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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stanley, Owen

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​STANLEY, F.E.S., F.R.A.S. (Captain, 1844. f-p., 19; h-p., 4.)
Owen Stanley, born 13 June, 1811, is eldest son of the Right Rev. Edw. Stanley, Bishop of Norwich, by Catherine, daughter of the Rev. Oswald Leicester, Rector of Stoke, Salop; and nephew of Lord Stanley, of Alderley. His youngest brother, Charles Edward, is a Captain in the Royal Engineers.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 5 Aug. 1824; and embarked, 8 Jan. 1826, as a Volunteer, on board the Druid frigate, Capt. Sam. Chambers, stationed in the Channel. In the following March he became Midshipman of the Ganges 84, fitting for the flag of Sir Robt. Waller Otway, Commander-in-Chief in South America; where he removed, in Dec. 1827, to the Forte 44, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, and in Jan. 1830 joined the Adventure sloop, Capt. Philip Parker King, employed in surveying the Straits of Magellan. Returning to England in the ensuing Nov. he was next (he had passed his examination 28 June, 1830) nominated, 14 March and 8 June, 1831, Mate of the Belvidera 42 and Rainbow 28, Capts. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas and Sir John Franklin, both in the Mediterranean. He left the latter ship 4 July in the same year, having been advanced at home to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing date 14 May, 1831; and he was subsequently appointed – 18 July and 19 Oct. 1831, 22 Oct. 1832, and 28 March, 1834, to the Kent 78, Capt. Sam. Pym, Procris 10, Capt. John Thos. Talbot, Malabar 74, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, and Mastiff 6, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Graves, all in the Mediterranean – 11 May, 1836, to the Terror bomb, Capt. Geo. Back – and 21 Dec. 1837, to the command of the Britomart 10. In the Mastiff he assisted in surveying the Grecian Archipelago; and in the Terror he had charge of the Astronomical and Magnetic Observations during the Polar Expedition which sailed from the Orkneys 23 June, 1836, and returned to Lough Swilly 3 Sept. 1837. Between those dates he took a survey, for the first time, of the north-eastern shore of Southampton Island; and made various views of the coast. While in the Britomart, in which vessel he remained until 27 April, 1843, Capt. Stanley, whose promotion to the rank of Commander took place 26 March, 1839, aided in forming the colony of Port Essington, made a track survey of the Arafura Sea (see his published chart), and visited and surveyed various harbours in New Zealand and the Tenasserian province. He attained his present rank 23 Sept. 1844; and since 20 Sept. 1846 has been in command of the Rattlesnake, another surveying-vessel, now in the East Indies.
Capt. Stanley is a Fellow of the Royal and Astronomical Societies. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Roberts, James Wolfe

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​ROBERTS. (Retired Commander, 1840.)
James Wolfe Roberts entered the Navy, in 1772, as a Boy, on board the Cumberland 74. In May, 1775, he joined the Barfleur 90, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Douglas at Spithead. Between the following Aug. and Nov. 1778 he was actively employed on the coast of North America in the Phoenix 44, Capt. Hyde Parker; and on 1 Dec. in the latter year, a few days after he had been removed to the Ardent 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Gambier, he was made Lieutenant into the {sc 32}}, Capt. John Orde. In the course of 1779 he had the misfortune from the effects of ulceration to lose the sight of both eyes. He was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 22 Sept. 1806; and invested with his present rank 9 July, 1840.
He married a daughter of the late Mr. John Irwin, of Deptford, and was left a widower 28 March, 1845.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Roberts, John

