
At the commencement of the peace Commander Nazer took charge of a merchant-ship, and made eight voyages to Jamaica. He married, 11 July, 1821, Miss Cecilia Burlingson. Agents – Collier and Snee.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Neale, John

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​NEALE. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p., 16; h-p., 35.)
John Neale entered the Navy, 30 May, 1796, as Midshipman, on board the Venerable 74, Capts. Wm. Johnstone Hope and Wm. Geo. Fairfax, bearing the flag of Lord Duncan, under whom he fought as Signal-Midshipman in the action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. While attached, between March, 1798, and Nov. 1804, to the Kent 74, Capts. W. J. Hope, Mansell, John Stewart, Pulteney Malcolm, and John White, successive flag-ship of Lord Duncan and Sir Rich. Bickerton, he was at first employed in the operations connected with the expedition to Holland, where he served on shore with a party of seamen and two field-pieces throughout the whole campaign. He also, in 1801, assisted in expelling the French from Egypt, after having participated, with the naval brigade under the orders of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, in the battles of 8, 13, and 21 March. On 3 Aug. 1805, at which period he had been nine months in the North Sea on board the Adamant 50, Capt. Geo. Burlton, he was there nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Starling gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Napier. He removed as Acting-Lieutenant, 31 Jan. 1806, to the Romulus 36, Capt. Burton; and on 22 Sept. in the same year he was confirmed into the Roebuck 44, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Billy Douglas at Yarmouth. In 1809 he took part, in the Acute gun-brig, in the siege of Flushing, and was often in action with the enemy’s gun-boats, privateers, &c. Assuming command, 22 March, 1810, of the Alert cutter, he effected the capture, on one occasion, of four gun-boats, whose resistance occasioned him a loss of nearly a third of his crew; and on another, he landed on the coast of Holland, and succeeded, after overcoming severe opposition, in recovering a gentleman who had been employed on shore on secret service. He left the Alert in Feb. 1812; and accepted his present rank 27 Oct. 1846.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Neill, Joseph

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​NEILL. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 35.)
Joseph Neill entered the Navy, 7 March, 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on borad the America 74, Capt. John Smith, attached to the force in the North Sea; where and in the Channel he continued employed as Midshipman of the same ship and of the Belliqueux 64, Capt. Rowley Bulteel, until May, 1802. In the America he accompanied the expedition to Holland under Sir Andrew Mitchell; and in the Belliqueux he assisted, while in escort of an East India convoy, at the capture of the French 40-gun frigate La Concorde. After a servitude of three years and nine months, still on the Home station, in L’Africaine 38, Capt. Thos. Manby, and Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, part of the force engaged in Sir Robt. Calder’s action, he was promoted, 11 Nov. 1806, to a Lieutenancy in the Courageux 74, Capt. Jas. Bissett, off Cadiz. He left that ship in May, 1808, and between the following Nov. and Oct. 1814 was employed, on the Downs, Channel, Lisbon, Baltic, North Sea, and West India stations, in the Trusty 50, Capt. Brian Hodgson, Tyrian sloop, Capt. Henry Thos. Davies, Dolphin, Capt. Christopher Watson, and Dictator 64 and Gloucester 74, both commanded by Capt. Robt. Williams. In the Dictator he was constantly occupied in affording protection to the British convoys in the Baltic against the frequent attacks of the Danish gun-boats. He attained the rank of Commander 26 Aug. 1815, and has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Nelson, Charles

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​NELSON. (Captain, 1822. f-p., 12; h-p., 30.)
Charles Nelson is second son of the Rev. Edm. Nelson, Rector of Congham, near Lynn, co. Norfolk; and cousin of the hero of the Nile, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Sept. 1805, as Midshipman, on board the Superb 74, Capts. Rich. Goodwin Keats, Donald M‘Leod, and Sam. Jackson; in which ship he fought in the action off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806, accompanied the expedition of 1807 against Copenhagen, assisted in Aug. 1808 at the embarkation from Nyeborg of the Marquis de la Romana and his patriot troops, and passed the winter of 1808-9 at Gottenborg. In July, 1809, he was discharged into the Puissant sheerhulk at Spithead, Capt. Robt. Hall; and he was next, between March, 1810, and April, 1812, employed in the Mediterranean on board the Euryalus 36, Capts. Hon. G. H. L. Dundas and Abel Ferris, and Hibernia 120, flag-ship of Sir R. G. Keats. Receiving, then, a commission bearing date 5 Feb. 1812, he was in the course of that year appointed, again in the Mediterranean, to the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Robt. Rolles, Sparrowhawk sloop, Capt. Thos. Ball Clowes, and Union 98, Capt. B. Rolles. In the last-mentioned ship, which he left in July, 1814, he witnessed the surrender of Genoa. He attained the rank of Commander 13 June, 1815; and was lastly, from 25 June, 1819, until June, 1822, employed in the Nimrod 18, on the coast of Holland, where he made prize of two smuggling vessels. His elevation to Post-rank took place 9 Oct. 1822; and his acceptance of the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Nelson, Horatio

