former Commander, in the Montreal. He then, the establishment being broken up, came home, as Acting Supernumerary-Lieutenant, in the Pactolus 38, Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie. On his arrival in July he joined the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Thornbrough at Portsmouth; from the following Aug. until March, 1821, he served in the Mediterranean as Admiralty-Midshipman in the Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland; and on 30 April in the latter year, after he had again served at Portsmouth in the Queen Charlotte, then the flag-ship of Sir Jos. Hawkins Whitshed, and in the Ramillies 74, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, he was promoted to the rank he now holds. He has since been on half-pay.
He married, first, in Aug. 1825, Jane, daughter of the Rev. John Foster, Rector of Drypoole; and secondly, in June, 1838, Mary, daughter of Wm. Field, Esq., shipowner, of Hull, one of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House. By his former marriage he has issue two children. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
SHADWELL. (Commander, 1846.)
Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell is son of the Right Hon. Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Kt., Vice-Chancellor of England.
This officer entered the Navy 3 May, 1827; passed his examination in 1833; obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838; was appointed, 26 July following, to the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the Mediterranean station; and, from 3 Dec. 1841 until promoted to his present rank 27 June, 1846, was employed in the East Indies, as First-Lieutenant, in the Fly 18, Capt. Fras. Price Blackwood. In the Castor he took part, in 1840, in the operations against the towns of Caiffa, Jaffa, and Tsour, and assisted at the bombardment of Acre. At Caiffa he was sent with a flag of truce to demand the surrender of that place to the Sublime Porte.[1]
Commander Shadwell is the author of ‘A Table of Arcs for facilitating the Computation of the Latitude, by Double Altitudes of the principal Fixed Stars, calculated for the years 1835, 1845, 1855, &c.’ published in 1837.
SHAIRP. (Commander, 1827.)
Alexander Shairp is brother of Lieut. Stephen Shairp, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 May, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Calypso sloop, Capt. Matthew Barton Bradby, stationed in the North Sea and Baltic; served, from July, 1810, until March, 1813, in the East Indies, as Midshipman, in the Hussar and Modeste frigates, Capts. Alex. Skene and Jas. Coutts Crawford; and, from March, 1813, until presented in Sept. 1815 with a commission bearing date 9 March in that year, was employed in the Channel, at the Cape of Good Hope, and in the Mediterranean in the Niger 38, Capt. Peter Rainier, and Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace. In the Calypso he accompanied the expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren; in the Hussar he co-operated, in 1811, in the reduction of Java; in the Niger he assisted, in company with the Tagus 36, at the capture, 6 Jan. 1814, of the French 40-gun frigate Cérès; and in the Berwick he took part, in 1815, in the siege of Gaeta. His appointments in the capacity of Lieutenant were – in Aug. 1818, to the Rochfort 80, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Fras. Fremantle, fitting for the Mediterranean – 29 March and 16 June, 1820, to the Révolutionnaire 46 and Beaver sloop, Capts. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew and Fred. Marryat, on the Mediterranean and St. Helena stations – 30 Nov. 1822, to the Nimrod 18, Capt. Wm. Rochfort, employed at first in quelling an alarming insurrection of the keelmen in the river Tyne, next on the west coast of Scotland and on a mission to the river Garonne, and finally in cruizing on the coast of Ireland – and, 10 April, 1826, to the Heron 18, Capt. Robt. Tait, equipping for South America. He attained his present rank 30 April, 1827; and from 22 Sept. 1835 until the close of 1838 was employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
SHAIRP. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Alexander Mordaunt Shairp entered the Navy 18 Jan. 1817; passed his examination 23 July, 1823; and from 28 Jan. 1840 until the close of 1846 was employed as Mate and Lieutenant (commission dated 23 Nov. 1841) in the Coast Guard. He was then, 31 Dec. 1846, appointed Additional of the Penelope steam-frigate of 650 horse-power, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Chas. Hotham on the coast of Africa, where, since 1 May, 1847, he has been serving in the Bittern 12, Capt. Thos. Hope.
SHAIRP. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
John Hamilton Shairp entered the Navy 19 Dec. 1828; and assisted, when Midshipman, on the coast of Africa, of the Speedwell schooner, Lieut.- Commander Wm. Warren, at the capture, 3 June, 1832, of the Aquila slaver of superior force. He passed his examination .18 May, 1835; served, from 1840 until paid off in 1843, on the East India station, as Mate, in the Favorite 18, Capt. Thos. Ross Sulivan; and on 12 Feb. 1844, soon after he had joined the Apollo troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Maclean, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His next appointments were – 1 May, 1844, as Additional, to the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, Commander-in-Chief in North America and the West Indies – 16 Oct. 1844, to the Scylla 16, Capt. Robt. Sharpe, on the same station, whence he returned at the close of 1845 – and, 11 April, 1846, to the Belleisle troop-ship, Capt. John Kingcome, with whom he remained until paid off in 1848.
SHAIRP. (Lieutenant, 1824. f-p., 23; h-p., 12.)
Stephen Shairp was born in Jan. 1799. He is brother of Commander Alex. Shairp, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 14 June, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aquilon 32, Capt. Wm. Bowles; and in the course of the same year was present, in company with the Sheldrake sloop, at the destruction of seven large merchant-ships, in face of 1500 French soldiers, near Stralsund. On his return to England with Capt. Bowles in the Ceres frigate, after having been for some time employed on the South American station, he became, in July, 1814, Midshipman of the Nymphen 36, Capt. Matthew Smith. From Sept. 1815, until May, 1819, he again served in South America in the Amphion 32, Capts. Wm. Bowles and Wm. Bateman Dashwood. He next, in Aug. 1820, joined the Forte 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane, employed in the Channel and also in the West Indies; where on 26 April, 1824, he was confirmed a Lieutenant (three months after he had been ordered to act as such) in the Scout 18, Capt. Jas. Wigston. From Aug. to Dec. of the same year he served with Capt. Edw. Brace in the Ganges 84; and since 31 Dec. 1835 (deducting a command held from 15 June, 1838, until June, 1840, of the Camelion Revenue-cruizer) he has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
He is married and has issue.
SHAKESPEAR. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 11; h-p., 32.)
Arthur Shakespear was born 18 May, 1788, and died in 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 March, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leviathan 74, Capt Henry Wm. Bayntun; and in Dec. 1805, after having served in the Mediterranean and fought at Trafalgar, was received as Supernumerary Midshipman on board the Royal William, bearing the flag of Admiral Montagu at Portsmouth. He was next from Jan. 1806 until March, 1808, employed in the North Sea and Channel in the Thetis 38, Capt. Wm. Hall Gage; and from the latter date until
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2501.