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​ROBERTS. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 11; h-p., 28.)
John Roberts entered the Navy, 8 May, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Invincible 74, Capts. Ross Donnelly and John Hollinworth, the latter of whom he followed as Midshipman into the Resistance 36, commanded afterwards by Capts. Philip L. J. Rosenhagen and Chas. Hole. In the Invincible he served in the North Sea and at the blockade of Toulon; and in both ships he took an active part in the defence of Cadiz, where he came into frequent contact with the enemy’s batteries and witnessed the siege, by the French, of Fort Matagorda. After he had been for a while employed with Capt. Hole in the Badger 10, he returned to England in the Resistance under the command of Capt. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. He served subsequently in the Devonshire 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly, fitting at Sheerness – Jason 32, Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm. King, flag-ship for some time of H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, under whom, we believe, he escorted Louis XVIII. to the coast of France – Centaur 74, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, in which ship he made a voyage to the Cape ​of Good Hope – Eridanus 36, Capt. Wm. Paterson, lying at Plymouth – and Minden 74, fitting for the flag of Sir Rich. King, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, previously to proceeding whither he fought under the officer last mentioned as Admiralty-Midshipman (a rating he had filled on board the Eridanus) at the battle of Algiers. For his conduct on the occasion he was promoted, 16 Sept. 1816, to the rank of Lieutenant. His last appointments were, in June, 1817, and Feb. 1819, to the Orlando 36 and Malabar 74, both commanded by Capt. John Clavell on the East India station, whence he returned in Oct. 1819. The Lieutenant is now Postmaster at Chesterfield.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Roberts, Lazarus

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​ROBERTS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 27; h-p., 16.)
Lazarus Roberts entered the Navy, 1 June, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ville de Paris 110, Capts. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin, John Whitby, and Geo. Aldham, bearing the flag in the Channel of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis; under whom he appears to have been present, 22 Aug. 1805, in an attack made upon the French fleet close in with Brest harbour. Being removed, in May, 1806, as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Oct. 1804), to the Montagu 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, he sailed in that ship with Sir Rich. Strachan in pursuit of a French squadron to the West Indies. On subsequently proceeding to the Mediterranean he assisted at the evacuation of Scylla, a fortified rock on the Faro of Messina, the garrison of which was embarked under a smart fire from the Calabrian shore. He also co-operated with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, where he took part in the defence of Gerona, and aided in taking possession of the fortress of Rosas. On his return to England with Capt. Otway in the Malta 80, he joined, in Dec. 1808, the Revenge 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, part of the force employed in the following year in the expedition to the Walcheren. In June, 1810, he was received on board the Royal William, Capt. Robt. Hall, lying at Spithead; from May, 1811, to Jan. 1815, he served (the last 19 months as Master’s Mate) on board the Zealous 74, Capt. Thos. Boys, in the Baltic; and, on 7 Feb. in the latter year, being then at Cork in the Boyne 98, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. On 30 June, 1834 (having had command since 27 June, 1831, of the Scout Revenue-cruizer), he obtained charge of a station in the Coast Guard, in which service he remained until appointed, 28 Jan. 1845, for two years and a half, to the Royal Charlotte, another Revenue-vessel. Since 19 June, 1847, he has again been in the Coast Guard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Roberts, Henry

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​ROBERTS. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Henry Roberts is cousin of the late Admiral Sir Henry Digby, G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy in June, 1815, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caledonia 120, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, lying at Plymouth, and shortly afterwards sailed in the Eurotas 38, Capt. Jas. Lillicrap, for the Mediterranean, where he continued employed in the Queen 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, Reynard 10, Capt. David St. Clair, Ister 36, Capt. Thos. Forrest, Albion 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Penrose, and Scout 18, Capt. Wm. Ramsden. He passed his examination in June, 1821; and between that period and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 30 April, 1827, performed the duties of Mate in the Albion 74, guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, and, on the South American station, in the Mersey and Menai of 26 guns each, Capts. John Macpherson Ferguson and Michael Seymour. We understand that before he joined the Menai he acted for a time as Lieutenant in the Wellesley 74. Since 29 Jan. 1836 he has filled an appointment in the Coast Guard. He had assisted, in the Mersey, in surveying the western coast of South America.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Roberts, John Walter

