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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Garnier, Brownlow North

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​GARNIER. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Brownlow North Garnier is second son of the late Rev. Wm. Garnier, of Rookesbury, Hants, Prebendary of Winchester, and Rector of Droxford, by Henrietta, eldest daughter of Brownlow North, Bishop of Winchester, and sister of the Earl of Guildford. He is brother of the present Wm. Garnier, Esq., of Rookesbury. His uncle, Thomas, married a sister of Capt. Sir Wm. Edw. Parry. R.N., F.R.S.
This officer entered the Navy 6 Feb. 1817; passed his examination in 1823; and was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 4 Feb. 1826, in the Wellesley 74, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, in South America. He was next appointed, 23 Feb. 1827, to the Hussar 46, Capt. Edw. Boxer, on the Halifax station, but left that frigate in the following May, and has not since been employed.
Lieut. Garnier married, 3 Dec. 1835, Henrietta Maria, second daughter of Thomas, fourth Lord Walsingham. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dew, Roderick

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​DEW. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Roderick Dew passed his examination 1 June, 1842; and until the receipt of his commission, dated 7 Feb. 1846, served, on the Mediterranean, Cape of Good Hope, and Pacific stations, as Mate of the Snake 16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux, Lily 16, Capt. Geo. Baker, and Collingwood 80, flag- ship of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. He continued for some time to be borne on the books of the Collingwood, in the capacity of Additional-Lieutenant; and, since 20 Nov. 1846, has been employed, also in the Pacific, on board the Sampson steam-frigate, Capt. Thos. Henderson.
This officer has on several occasions most nobly rescued persons from drowning, under circumstances of great difficulty and peril. The last instance of his heroic conduct occurred on the night of 20 Aug. 1844, when, although very dark, and the wind blowing fresh, he dashed overboard from the Collingwood, at Spithead, and at great personal risk saved the life of the Hon. F. Walpole, who had by some accident fallen into the sea. He was in consequence strongly recommended to the Admiralty by Sir G. F. Seymour.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Deuchar, Patrick

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​DEUCHAR. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 11; h-p., 32.)
Patrick Deuchar, born 24 May, 1785, is brother of Morgan David Deuchar, Esq., late 1st Foot; and uncle of Lieut. D. Green, of the same regiment. Several others of his relatives are also in the army.
This officer (who had previously served an apprenticeship of four years in a merchant-ship) entered the Navy, 10 Jan. 1804, as Ordinary, on board the Helder 36, Capt. Rich. Hawkins; and, on becoming Midshipman of the Swiftsure 74, Capts. Mark Robinson and Wm. Geo. Rutherford, accompanied Lord Nelson to the West Indies in pursuit of the combined fleets of France and Spain, and was afterwards present, independently of many boat affairs, in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. When next in the Seahorse 38, Capts. Robt. Corbett and John Stewart, we find him much employed in detached operations against the Spanish gun-boats and convoys off Cadiz; after which he served, in the Moselle 18, Capt. Alex. Gordon, at the attack on Rosetta in April, 1807; and, in the year following, was employed, as Master’s Mate of the Bustard 18, Capt. John Duff Markland, on the hazardous duty of landing papers on the coast ot France relative to the revolution in Spain. On accompanying Sir Rich. Strachan from the Venerable 74, in which ship he had had the misfortune to fracture his left leg, into the St. Domingo, Mr. Deuchar, in Aug. 1809, attended the expedition to the Walcheren; where he commanded a strong division of boats at the landing of the troops, and actively co-operated in the bombardment of Flushing. He subsequently served on the Baltic, Jamaica, and Lisbon stations, as a passed Midshipman of the Impétueux 74, Capts. John Lawford and David Milne, Thetis 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Byam, and Impétueux again, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin. From 29 March, 1813, to 17 Nov. 1814, during which period (on 29 Nov. 1813) he obtained his commission, Mr. Deuchar commanded a portion of the Cadiz flotilla; and in the end was intrusted with the duty of laying up all the gunboats and returning their stores. He has not been able to procure employment since the peace.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Devereux, Walter Bourchier

