Captain’s Good-Service Pension 3 Nov. 1846, and advanced, 1 June, 1848, to Flag-rank.
Rear-Admiral Sharpe married, 15 April, 1841, Magdalene, youngest daughter of the late Sir Wm. Erskine, Bart. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
SHARPE. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
Benjamin Sharpe entered the Navy 19 Jan. 1827; passed his examination in 1833; obtained his commission 18 Oct. 1839; was appointed 1 Feb. 1840, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; and, from 1 Oct. following until paid off in 1843, was employed in the Mediterranean in the Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen Pell, Robt. Smart, and Thos. Forrest. He has not been since afloat.
He married, in March, 1843, at Malta, Mary Anne Fanny, daughter of the Rev. Geo. Montagu, of Swaffham (by Emily, fourth daughter of the Rev. Wm. Tonge, Chancellor of the diocese of Norwich), and niece of Lieut. Edw. Proudfoot Montagu, R.N. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
SHARPE, K.T.S. (Captain, 1848. f-p., 16; h-p., 24.)
Robert Sharpe entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1807, as A.B., on board the Mars 74, Capts. Wm. Lukin, John Surman Garden, and Henry Raper, in which ship he attained the rating of Midshipman, 1 July, 1808; and was for upwards of four years employed on the Baltic, Home, and Lisbon stations. After serving for 15 months, the chief part of the time as Master’s Mate, in the Vigo 74, bearing the flags of Rear-Admirals Jas. Nicoll Morris and Graham Moore, and Comet 20, Capt. Geo. Wm. Blamey, he joined, in March, 1814, the Prince Regent, Commodore Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, on the Canadian Lakes; where and on the river St. Lawrence he continued employed on gun-boat and other services, the last nine months in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant, until Aug. 1815. He was then presented with a commission bearing date 13 of the preceding March. His next appointments were – 11 Aug. 1823 and 4 Feb. 1825, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capts. Chas. Dashwood and Hugh Downman, and Tribune 42, Capt. Gardiner Henry Guion, both on the Lisbon station. He attained the rank of Commander 24 Nov. 1826; served from 26 Jan. 1842, until the close of 1845, in the Scylla 16, on the North America and West India station; and was advanced to his present rank 31 Jan. 1848. In the spring of 1845 he conveyed the King of the Mosquito Shore from Blanfield to Belize to be crowned. In commemoration of Don John VI. having taken shelter on board the Windsor Castle off Lisbon in May, 1824, the order of the Tower and Sword was conferred upon Capt. Sharpe in common with the other officers of the ship. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
SHAW. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 34; h-p., 9.)
Charles Shaw (a) entered the Navy, 17 July, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Loire of 46 guns, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, whom he followed into the Volontaire 38 and Emerald 36. In the Loire he was under fire, 4 June, 1805, of the batteries in Muros Bay, when they were gallantly stormed and carried, and the privateers Confiance and Bélier taken, by the boats under the late Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo. He assisted also, 25 of the same month, in capturing Le Vaillant of 30 guns; was in company with L’Egyptienne frigate at the taking, after an obstinate resistance, of La Libre of 40 guns; and conveyed in July, 1806, to Sir Rich. Keats, off L’Orient, intelligence which led to the capture of Le Rhin of 44 guns. From Aug. 1807 until Jan. 1814 he served, in the Mediterranean and on the coast of Africa, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Volage 22, Capt. Philip L. J. Rosenhagen, and Thais 20, Capts. Isaac Ferrieres and Edw. Scobell; and from March, 1814, until Oct. 1816, in the Channel and West Indies in the Sybille 44, Capt. Thos. Forrest, Venerable 74, flag-ship of Sir Philip Chas. Durham, and Barrosa 36, Capt. John Maxwell. He contributed, in the Volage, to the capture, 28 July, 1808, of the French brig-corvette Le Requin of 16 guns and 110 men; and was presented, while serving in the Venerable, with a commission bearing date 1 Feb. 1815. He has been in charge, since 14 Dec. 1825, of a station in the Coast Guard.
SHAW. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Charles Shaw (b) entered the Navy 8 May, 1808; passed his examination in 1816; obtained his commission 12 March, 1827; and from 23 April, 1828, until 1847, was employed in the Coast Guard. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
SHAW. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 7; h-p., 33.)
George Shaw entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince of Wales 98, Capt. Adam Mackenzie; previously to accompanying whom, in the ensuing Dec, into the President 50, he took part, under the flag of Admiral Gambier, in the attack upon Copenhagen. He continued employed, as Midshipman, in the President on the Brazilian station, latterly under the orders of Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, until Aug. 1810. He then joined the Armada 74, commanded at first by Capt. Mackenzie and next by Capt. John Ferris Devonshire; and, in April, 1812, with the officer last-mentioned, the St. Albans 64. In those ships he served on the Home station and at the defence of Cadiz. He left the St. Albans in Oct. 1812; and was afterwards, until 26 June, 1816, employed on the coast of Brazil and in the South Seas in the Indefatigable 44, Capt. John Fyffe. His commission bears date 20 March, 1815.
He married, 20 Feb. 1826, Miss E. Anning, of Kilmington, co. Devon, a lady by whom he has issue four sons and three daughters.
SHAW. (Commander, 1813. f-p., 19; h-p., 35.)
Isaac Shaw died in 1848.
This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Courageux 74, commanded by the late Lord Radstock and by Capts. John Matthews and Benj. Hallowell. After witnessing the occupation of Toulon, and assisting, as Midshipman, at the reduction of Corsica, he removed, in Oct. 1794, to the Romulus frigate, Capt. Geo. Hope, part of the force under Vice-Admiral Hotham in his action with the French fleet 14 March, 1795. From April, 1796, until June, 1798, he served under the flag of the officer first-mentioned, on the Lisbon, Home, and Newfoundland stations, in the Barfleur 98, Flora and Latona frigates, Romney 50, and Agincourt 64. In the Barfleur he fought in the action off Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797. On leaving the Agincourt he became Acting-Lieutenant of the Pluto sloop, Capts. Henry Folkes Edgell and Henry Barwell. In that vessel, to which he was confirmed 25 June, 1801, he continued employed, still on the Newfoundland station, until Feb. 1803. His succeeding appointments were – 2 Sept. 1803, to the Windsor Castle 98, Capts. Albemarle Bertie, Davidge Gould, and Thos. Wells, stationed off Brest – 29 Aug. 1804 (three months after ill health had compelled him to leave the Windsor Castle) to the Lady Melville hired ship, Capt. John Thicknesse, cruizing off the Start – 12 Nov. following, for two years, to the Neptune 98, Capts. Sir Thos. Williams and Thos. Francis Fremantle, in which ship he served off Ferrol and Brest, and at the battle of Trafalgar – and 30 March, 22 April, and 7 Sept. 1807, to the Hussar 38, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, Nemesis 28, Capt. Philip Somerville, and Volontaire 38, Capts. Chas. Bullen, Abel Ferris, Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt, Joseph Nourse, and Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave. In the latter frigate, in which he continued six years, Lieut. Shaw partook of much active service in the Mediterranean, and on many occasions distinguished himself. In the course