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​ROBERTS. (Captain, 1823. f-p., 13; h-p., 30.)
John Walter Roberts was born in 1792 and died 2 Oct. 1845 at Petersham. He was eldest son of the Rev. Wm. Roberts, D.D., Vice-Provost of Eton College, and Rector of Worplesdon, co. Surrey (whose father was Provost of Eton), by a daughter of Col. John Gore, Lieutenant-Governor of the Tower of London, and sister of the late Vice-Admiral Sir John Gore, K.C.B., K.C.H. He was brother-in-law of the late Earl of Egremont.
This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Medusa 32, commanded by his uncle Sir John Gore; under whom he escorted the Marquis Cornwallis as Governor-General to India, and thence returned, a distance of 13,831 miles, in the extraordinarily short period of 82 days. Following his relative as Midshipman, in Feb. 1806, into the Revenge 74, he served in that ship off Brest and L’Orient and for nine months at the blockade of Rochefort, where he witnessed, 25 Sept. 1806, the capture of four heavy French frigates by a squadron under the orders of Sir Sam. Hood. After serving for two years on the coast of Spain and among the Western Islands in the Endymion 40, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, he again, in Aug. 1810, joined Sir John Gore on board the Tonnant 80, employed in the Channel and off Lisbon. From July to Sept. 1811 he cruized in the Bay of Biscay as Acting-Lieutenant in the Amazon 38, Capt. Wm. Parker. He was officially promoted, 6 March, 1812, into the Armada 74, Capt. Chas. Grant, in the Mediterranean; and was next appointed, on that station – 9 May, 1812, to the Repulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray – 30 Jan. 1813, to the Impérieuse 38, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan – 4 Jan. 1814, to the Caledonia 120, flagship of Sir Edw. Pellew – and 24 March ensuing, to ​the Revenge, as Signal-Lieutenant to his uncle, then Rear-Admiral Sir John Gore. From the latter ship he was promoted to the rank of Commander 26 Aug. 1814. On 18 April, 1820, we find him assuming command of the Shearwater 10; in which vessel, until paid off at the commencement of 1822, he served on the St. Helena station. On one occasion, being caught in a violent gale, he was obliged to throw all his guns overboard. His next appointment was, 14 June, 1822, to the Thracian 18, fitting for the West Indies; where, as a reward “for zeal and efforts which had commanded the applause of all,” he was posted, 16 June, 1823, into the Tyne 26. In the ensuing Dec. he returned to England with a freight of 500,000 dollars and a quantity of cochineal on merchants’ account. He did not afterwards go afloat.
Capt. Roberts married, in Nov. 1825, Frances, daughter of John Sargent, Esq., of Lavington Park, co. Sussex, formerly M.P. for Seaford.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ryder, William

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​RYDER. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 18; h-p., 21.)
William Ryder entered the Navy, 2 July, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Narcissus 32, Capts. Chas. Malcolm and Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer. In April, 1809, he served on shore at the capture of the Saintes; and in 1810 he was actively employed in co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain; where he landed with a detachment of seamen and marines under Capt. Aylmer and had several skirmishes with the enemy’s troops in the neighbourhood of Santona. He was also for some time engaged on the coast of Labrador and off Greenland in affording protection to the fur-trade and the whale fisheries. In March, 1812, he removed to the Salvador del Mundo, Capt. Jas. Nash, lying at Plymouth; he again, in July of the same year, joined the Narcissus, then commanded by Capt. John Rich. Lumley; and from the following Sept. until the receipt of his commission, bearing date 16 Sept. 1816, he served on the Cork, Lisbon, Baltic, Channel, North American, and Mediterranean stations, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Alfred 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton, Ulysses 44, Capts. Wm. Fothergill and Thos. Browne, Pactolus 38, Capts. Hon. F. W. Aylmer and Wm. Hugh Dobbie, and Severn 40, Capt. Aylmer. In 1813 he was much employed in the Ulysses in escorting convoys through the Belts, and came often in her boats into contact with the Danish gun-vessels. While Master’s Mate, in 1814-15, of the Pactolus, he served in a rocket-boat at the bombardment of Stonington, took part in other operations on the coast of North America, and accompanied a highly successful expedition sent to the Gironde for the support of the French King. For his conduct in the Severn at the battle of Algiers he was promoted, as above, to the rank of Lieutenant. Between 1825 and 1831 he held command of different stations in the Coast Guard; and from the latter date until 1834, when his health obliged him to resign, he was employed as an Agent on board the Hope transport in conveying stores and troops to the North Seas, the coast of Portugal, and the Mediterranean.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rymer, David

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​RYMER. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
David Rymer died in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy 27 Sept. 1810; passed his examination in 1817; was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 29 July, 1825; obtained charge, 30 Oct. 1833, of a station in the Coast Guard; removed, 15 June, 1838, to the command (which he held for five years) of the Mermaid Revenue-vessel; and from 22 June, 1843, until the period of his death, was again employed in the Coast Guard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rye, George Hubert

