# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Promotions and Deaths

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PROMOTIONS AND DEATHS.
FROM ‘THE NAVY LIST,’ JULY, 1849.
PROMOTIONS.
Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir John Acworth Ommanney, K.C.B., to the rank of Admiral of the Blue, 4th May, 1849.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, to the rank of Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 4th May, 1849.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Francis Mason, K.C.B., to the rank of Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 4th May, 1849.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Thomas Brown, to the rank of Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 8th June, 1849.
Captain George Ferguson, to the rank of Rear-Admiral of the Blue, 4th May, 1849.
Captain Sir George Rose Sartorius, to the rank of Rear-Admiral of the Blue, 9th May, 1849.
Captain Sir John Gordon Sinclair, to the rank of Rear-Admiral of the Blue, 8th June, 1849.
Captain Henry Thomas Davies, to the rank of Retired Rear-Admiral, 3rd March, 1849.
Captain Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng, to the rank of Retired Rear-Admiral, 3rd March, 1849.
Captain George Gustavus Lennock, to the rank of Retired Rear-Admiral, 4th May, 1849.
Captain Robert Aitchison, to the rank of Retired Captain.
Captain Richard Hoare, to the rank of Retired Captain. Captain John Foote, to the rank of Retired Captain.
Captain John Windham Dalling, to the rank of Retired Captain.
Captain John FitzGerald Studdert, to the rank ot Retired Captain.
Captain Charles Gordon (b), to the rank of Retired Captain.
Captain Thomas Dench, to the rank of Retired Captain.
Captain George Wm. St. John Mildmay, to the rank of Retired Captain.
Captain Theobald Jones, to the rank of Retired Captain.
Captain George Lloyd, to the rank of Retired Captain.
Captain Robert White Parsons, to the rank of Retired Captain.
Captain Abraham Crawford, to the rank of Retired Captain. ​Captain George Haye, to the rank of Retired Captain.
Captain Henry Russell Manners, to the rank of Retired Captain.
Captain James Thorne, to the rank of Retired Captain.
Commander Alexander Murray, to the rank of Captain, 8th May, 1849.
Commander Henry James Matson, to the rank of Captain, 8th May, 1849.
Commander Henry Lowcay, to the rank of Retired Captain, 24th May, 1849.
Lieutenant Henry Phelps, to the rank of Commander, 16th April, 1849.
Lieutenant Richard Purvis, to the rank of Commander, 16th April, 1849.
Lieutenant William Keigwin Nicolas, to the rank of Commander, 8th May, 1849.
Lieutenant Arthur Mellersh, to the rank of Commander, 8th May, 1849.
Lieutenant Vashon Baker, to the rank of Commander, 8th May, 1849.
Lieutenant George Parker, to the rank of Commander, 26th May, 1849.
Lieutenant Edmund Heathcote, to the rank of Commander, 13th June, 1849.
Lieutenant John Borlase, to the rank of Commander, 13th June, 1849.
Henry Christian, to the rank of Lieutenant, 8th March, 1849.
Anthony Hiley Hoskins, to the rank of Lieutenant, 8th March, 1849.
John Whitmarsh Webb, to the rank of Lieutenant, 8th May, 1849.
Herbert Philip De Kantzow, to the rank of Lieutenant, 11th May, 1849.
William Henry Whyte, to the rank of Lieutenant, 11th May, 1849.
Joseph Edye, to the rank of Lieutenant, 17th May, 1849.
Francis Gordon Probyn, to the rank of Lieutenant, 17th May, 1849.
George . Foster Burgess, to the rank of Lieutenant, 17th May, 1849.
William Henry Fenwick, to the rank of Lieutenant, 7th June, 1849.
John Bythesea, to the rank of Lieutenant, 12th June, 1849.
Frederick Jones Protheroe, to the rank of Lieutenant, 12th June, 1849.
Patrick Charles Campbell McDougall, to the rank of Lieutenant, 14th June, 1849.
OBITUARY.
Officers whose Deaths have been officially reported since 20th March, 1849.
Flag Officers. :
| Admiral. ||
| | Seniority. |
| Sir Adam Drummond, Kt., K.C.H | 1848 |
| Vice-Admirals. ||
| Henry Hill | 1841 |
| Samuel Butcher | 1847 |
| Rear-Admiral. ||
| Sir Nesbit Josiah Willoughby, Kt., K.C.H. | 1847 |
| Captains. ||
| Hon. George Rolle Walpole Trefusis | 1824 |
| Sir Thomas Bourchier, K.C.B. | 1827 |
| Henry Wildey | 1840 |
| Commanders. ||
| | Seniority. |
| Alexander Kennedy (a) | 1809 |
| Richard Greenaway | 1814 |
| James Pickard | 1814 |
| Robert Shed | 1814 |
| Robert James Elliot | 1814 |
| John Fleming | 1814 |
| John Morgan | 1837 |
| Thomas Coleman | 1837 |
| Henry George Shute | 1841 |
| James Charles Mann Touzeau | 1842 |
| James Cannon | 1846 |
| x John Edward Conant | 1846 |
| x John Aylmer | 1847 |
| y Peter Craufurd | 1838 |
| y George James Chubb | 1840 |
| y Thomas Crawford | 1844 |
| y Whitwell Butler | 1845 |
| y John Farrant | 1846 |
| Lieutenants. ||
| | Seniority. |
| Lestock Francis Boileau | 1806 |
| Edward Medley | 1807 |
| William Edward Fiott | 1810 |
| Radford Gundry Meech | 1810 |
| Henry Walker (a) | 1810 |
| John Moffatt | 1811 |
| Randell Vans | 1811 |
| Robert Leech | 1811 |
| John Goldie (b) | 1814 |
| William Porter | 1814 |
| Nathaniel Cranstoun France | 1814 |
| Joseph C. Townsend | 1815 |
| Henry Sweetland | 1815 |
| Robert Pepperel Madge | 1815 |
| James Reynolds | 1815 |
| William Ham | 1815 |
| William Armstrong Usher | 1815 |
| Andrew Reid | 1820 |
| Edward Corbet | 1822 |
| Richard Buxton | 1826 |
| John Compton | 1838 |
| Thomas Copeland Woodman | 1839 |
| Charles H. V. Temple | 1842 |
| George Baker | 1844 |
| Shirley Apthorp | 1845 |
| Edwin Langford Brown | 1845 |
| Charles Atkins | 1846 |