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​NELSON. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Horatio Nelson passed his examination 28 Sept. 1844; and after serving a short time as Mate in the Heroine 6, Capt. Chas. Edmunds, on the coast of Africa, was there, 9 Jan. 1846, nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Rolla 10, Capt. John Simpson; in which vessel (the appointment being confirmed 9 Nov. following) he is still employed under Capt. Hugh Myddleton Ellicomhe.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Marvell, Andrew

Marvell, Andrew (1621-1678). -- Poet and satirist, s. of the Rector of Winestead, Yorkshire, where he was b., ed. Camb., and thereafter travelled in various Continental countries. He sat in Parliament for Hull, proving himself an assiduous and incorruptible member, with strong republican leanings. In spite of this he was a favourite of Charles II., who took pleasure in his society, and offered him a place at Court, and a present of £1000, which were both declined. In his own day he was best known as a powerful and fearless political writer, and for some time from 1657 was assistant to Milton as Latin Sec. After the Restoration he wrote against the Government, his chief work in this kind being on the Growth of Popery and Arbitrary Government in England (1677). He was also the author of an Historical Essay regarding General Councils. His controversial style was lively and vigorous, but sometimes coarse and vituperative. His fame now rests on his poems which, though few, have many of the highest poetical qualities. Among the best known are The Emigrants in the Bermudas, The Nymph complaining for the Death of her Fawn, and Thoughts in a Garden. Of the last Palgrave says that "it may be regarded as a test of any reader's insight into the most poetical aspects of poetry," and his Horatian Ode on Cromwell's Return from Ireland. The town of Hull voted him a monument, which was, however, forbidden by the Court. His appearance is thus described, "He was of middling stature, pretty strong-set, roundish-faced, cherry-cheeked, hazel-eyed, brown-haired."
Life and Works by Cooke, 1726, reprinted 1772; Thomson, 1726; Dove, 1832; and specially Grosart (4 vols., 1872-74).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Mason, William

Mason, William (1724-1797). -- Poet, s. of a clergyman, was b. at Hull, and ed. at Camb. He took orders and rose to be a Canon of York. His first poem was Musæus, a monody on the death of Pope, and his other works include Elfrida (1752), and Caractacus (1759), dramas -- an Heroic Epistle to Sir William Chambers, the architect, in which he satirised some modern fashions in gardening, The English Garden, his largest work, and some odes. He was a close friend of Gray, whose Life he wrote. His language was too magnificent for his powers of thought, but he has passages where the rich diction has a pleasing effect.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Marston, Philip Bourke

Marston, Philip Bourke (1850-1887). -- Poet, was b. in London, and lost his sight at the age of 3. His poems, Song-tide, All in All, and Wind Voices bear, in their sadness, the impress of this affliction, and of a long series of bereavements. He was the friend of Rossetti and of Swinburne, the latter of whom has written a sonnet to his memory.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Martineau, James

Martineau, James (1805-1900). -- Unitarian theologian, younger brother of the above, was b. at Norwich. Possessed of considerable inventive and mathematical talents, he was originally intended for engineering, but studied for the Unitarian ministry, to which he was ordained in 1828. After serving as pastor in various places he became in 1840 Prof. of Mental and Moral Philosophy in the Manchester New Coll. (subsequently removed to London), and Principal 1869-85. Among his writings, which were very influential, are Rationale of Religious Inquiry (1836), Ideal Substitutes for God (1879), Study of Spinoza (1882), Types of Ethical Theory (1885), Study of Religion (1888), Seat of Authority in Religion (1890), and religious page 262poems and hymns. M. was a man of very elevated character and powerful intellect; of great acuteness, candour, and openness to new ideas. He was D.D. of Edin. 1884, and D.C.L. of Oxf. 1888.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Marryat, Frederick

Marryat, Frederick (1792-1848). -- Novelist, s. of a West India merchant, was b. in London. In 1806 he entered the navy as a midshipman under Lord Cochrane (afterwards Earl of Dundonald), and saw much service in the Mediterranean, at Walcheren, and in the Burmese War of 1824. He returned in 1830 as apage 260 Captain and C.B. The scenes and experiences through which he had passed were the preparation for and the foundation of his numerous novels, of which the first, Frank Mildmay, was pub. in 1829. It was followed by over 30 others, of which perhaps the best are Peter Simple, Jacob Faithful (1834), Mr. Midshipman Easy (1836), The Dog Fiend (1837), and The Phantom Ship (1839). M. is the prince of sea story-tellers; his knowledge of the sea, vigorous definition of character, and hearty and honest, if somewhat broad, humour never failing to please.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Marsh, Herbert