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​RYE. (Retired Commander, 1847. f-p., 11; h-p., 38.)
George Hubert Rye entered the Navy, in May, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Jalouse sloop, Capt. John Temple, stationed in the North Sea; and in the following year was present as Midshipman of the Ardent 64, Capt. Thos. Bertie, in the expedition to Holland. After participating in the Modeste, Capt. Martin Hinton, in the operations of 1801 in Egypt, he returned home from the Mediterranean in the spring of 1802 on board the Pallas, Capt. Jos. Edmonds. From April, 1803, until the early part of 1809 he served on the North Sea, Newfoundland, Lisbon, and Downs stations, in the Ceres, Lieut.-Commander Johnson, Crescent, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, Terror, Lieut.-Commander Whitaker, Curlew, Capt. Jas. Murray Northey, Capelin, Lieut.-Commander M‘Donald, Elizabeth 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Curzon, and Glommen, Capt. Chas. Pickford. On 8 March, 1809, he was made Lieutenant into the Rolla 10, Capt. Sam. Clarke, lying in the Downs; and between the following Nov. and Dec. 1810 he was employed in Quiberon Bay, off Flushing, and in the Tagus, in the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife, Audacious 74, Capt. Donald Campbell, and Romulus frigate, commanded by the present Earl of Leven and Melville. In Nov. 1823 he obtained an appointment in the ​Water Guard. He accepted his present rank 9 April, 1847.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rye, Peter

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​RYE. (Rear-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 25; h-p., 44.)
Peter Rye entered the Navy, in June, 1778, as Captain’s Servant, on board the Winchelsea 32, Capt. Chas. Saxon. In April, 1779, on his return from escorting convoy to Jamaica, he joined the Conquestador 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Robt. Roddam at the Nore; and while serving, for upwards of three years, in the Jason 32, Capt. Jas. Pigott, he assisted in beating off, at one time, a French frigate, a ship, and a sloop, between the Nore and Great Yarmouth, and was present, about 1782, in a stiff action fought in the Bay of St. Jago. Between Oct. in the latter year and 1786 he was employed on the American, West India, and Portsmouth stations, in the Thorn 16, Capt. Wm. Lechmere, Hermione 32, Capt. Wm. Stone, Champion 20, Capt. Thos. Sotheby, and Triumph 74, flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood. In 1790 he joined the Victory 100, bearing the flag in the Channel of Lord Bridport; and on 16 March, 1791, he was made Lieutenant into the Gorgon 44, Capt. John Parker. Being next, 22 Jan. 1793, appointed to the Crescent of 42 guns and 257 men, Capt. Jas. Saumarez, he distinguished himself in that ship, and was wounded in the head, at the capture, 20 Oct. ensuing, of the French frigate La Réunion of 36 guns and 320 men, 120 of whom were either killed or wounded, with scarcely any casualty of the British. In Dec. of the same year he accompanied an expedition under Earl Moira and Rear-Admiral M‘Bride to the coast of Normandy and Brittany; and on 8 June, 1794, we find him in action with an enemy’s squadron of very superior force, from which the Crescent escaped by the most bold and masterly manoeuvres. When with Sir Jas. Saumarez (who had been Knighted for the capture of La Réunion) in the Orion 74, Mr. Rye fought in Lord Bridport’s action 23 June, 1795. He afterwards had charge, for about 12 months, of the Earl Spencer cutter of 14 guns, employed on particular service; and on 1 Jan. 1801 he was presented with a second promotal commission. During the period which elapsed between the date last mentioned and the peace of Amiens he cruized with success in the Rambler 14, on the Jersey station. He subsequently commanded the Providence hired armed brig, on the Baltic and Cork stations, from April, 1804, until promoted to Post rank 12 Aug. 1812; and the and Porpoise, from April, 1813, until Oct. 1814. In the Providence he afforded protection to several convoys, and made prize, 11 April, 1805, of the Dutch schooner L’Honneur of 12 guns, carrying 1000 stand of arms, besides taking, on another occasion, a ship of 700 tons. He also beat off five Danish gun-boats while becalmed off Jutland. In the Ceylon he was sent to Gottenborg to superintend the departure of convoys; and in the Porpoise he was employed on particular service of an important character. He accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.
Rear-Admiral Rye, from 18 July, 1837, until the period of his last promotion, was on the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital. He is married, and has issue. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ryder, Granville Dudley