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​DEVEREUX. (Captain, 1845.)
The Honourable Walter Bourchier Devereux, born 3 Nov. 1810, is second surviving son of the late Viscount Hereford, by Frances Elizabeth, third daughter of the late Sir Geo. Cornwall, Bart.; and brother both of the present nobleman, and of the Hon. Humphrey Bohun Devereux, Lieut. B.A. One of his aunts is sister-in-law of Admiral Sir Geo. Cockburn, G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 5 Feb. 1824; was awarded, immediately after passing, a commission, 29 Nov. 1830; and from 3 Dec. 1832, until the attainment of his next step, 24 June, 1836, served in North America and the West Indies on board the Vernon 50, and President 52, flag-ships of Sir Geo. Cockburn. He was next appointed to the command, 6 Oct. 1841, of the Snake 16, on the Mediterranean station; and, on the paying off of that sloop, was advanced to Post-rank, 12 Dec. 1845. He has not since been afloat. Agents – Messrs. Goode and Lawrence.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dew, George

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​DEW. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 31.)
George Dew entered the Navy, 7 March, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Comet 18, Capts. Cuthbert Featherstone Daly and Rich. Henry Muddle; under the former of whom he joined, 11 Aug. following, in a very gallant pursuit of three of the enemy’s corvettes, one of whom, La Sylphe of 18 guns, was ultimately brqught to close action, and in 20 minutes compelled to surrender. Between April, 1811, and Feb. 1813, he next served, in the North Sea and Mediterranean, as Midshipman of the Hannibal 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, Cossack frigate, Capt. Wm. King, and Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers. He then joined the {{sc|Pheoee, of 46 guns and 300 men, Capt. Jas. Hillyar; and on 28 March, 1814, being off Valparaiso, in company with the 18-gun sloop Cherub, assisted, as Master’s Mate, at the capture of the American frigate Essex of 46 guns and 265 men, who struck her colours at the close of a warm action of two hours, in which the Phoebe lost 4 men killed and 7 wounded, and herself 24 killed and 45 wounded. Mr. Dew was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 March, 1815; but did not quit the Phoebe until paid off in Aug. following. Since that period he has not been employed.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Derriman, Samuel Hosk

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​DERRIMAN. (Lieutenant,. 1842)
Samuel Hosk Derriman entered the Navy 14 Feb. 1829; passed his examination 1 Sept. 1835; and was, promoted, from a Mateship in the Dublin 60; flag-ship in the Pacific of Rear-Admiral Rich. Thomas, to the rank he now holds 18 Nov. 1842. He continued to serve in the latter ship, as Additional-Lieutenant, until 28 Dec. 1844; and since that period .has been employed, as First, in the Salamander steam-sloop, Capt. And. Snape Hammond, on the same and Home stations.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Derry, John

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​DERRY. (Retired Commander, 1831. f-p., 13; h-p. 57.)
John Derry entered the.Navy, 18 Nov 1777, as A.B., on board the Hector 74, Capt. Sir John Hamilton, on the Channel station; became Midshipman, in 1782, of the Repulse 74, Capt. Philip Dumaresq, in the West Indies; served, in 1785-6, off Milford, on board the Viper, Lieut.-Commander John Crymes; was employed, from June, 1789, to Nov. 1790, in the Impregnable 98, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Bickerton, and Latona frigate, Capt. Albermarle Bertie, both attached to the fleet in the Channel; and, with the latter officer, successively Joiped, in May, 1792, and Feb. 1794, the Edgar and Thunderer 74’s. For his conduct, as Master’s Mate of the Thunderer, in Lord Howe’s action of 1 June, he was promoted, 22 Aug. following, to a Lieutenancy in the same ship, in which he continued until 19 March, 1795. Between 4 May, 1796, and 17 Oct. 1798, Mr. Derry next served, on the West India and Home stations, in the Adventure, Capt. Wm. Geo. Rutherford, Hector 74, Capt. Peter Aplin, Duke 98, Capt. John Holloway, and Expedition armée en flûte, Capts. John Stile’s, Home Riggs Popham, and Sir Thos. Livingstone. His last employment was, as Lieutenant, from 16 June, 1805, to 13 March, 1806, of the Volcano bomb, Capt. Edw. Killwick, stationed in the Downs. He became a Retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 23 Sept. 1831.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Des Voeux, Charles Frederick