Marsh, Herbert (1757-1839). -- Theologian and controversialist, s. of a clergyman, ed. at Canterbury, Cambridge, and Leipsic, was the first to introduce the German methods of Biblical criticism into England, and gave lectures on the subject at Camb., which excited great interest and controversy. In 1816 he was made Bishop of Llandaff, and was translated to Peterborough in 1819. His critical views and his opposition to the evangelical party in the Church, to the Bible Society, to hymns in Divine service, and to Catholic emancipation, involved him in controversy with high, low, and broad churchmen alike. He was the author of a History of the Politics of Great Britain and France (1799), Comparative View of the Churches of England and Rome, and Horæ Pelasgicæ.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Marston, John

Marston, John (1575?-1634). -- Dramatist and satirist, b. at Coventry, was ed. at Oxf. In later life he gave up writing for the stage, took orders, and was incumbent of Christchurch, Hants, 1616-31. He began his literary career in 1598 with satire, The Scourge of Villanie and The Metamorphosis of Pygmalion's Image (1598), the latter of which was burned by order of Archbishop Whitgift. In 1602 appeared The History of Antonio and Mellida, and its sequel, Antonio's Revenge, ridiculed by Ben Jonson. In repayment of this M. co-operated with Dekker in attacking Jonson in Satiromastix (a Whip for the Satirist). A reconciliation, however, took place, and his comedy, The Malcontent (1604), was dedicated to J., another, Eastward Ho (1605), was written in collaboration with him and Chapman. Other plays of his are Sophonisba, What You Will (1607), and possibly The Insatiate Countess (1613). Amid much bombast and verbiage there are many fine passages in M.'s dramas, especially where scorn and indignation are the motives. Sombre and caustic, he has been called "a screech-owl among the singing birds."
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Martin, Sir Theodore

Martin, Sir Theodore (1816-1909). -- Poet, biographer, and translator, s. of James M., solicitor in Edin., where he was b. and ed. at the High School and Univ. He practised as a solicitor in Edin. 1840-45, after which he went to London and became head of the firm of Martin and Leslie, parliamentary agents. His first contribution to literature was The Bon Gaultier Ballads, written along with W.E. Aytoun (q.v.), full of wit and humour, which still retain page 261their popularity; originally contributed to a magazine, they appeared in book form in 1855. His translations include Dante's Vila Nuova, Œhlenschläger's Correggio and Aladdin, Heine's Poems and Ballads, Schiller's Song of the Bell, and Hertz's King René's Daughter. He also pub. a complete translation of Horace with a Life, and one of Catullus. He is, however, perhaps best known for his Life of the Prince Consort (1874-80), the writing of which was committed to him by Queen Victoria, a work which he executed with such ability and tact as to win for him her lifelong friendship. He also wrote Lives of Prof. Aytoun and Lord Lyndhurst. He m. in 1851 Miss Helen Faucit (d. 1898), the well-known actress, and authoress of studies on Shakespeare's Female Characters, whose Life he pub. in 1901. M. kept up his intellectual activity into old age, pub. in 1905 a translation of Leopardi's poems, and Monographs (1906). He was Lord Rector of St. Andrews 1881, LL.D. of Edin. 1875, and K.C.B. 1880.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Martineau, Harriet

Martineau, Harriet (1802-1876). -- Novelist and economist, b. at Norwich, where her f., descended from a French family, was a manufacturer. From her earliest years she was delicate and very deaf, and took to literary pursuits as an amusement. Afterwards, when her f. had fallen into difficulties, they became her means of support. Her first publication was Devotional Exercises for Young Persons (1823). Becoming interested in political economy, she endeavoured to illustrate the subject by tales, of which two were The Rioters and The Turn-out. Later she pub. a more serious treatment of it in Illustrations of Political Economy (1832-4), Poor Law and Paupers (1833), and Illustrations of Taxation (1834). About this time she went to London, and was regarded as an authority on economic questions, being occasionally consulted by Cabinet Ministers. Among her books of travel are Society in America (1837), and Eastern Life, Present and Past (1848), which she considered her best book: in it she declared herself no longer a believer in revelation. She also wrote two novels, Deerbrook (1839), and The Hour and the Man (1840), also a number of books for children. Perhaps her most important work is her History of England during the Thirty Years' Peace,a 1816-46, which appeared in 1849. She translated Comte's Philosophy (1853), and pub. a collection of letters between herself and Mr. H.G. Atkinson On the Laws of Man's Nature and Development, which encountered severe criticism. In addition to her separate publications she wrote innumerable articles for newspapers, specially the Daily News, and for periodicals. In 1845 she settled in the Lake District, where she died.