Victualling and Dookyards at Deptford and Chatham – and from 24 Aug. 1847, until the period of his death, as Admiral-Superintendent at Portsmouth. His promotion to Flag-rank took place 9 Nov. 1846.
Rear-Admiral Shirreff married, 29 June, 1810, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Hon. David Murray, grand-uncle of the present Lord Elibank, by whom he has left issue.
SHORE. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Samuel Sparshott Shore passed his examination 16 June, 1835; and for his services in China as Mate of the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842.[1] His next appointments were – 20 Oct. 1843, as Additional, to the Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore John Brett Purvis on the coast of Brazil – 2 Aug. 1844, to the Racer 16, Capt. Arch. Reed, on the coast of Africa – 8 Sept. 1846, again as Additional, to the Devastation steam-sloop. Commodore Sir Chas. Hotham, on the same station – and 30 Sept. 1846, for a few months, to the Coast Guard.
SHORT. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
Henry Middleton Short died 4 Nov. 1844, of typhus fever, at Ballina, co. Mayo.
This officer entered the Navy 16 June, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Porpoise, Capt. J. Short, fitting, we believe, for New South Wales, whence he returned, in 1807, in the Buffalo store-ship. In Aug. 1808, eight months after he had been discharged from the latter vessel, he was received into the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth. He next, in June, 1811, joined the Salvador del Mundo, Capt. Nash, lying at Plymouth, and, in the course of the same month, the Rota 38, Capt. Philip Somerville, with whom he served on the Home, North America, and West India stations, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, until May, 1815. He then removed in succession to the Albion 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, and Madagascar and Phaeton frigates, both commanded by Capt. Fras. Stanfell; and in the following Nov. he was presented with a commission bearing date 3 Aug. 1815. His last appointments were – 23 July, 1823, to the Harlequin sloop, Capt, John Weeks, on the Cork station – 20 Nov. 1824, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Hugh Downman, lying at Plymouth – and, 21 Jan. 1825, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch and Hugh Pigot.
Lieut. Short was married and has left issue.
SHORT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 29.)
Joseph Short (b) entered the Navy, 22 Sept. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Porpoise, Capts. J. Short and John Porteous, in which vessel he was for about five years employed at New South Wales, part of the time as Master’s Mate and Acting-Lieutenant. He served subsequently, from Dec. 1810 until June, 1815, in the Mediterranean, Channel, and West Indies, in the Serapis, Master-Commander Wm. Lloyd, Haughty gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Harvey, Active 38, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, Fervent 12, Capt. Chas. Hope Reid, Asia 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. Brown, Shark sloop, Capts. John Gore, Chas. Sam. White, John Undrell, and Chas. Strangways, and Tortoise, Master-Commander Thos. Cooke. He was for seven months Second-Master of the Serapis and Haughty, and for 20, Acting-Master of the Shark. After he had been for nearly three months employed in Portsmouth Harbour in the Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, Queen Charlotte 100, Britomart 10, Capt. Robt. Riddell (now Carre), and Pactolus 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, he took up, in Oct. 1815, a commission bearing date 13 of the preceding March. His last appointment was to the Coast Blockade, on which service he continued for about three years as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and Ramillies 74, Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch and Hugh Pigot. Agents – Holmes and Folkard.
SHORT. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Samuel Frederick Short entered the Navy 14 March, 1823; passed his examination in 1830; and for his services on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Nov. 1840. His appointments have since been – 15 Dec. 1840, to the Cyclops steamer, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin, in the Mediterranean – 8 April, 1843, as Additional, to the Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, on the same station – 11 Dec. following, to the Locust steamer, Lieut.-Commander John Lunn, also in the Mediterranean – 23 April, 1844, again to the Queen, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley at Portsmouth – and, 26 Aug. 1844, to the command, which he still retains, of a station in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Short married, 8 Dec. 1846, Anne, eldest daughter of Lieut. John R. Benson, R.N.
SHORTLAND. (Commander, 1848.)
Peter Frederick Shortland entered the Navy 15 Jan. 1827; passed his examination 4 Dec. 1834; was promoted (from the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings) to the rank of Lieutenant 1 April, 1842; and, from 11 May following until advanced to the rank of Commander 20 Jan. 1848, was employed on surveying service in North America in the Columbia steamer, commanded during that period by Lieuts. Alfred Kortright and John Harding, by Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, and for upwards of two years by himself. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
SHORTLAND. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Willoughby Shortland entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College) 9 Jan. 1818; passed his examination in 1823; and obtained his commission 18 Jan. 1828. His succeeding appointments were – 24 Aug. 1828, to the Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, employed on particular service – 19 Dec. 1829, to the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole, on the Jamaica station – and, 21 March, 1831, to the command of the Skipjack schooner, of 5 guns, also in the West Indies, where he remained until superseded in June, 1833.
He is at present Colonial Secretary at New Zealand. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
SHORTT. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 31; h-p., 9.)
Charles Shortt was born 3 June, 1791.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 April, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Flora 36, Capt. Loftus Otway Bland, in which frigate he was wrecked on the coast of Holland while holding the rating of Midshipman 19 Jan. 1808. On being released after a few months of captivity, he was received, in July of the same year, on board the Aboukir 74, Capt. Geo. Parker, attached to the force in the North Sea. He was subsequently employed – from 24 March, 1809, until 18 March, 1813 (on the Baltic and Halifax stations), in the Africa 64, Capts. L. O. Bland Geo. Fred. Ryves, and John Bastard, flag-ship for some time of Rear-Admiral Herbert Sawyer – from 19 March, 1813, until 25 Oct. 1815, in the Rippon 74, Capt. Sir Christopher Cole, and Amphion 32, Capts. Jas. Pattison Stewart, John Brett Purvis, and Wm. Bowles, in the Channel and among the Western Islands – from 26 Oct. 1815 until 3 Aug. 1819, in the Magicienne 42, Capt. John Brett Purvis, in the East Indies – and, from 30 March, 1820, until 21 Aug. 1821 in the Pandora 18, Capt. Chas. Grenville Randolph, on the Irish station. In the Rippon, Amphion, and Magicienne he held (as he had latterly done in the Africa) the rating of Master’s Mate, and in the Pandora that of Admiralty Midshipman. He saw much boat-service in the Africa on the Danish coast, and was much employed in her in chasing American frigates and privateers; and he was present in the Rippon at the capture, 21 Oct. 1813, of the French frigate Le Weser of 44 guns. On leaving
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1843, p. 2950.