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​RYDER, M.P. (Lieutenant, 1819. f-p., 9; h-p., 25.)
The Honourable Granville Dudley Ryder, born in Nov. 1799, is second son of the first Earl of Harrowby, by Susan, daughter of Granville, first Marquess of Stafford; brother-in-law of Earl Fortescue, and of Capt. Edw. Saurin, R.N.; and first-cousin of Capt. Arthur Phillipps Ryder, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 April, 1813, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Malta 80, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Rear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell; with whom, from the spring of 1815 until Nov. 1817, he served in the Channel and at Cork as Midshipman in the Tonnant 80. After he had been again, for about 18 months, employed in the Mediterranean in the Ganymede 26, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, he joined with that officer, in Aug. 1819, the Owen Glendower 42. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 2 Sept. following; he was removed, on his arrival in South America, to the Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland; and from Jan. 1820 until 1822 he again served in the Owen Glendower. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Ryder was returned to Parliament tor Hertfordshire in 1841. He married, 30 May, 1825, Georgiana Augusta, third daughter of Henry Charles, sixth Duke of Beaufort; by whom he has a large family.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ryves, Herbert Thomas

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​RYVES. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Herbert Thomas Ryves is son of the late Rear-Admiral Geo. Fred. Ryves, by his second wife, Emma, daughter of Rich. Robt. Graham, Esq.; and half-brother of Capt. Geo. Fred. Ryves, R.N. One of his own brothers, Walter Robert, in the Royal Navy, was drowned; and two others, Edw. Augustus and Wm. Henry, also in the Royal Navy, died at sea.
This officer entered the Navy 17 July, 1824; and passed his examination 1 Dec. 1830. While serving in China as Acting-Lieutenant in the H.E.I.Co.’s war-steamer Phlegethon, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Johnstone M‘Cleverty, he took command, 15 March, 1842, of the boats of that vessel, and, in unison with those of the Cornwallis 72 and Blonde 42, destroyed five large flat-bottomed boats, each armed with an 18-pounder carronade, together with 14 boats fitted as a fire-raft, and a mandarin house, filled with powder and military stores. In the course of the same day he again served in the boats ​in an attempt to intercept the enemy in their flight after the battle of Tze-Kee. He was confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant 23 Not. 1841. In May, 1843, he obtained an appointment to the Conway 26, Capt. Robt. Fair, fitting at Portsmouth; and from 13 Dec. 1843 until the close of 1847, he was employed on the south-east coast of America, chiefly as First-Lieutenant, in the Satellite 18, Capt. Robt. Hibbert Bartholomew Rowley.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sadleir, Richard

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​SADLEIR. (Lieutenant, 1819.)
Richard Sadleir entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sybille 44, Capts. Clotworthy Upton, Jas. Sanders, and Thos. Forrest; in which ship he was for upwards of seven years actively employed on the Irish, Newfoundland, and Home stations – part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman. From April to Aug. 1815 he served in the river Medway and at Portsmouth in the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Chas. Inglis; and from July, 1815, until some time after his promotion to the rank he now holds, which took place 21 May, 1819, he was employed on the Canadian Lakes (at first as Midshipman, Acting-Lieutenant, and Second Master), in the Prince Regent, Capt. Wm. Augustus Baumgardt, Montreal, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, and in the Ordinary under Sir Robt. Hall and Commodore Robt. Barrie.
Lieut. Sadleir is a Catechist at New South Wales. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ryder, Alfred Phillipps

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​RYDER. (Captain, 1848.)
Alfred Phillipps Ryder, born 27 Nov. 1820, is seventh son of Hon. Henry Ryder, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, who died in 1836, by Sophia, daughter of the late Thos. March Phillipps, Esq., of Garendon Park, co. Leicester; nephew of the first Earl of Harrowby; and brother-in-law of the Right. Hon. Sir Geo. Grey, Bart., Secretary of State for the Home Department.
This officer entered the Navy 6 May, 1833; passed his examination 24 July, 1839; studied afterwards at the Royal Naval College, obtained his first commission 2 July, 1841; served from 22 Sept. following until paid off in 1845 in the Belvidera 42, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, on the Mediterranean station; acquired the rank of Commander 15 Jan. 1846; and from 26 May, 1847, until advanced to his present rank, 2 May, 1848, was employed in North America and the West Indies in the Vixen steam-sloop of 280-horse power.