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​DES VOEUX. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Charles Frederick Des Voeux passed his examination 1 May, 1844; was employed for severa 1 months, as Mate, in the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; and, since 4 March, 1845, has been engaged on a North-west Passage explorative mission, in the Erebus discovery ship, Capt. Sir John Franklin. His promotion to the rank of Lieutenant took place 9 Nov. 1846.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Despourrins, Peter

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​DESPOURRINS. (Retired Commander, 1841. f-p., 18; h-p., 42.)
Peter Despourrins entered the Navy, 30 Sept. 1787, as a Servant, on board the Hyaena 20, Capts. Hon, Mich. De Courcy. and John, Aylmer; under the former of whom, we believe, he soon afterwards, as Midshipman, escorted clear of the Channel the first party of convicts ever sent to New South Wales. In July, 1793, he rejoined Capt. De Courcy, as Master’s Mate, in the Pearl 32; on removing from. which ship to the Alfred 74, Capt. Thos. Drury, he assisted at the capture, in the course of 1796, of the island of Ste. Lucie, and of the French frigates La Favorite of 22, and La Renommée of 44 guns. After a continued servitude of 14 months in the West Indies on board the Dictator 64, Capts. Wm. Geo. Rutherford and Thos. Western, and Prince of Wales 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Henry Harvey, he was promoted, 27 Dec. 1797, to a Lieutenancy in the Madras 54. In that ship (with the exception of a few months. In 1801, when he was lent to the Kent 74, Capt. Lord Edw. O’Bryen, off Alexandria) he continued to serve, under Capts. John Dilkes, Chas. Hare, Thos. Briggs, and Chas. Marsh Schomberg, on the Home, East India, and Mediterranean stations, until July, 1807. We subsequently find him employed, from 14 Dec. 1807 to 15 June, 1808, and from 16 April, 1810, to 26 Jan. 1812 as First-Lieutenant of the Bellerophon 74, and of the Amsterdam – the former ship commanded by Capt. Edw. Rotheram in the Channel fleet. Coimnander Despourrins, who has not since been afloat, was placed on the Junior List of Retired Commanders 1 Dec. 1830, and was promoted to the Senior List 1 June, 1841.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Devonshire, Richard

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​DEVONSHIRE. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 17; h-p., 34.)
Richard Devonshire, born 25 June, 1784, at Truro, in Cornwall, is brother of Rear-Admiral the late Sir John Ferris Devonshire, Kt., K.C.H. This officer entered the Navy, 20 Nov. 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amazon 36, Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds; which frigate, when in company with the Indefatigable 46, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, was wrecked, near Ile Bas, at the close of a gallant action of ten hours with Les Droits de l’Homme 74, in which she had sustained a loss of 3 men killed and 15 wounded, 14 Jan. 1797. On regaining his liberty, by exchange, in the following Sept., Mr. Devonshire, who had been taken prisoner with the rest of the Amazon’s crew, rejoined Capt. Reynolds in La Pomone 40; and, on 5 Jan. 1798, he took part in a stiff action, which terminated in the capture, with a loss to the Pomone of 1 man killed and 4 wounded, and to the enemy of 15 killed and 19 wounded, of La Chéri French privateer of 26 guns and 230 men. After intermediately attending, as Midshipman, the expedition to the Holder under Sir Andrew Mitchell in 1799, he proceeded to the Mediterranean with a convoy of 150 sail; and, on his passage thither, narrowly escaped being captured by a powerful French squadron. Between April, 1801, and the date of his promotion, which ​took place 11 May, 1804, Mr. Devonshire next served, on the West India and Home stations, as Master’s Mate of the Orion 74, also commanded by Capt. Reynolds, Venerable 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Collingwood, and Prince 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall. From Nov. in the latter year until Jan. 1808, he was subsequently employed in the Leda 38, Capt. Robt. Honyman. He assisted during that period at the capture, after an engagement of two hours, of seven out of 26 of the enemy’s armed vessels, near Cape Grisnez, 24 April, 1805 – was further present at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 1806 – witnessed the fall of Monte Video in Feb. 1807 – and, as First-Lieutenant of the same frigate, was present at the ensuing bombardment of Copenhagen. On next joining, in June, 1808, L’Aigle 36, Capts. Geo. Wolfe and Sir John Louis, he contributed, as Senior-Lieutenant of that ship, to the destruction of the French squadron in Aix Roads, and to the forcing of the passage between the batteries of Cadsand and Flushing dnring the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809. He also beheld the capture, in Sept. 1810, of Le Phoenix privateer of 18 guns; served much on the coast of Catalonia; bore a part in several gallant boat affairs; and was at the taking of Genoa in April, 1814. Capt. Devonshire, who attained the rank of Commander 27 Aug. 1814, was subsequently appointed Second-Captain, 4 April, 1836, of the Talavera 74, Capts. Thos. Ball Sulivan and Wm. Bowen Mends, on the Mediterranean station. He acquired his present rank 28 June, 1838, and has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Devonshire married, 29 May, 1828, Loveday, youngest daughter of the late Thos. Warner, Esq., by whom he has issue a,son and two daughters.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Prince, John

