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15 wounded, of La Vénus of 44 guns and 380 men, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Hamelin, and of the Ceylon 32, her prize; and he further served on shore at the reduction of Isle Bourbon and of the Isle of France. On 5 Dec. 1810, Mr. Clifford become Acting Flag-Lieutenant, in the Africaine, to Vice-Admiral Bertie. Obtaining his official promotion 22 April, 1811, he was afterwards, between June, 1812, and Oct. 1817, appointed, on the East India station, to the acting-command for a brief period of the Samarang 18, and, next, to the Bucephalus 32, Capt. Barrington Reynolds, Illustrious and Minden 74’s, flagships of Sir Sam. Hood, Africaine 38, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney, and Victor 16, and Lyra 10, both commanded by Capt. Basil Hall. He has been an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard since 11 Oct. 1823.
Lieut. Clifford, who, when on board the Lyra, accompanied Lord Amherst’s embassy to China in 1816-17, compiled on that occasion a vocabulary of the language of the Great Loo-choo Island, which may be found in Capt. Basil Hall’s ‘Voyage of Discovery to the Western Coast of Corea and the Great Loo-choo Island, in the Japan Sea,’ &c.
CLIFFORD. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 16; h-p., 2.)
William John Cavendish Clifford, born 12 Oct. 1814, is eldest son of Capt. Sir Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, Bart., R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Feb. 1829, on board the Undaunted 46, commanded at first by his father, and afterwards, at the Cape of Good Hope, by Capt. Edw. Harvey. He next joined the Ocean 80, Capt. Alex. Ellice, guardship at Sheerness; was lent for some time to the Royal George yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence; and, having passed his examination in 1835, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 7 May, 1838. His subsequent appointments, in the latter capacity, were – 5 June, 28 July, and 8 Oct. 1838, to the Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Stopford, Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, and Tyne 28, Capt. John Townshend, on the Mediterranean station; and, early in 1842, to the William and Mary yacht. Having been advanced to his present rank 7 March, 1842, in honour of her Majesty’s visit to Spithead, the subject of this sketch has, since 7 Sept. 1844, been in successive command of the Wolverine 16, and Ringdove 16, in the East Indies. He appears, on 19 Aug. 1845, while in the former sloop, to have in part commanded the boats of a squadron, carrying altogether 530 officers, seamen, and marines, at the destruction, under Capt. Chas. Talbot, of the piratical settlement of Malloodoo, on the north end of the island of Borneo, where the British encountered a desperate opposition, and sustained a loss of 6 men killed and 15 wounded.[1]
CLOWES. (Captain, 1823. f-p., 15; h-p., 31.)
Thomas Ball Clowes, born 30 June, 1787, at Wingham, co. Kent, is son of the late Surgeon Clowes, of Canterbury.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 June, 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Overyssel 64, Capt. John Bazely, flag-ship in the Downs of Vice-Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge; removed for a brief period, in the early part of 1802, to the Amazon 38, Capt. Sam. Sutton; and, from 29 May, 1804, until Nov. 1807, served, as Midshipman, in the Leda 38, Capt. Robt. Honyman. After experiencing several warm collisions with the Boulogne flotilla, he took part in the reduction, in Jan. 1806, of the Cape of Good Hope, was next present at the attacks on Maldonado and Monte Video, and on his return from a second visit to the Cape, whither he had been sent in charge of a prize, joined in the operations against Copenhagen. He subsequently served, in the Downs and Mediterranean, on board the Canada 74, Capt. John Harvey, and Leonidas and Active 38’s, Capts. Jas. Dunbar and Jas. Alex. Gordon; passed his examination 5 April, 1809; commanded, as Master’s Mate of the St. Fiorenzo 36, Capt. Henry Matson, a gun-boat in the ensuing expedition against Flushing; became, 6 Dec. 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the Clyde 38, Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen; and, on 26 of the same month, was presented by the Admiralty with his first commission. Mr. Clowes’ next appointment was, in May, 1810, to the Hamadryad 36, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, from which ship, after serving off St. Helena, and on the North American and Irish stations, he was promoted to the rank of Commander 23 March, 1812. We find him, until he invalided in Dec. 1814, next holding command of the Goshawk and Sparrowhawk sloops, in the Mediterranean, whither, in the former vessel, he escorted a convoy during the summer of 1812. He was afterwards, from 22 May, 1821, until posted, 16 May, 1823, actively employed in the Rose 18, in the Levant, at a time when hostilities raged between the Turks and Greeks. Since the date last-mentioned Capt. Clowes has been on half-pay.
He is married, and has issue two daughters. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.
CLUBLEY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Charles Witty Clubley entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ambuscade 32, Capt. Wm. D’Urban, on the Mediterranean station, where he became, 15 Aug. following. Midshipman of the Madras 54, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, and continued to serve, until Dec. 1807, in the Spider 10, Lieut.-Commander H. Shaw, Queen 98, Capt. Fras. Pender, and Zealous 74, Capts. John Okes Hardy and John Giffard. While in the Spider he assisted in cutting out, from the port of Reggio, 10 Dec. 1805, the Andromeda French privateer, of 4 guns and 43 men. From 26 March, 1808, until 26 March, 1811, we next find Mr. Clubley studying at the Royal Naval College; after which he returned to the Mediterranean, where, and latterly on the Home station, he appears, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 17 Feb. 1815, to have been successively employed in the Blossom 18, and Swiftsure 74, both commanded by Capt. Wm. Stewart, Volontaire 38, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave, Repulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, Furieuse 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, Cossack 22, Acting-Capt. Jones, Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth, Undaunted 38, Capt. Thos. Ussher, Pilot sloop, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, Leveret 10, Capt. Jonathan Christian, Monmouth 64, Capt. Wilkinson, Namur 74, Rear-Admiral Sir Chas. Rowley, and Bombay 74, Capt. John Bazely. On 29 April, 1812, he served in the boats of the Blossom, with those of the Undaunted and Volontaire, under Lieut. John Eagar, at the capture and destruction, near the mouth of the Rhone, of a national schooner of 4 guns and 74 men, and a convoy of 20 vessels. He assisted also, in the same sloop, at the reduction of two towers in the Bay of St. Mary’s. He co-operated, next, with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, particularly at Tarragona; and, when in the Furieuse, aided, as well as in other boat affairs, at the taking of a privateer and convoy close to Civita Vecchia, and was also present in the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn, and at the surrender of Genoa. Since 1815 Lieut. Clubley has been on half-pay.
CLYDE. (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p., 25; h-p., 38.)
Charles Clyde entered the Navy, 15 June, 1784, as A.B., on board the Trimmer sloop, commanded, latterly, by Capt. Chas. Tyler, and employed for the suppression of smuggling in the Bristol Channel. He attained the rating of Midshipman 2 Dec. 1784, and, from July, 1786, until the breaking out of the French revolutionary war, continued to serve on the Home station, on borad the Spider cutter, Lieut.-Commander Edmonstone, Impregnable and Nero, ships of the line, Capt. Thos. Pringle, Hyaena 24, Capt. John Aylmer, Royal George 100,
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1845, p. 6536.
