while detached in the Curaçoa’s boats, to fall, 30 July, into the hands of the enemy, by whom he was detained a prisoner until the end of the war. He subsequently, from June until Sept. 1814, served at Portsmouth in the Egmont 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham; and on 13 June, 1815, he was promoted to the rank of Commander. His next appointments were, 23 Oct. and 2 Nov. 1818, to the Mutine 16 and Arab 18; in the latter of which vessels he served for about three years on the Cork station. On the occasion of his advancement to Post-rank, 10 March, 1827, he obtained command of the Niemen 28, on the Halifax station. In 1847 he accepted the Retirement.
Capt. Simeon married, 5 July, 1821, Frances, second daughter of Thos. Woore, Esq., of Inch House, co. Donegal, by whom he has issue.
SIMKIN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
John Simkin was born 18 Feb. 1792. He is brother of Retired Commander Thos. Allen Simkin, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Racehorse 18, Capts. Robt. Forbes and Wm. Fisher, employed on the Mediterranean and Home stations, where, from Dec. 1807 until presented in Aug. 1815 with a commission bearing date 28 Feb. in that year, he served, principally in the capacity of Midshipman, in the Salvador del Mondo, flag-ship of Admiral Young, Cambrian 40, Capts. Rich. Budd Vincent and Fras. Wm. Fane, Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, Goshawk 16, Capts. Jas. Lilburn, Thos. Ball Clowes, and Hon. Wm. John Napier, Pilot 18, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, and Nautilus 18, Capts. Thos. Dench and John Bradley. In the Racehorse and Cambrian he was in frequent action with the enemy’s batteries on the coasts of France and Catalonia; and while in the Goshawk, in which vessel he continued from Oct. 1809 until Oct. 1812, he assisted in causing the self-destruction, 25 March, 1811, of the French 40-gun frigate Amazone, near Barfleur light-house, and on 7 Sept. following, when in company with the Barbadoes 24, chased into Calvados seven French gun-brigs (one of which was driven on shore), mounting 3 long 24-pounders and a mortar each, and manned with 75 men. Since he left the Nautilus he has been on half-pay.
Lieut. Simkin has been three times married, and has seven children.
SIMKIN. (Retired Commander, 1841. f-p., 16; h-p., 31.)
Thomas Allen Simkin is brother of Lieut. John Simkin, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Oct. 1800, as A.B., on board the Ville de Paris 110, Capt. Sir Thos. Troubridge, flag-ship off Brest of Earl St. Vincent and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis; and from March, 1802, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 Nov. 1806, was employed as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Jan. 1801) in the Alarm 32 and Amazon 38, both commanded by the present Sir Wm. Parker. In the Alarm he conveyed a body of German troops from Lymington to Holland; and in the Amazon he brought the Duke of Kent home from Gibraltar, assisted at the capture of the privateers Le Félix of 16 guns and 96 men and Principe de la Paz of 24 guns, 4 swivels, and 160 men, joined in the very spirited pursuit of a French frigate into Toulon, accompanied Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back in search of the combined squadrons of France and Spain, and took part, 13 March, 1806, in a long running fight, which terminated in the surrender to the London 98 and Amazon, whose loss extended to 4 men killed and 5 wounded, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. His last appointments afloat were – 19 Nov. 1806, for three years, to the Glatton 50, Capts. Thos. Seccombe, Henry Hope, John Clavell, and Geo. Miller Bligh, in the Mediterranean – 11 Dec. 1809, to the Gibraltar 80, Capt. Robt. Plampin, in Basque Roads – and in Feb. 1812 and June, 1813, to the Muros 12, Capt. Jas. Aberdour, and Rosamond 20, Capts. Robt. Campbell and Edw. Stopford, both on the Newfoundland station, whence he returned in Jan. 1815. From 16 May, 1835, until the early part of 1837 he held command of a station in the Coast Guard. He accepted his present rank 12 Oct. 1841.
SIMMONS. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 27; h-p., 9.)
Chestney Simmons entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Snipe 14, commanded at first by Lieuts. Chas. Champion and Nathaniel Ratsey, and next by Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis. In that vessel he served on the Baltic and Home stations until Dec. 1814 – the last 14 months in the capacity of Midshipman. He joined next the Plover 18, Capt. John Skekel, at Newfoundland; passed his examination 18 Sept. 1816; and as a reward for his exertions in the Coast Blockade, as Mate of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 16 Aug. 1819. Since 17 Dec. 1828 he has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
He married, 10 July, 1840, Julia Frances Stanley, daughter of the Rev. Rich. Blackett De Chair, of Sheperdswell, co. Kent.
SIMMONS. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.)
Edward Simmons was born in March, 1790, at Gillingham, co. Kent.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 March, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, Capts. John Child Purvis and Chas. John Moore Mansfield; under the latter of whom he fought as Midshipman at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and was present, in 1807, at the bombardment of Copenhagen. Being placed, on the surrender of the Danish capital, on board the Neptunos 80, he had the misfortune while in that ship to be wrecked and to lose all he possessed. He joined next, in Dec. 1807, the Astraea 32, Capt. Edm. Heywood, on the West India station; where, while under the temporary command of Lieut. Edm. Potenger Greenlaw, he was again wrecked, on a coral reef off the island of Anagada, 24 May, 1808, and a second time lost his all. He served subsequently in the Jason and Ethalion frigates, both commanded by Sir Thos. John Cochrane, Ulysses 44, Capt. Hon. Warwick Lake, Franchise 36, Capt. John Allen, Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, Galatea 42, Capt. Woodley Losack, President frigate, Capt. Sam. Warren, Scipion 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford, and Galatea again, Capt. W. Losack. In 1809 he assisted, in the Ethalion, at the capture of Martinique, and (with his name on the books of the Ulysses) commanded a gun-boat during the operations in the Scheldt. In the Galatea, of which ship he was confirmed a Lieutenant after having acted for upwards of two months as such, 14 May, 1811, he took part, 20 of the latter month (while cruizing off Madagascar, in company with the Astraea and Phoebe frigates, about equal in force to the Galatea and 18-gun brig Racehorse) in a long and trying action with the French 40-gun frigates Renommée, Clorinde, and Néréide, in which the Galatea, besides being much damaged in her hull, masts, and rigging, sustained a loss of 16 men killed and 46 wounded. He afterwards visited the West Indies and Newfoundland He left the Galatea in Nov. 1815; and was lastly, from Feb. 1830 until April, 1831, employed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Talavera 74, Capts. Hugh Pigot and David Colly.
The Lieutenant is married. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
SIMMONS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.)
George Valentine Simmons entered the Navy, in April, 1803, on board the Salvador del Mundo, Capts. Chas. Henry Lane, Cooke, and John Loring, lying at Portsmouth, where he remained for three years. He then, in May, 1806, joined the Ferret 18, Capt. Hon. Geo. Cadogan, on the West India