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​PRINCE. (Retired Commander, 1841. f-p., 15; h-p., 32.)
John Prince entered the Navy, 30 May, 1800, as a Volunteer, on board the Ariadne 20, Capt. ​Jas. Bradley, with whom, on removing as Midshipman in the following Aug. to the Andromeda frigate, he sailed for the West Indies. On leaving the Andromeda, which ship had been latterly commanded by Capt. Edw. Durnford King, he joined, in Oct. 1801, the Magnanime, Capt. Taylor, and in the early part of the ensuing year returned to England. Between Feb. 1802 and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 Nov. 1807, he served on board the Amphion 32, Capts. Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, Alex. Fraser, and Thos. Masterman Hardy, Africaine 38, Capt. Thos. Manby, and Resolution 74, Capt. Geo. Burlton. The Africaine, after having been for about two years employed in blockading two French frigates lying at Helvoetsluys, and for several months off the Texel, proceeded with convoy to the West Indies, where, prior to her return with the homeward-bound trade, she suffered severely from the yellow fever. Soon after his promotion Mr. Prince joined the Forester sloop, Capt. Richards, stationed in the North Sea. In Dec. 1807 he went back to the Resolution; in 1809 he served with the flotilla during the operations in the Scheldt; and between Feb. 1810 and Sept. 1815 he was employed on the Mediterranean and on the West India and Home stations in the Rodney 74 and Ville de Paris 110, both commanded by Capt. Burlton, Rodney again, Capt. E. D. King, Leonidas 38, Capts. Geo. Fras. Seymour and Wm. King, and Nautilus 18, Capt. Wm. Bradley. He accepted his present rank 16 Oct. 1841.
Commander Prince married Isabella, youngest daughter of the late Sheldon Cradock, Esq., of Hartforth, co. York, and sister of the present Sheldon Cradock, Esq., of Hartforth, Colonel of the North York Militia, and M.P. for Camelford in 1830.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Prior, Thomas Henry

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​PRIOR. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
Thomas Henry Prior entered the Navy 31 Dec. 1806; passed his examination in 1821; obtained his commission 23 Feb. 1829; served in the Coast Guard from 27 March, 1834, until the early part of 1841 and from 1 Sept. in the latter year until 1846 was employed as Admiralty Agent on board a contract steam-vessel. In 1840 he received a silver medal from the Shipwreck Society, and the thanks of the Royal Humane Society, for his exertions in saving the crews of three vessels wrecked on the beach between Bearshide and Black Rock, co. Cornwall.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Price, Samuel

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​PRICE. (Captain, 1831. f-p., 14; h-p., 80.)
Samuel Price, born 1 Jan. 1793, is eldest son of Barrington Price, Esq., of West House, Brighton (brother of Sir Uvedale Price, Bart., of Foxley, co. Hereford), by Lady Maria Lyon Bowes, daughter of John ninth Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn. He is grand-nephew and godson of Admiral Hon. Sam. Barrington, brother of the first Viscount Barrington. His brother, William Price, was killed in America in 1814, while serving in the Poictiers 74.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Virginie frigate, Capt. John Poo Beresford, attached to the force in the North Sea; and was subsequently employed on the Halifax and Home stations in the Révolutionnaire 44, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, Cambrian 40, and Theseus and Poictiers 74’s, all commanded by Capt. J. P. Beresford, and Favorite sloop, Capts. Benj. Clement and Robt. Forbes. While attached to the Theseus he served in her boats, in the capacity of Midshipman, in two attempts made to destroy a French 80-gun ship moored under the batteries in Vigo harbour. He was frequently, too, engaged in boat affairs under the enemy’s batteries along the French coast; and in 1809 he was present at the destruction of the shipping in Aix Roads and in the operations connected with the expedition to the Walcheren. After having acted for a short period as Lieutenant in the Favorite, he was confirmed, 3 July, 1812, to that rank in the Edinburgh 74, Capts. Rowland Mainwaring and Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, under the latter of whom we find him, at the close of 1813, assisting at the capture of a convoy and the destruction of the enemy’s batteries at Port d’Anzo, besides participating in the unsuccessful attack upon Leghorn. Joining shortly after the latter event the Bacchante 38, Capts. Wm. Hoste and Fras. Stanfell, he proceeded to the coast of North America, and in 1814 accompanied the expedition up the Penobscot. He came home in Oct. of the same year; attained the rank of Commander 18 Sept. 1815; and was lastly, from 16 Sept. 1828 until advanced to his present rank 25 June, 1831, employed on the Irish station in the Trinculo 18.
Capt. Price married, 20 July, 1831, Dorothea Grace, eldest daughter of Hugh Kennedy, Esq., of Cultra, co. Down, by whom he has issue a daughter. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Priest, Benjamin Portland

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​PRIEST. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Benjamin Portland Priest entered the Navy 13 Dec. 1827; passed his examination 27 May, 1834; and in 1841, after having been for some time a Student at the Royal Naval College, was nominated a Mate of the Dublin 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Rich. Thomas in the Pacific. Being reappointed (on the occasion of his promotion to his present rank, 24 March, 1842) to the Dublin, in the capacity of Additional Lieutenant, he continued in that ship until transferred, 23 Dec. 1844, to the Carysfort 26, Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet. He returned home from the Pacific in 1845; but being next, 25 Nov. in the same year, appointed to the Grampus 50, Capt. Henry Byam Martin, he again proceeded thither. He has been employed, since 25 Sept. 1847, as First of his former ship, the Carysfort, Capt. Geo. Henry Seymour.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Pringle, James

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​PRINGLE. (Rear-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 15; h-p., 35.)
James Pringle is son of Jas. Pringle, Esq., of Torwoodlee, Melrose, N.B.
This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Phaeton 38, Capt. Hon. Robt. Stopford; in which ship, while cruizing in the Bay of Biscay, he came into action, 22 March, 1798, with a French frigate. He continued employed with Capt. Stopford, as Midshipman, in the Excellent and Spencer 74’s, on the West India and Channel stations, until Nov. 1803; and after a further servitude in the Centaur 74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Sam. Hood at Barbadoes, was there made Lieutenant, 6 March, 1804, into the Amsterdam. On 22 Dec. following he obtained acting-command of the Pert sloop, also in the West Indies; where, the appointment being confirmed 9 Oct. 1805, he continued until obliged, in Jan. 1807, to invalid. Joining next, in Nov. of the latter year, the Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Pringle contrived in that vessel to capture – 12 Jan. 1809, L’Espérance of 14 guns and 54 men, off Cherbourg; 19 June, 1810, L’Intrépide of 6 guns and 47 men, off Marseilles; and, 6 Nov. 1811, L’Invincible of 2 guns and 33 men, off Malaga – all of them privateers. On the occasion of a disastrous yet most valorous attack made, 13 Dec. 1810, by the boats of a squadron under Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane, upon the enemy’s shipping in the Mole of Palamos, we find him eliciting the especial praise of the senior officer for his good conduct both at the landing and at the withdrawal of the men. He was afterwards very actively employed on the coast of Valencia and Tarragona under the orders of the present Sir Edw. Codrington. On 19 Jan. 1812 he was taken prisoner by a party of the enemy’s dragoons in the neighbourhood of the latter place; but he was soon liberated by the Baron d’Eroles, then commanding a division of the Catalan army. During his captivity he witnessed the defeat of 800 French infantry, occupying an advantageous position behind the walls of Villa Succa. Attaining Post-rank 1 June, 1812, Capt. Pringle in the following Sept. left the Sparrowhawk. He accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 229.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1588.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1812, p. 563.