was boarded singly by Lieut. Streatfeild in the pinnace, and maizes the seventh privateer this brave and active officer has taken and destroyed; the other was eurprised under the shore of Romsoe, and taken by Mr. Hodges, Midshipman; 5 of the crew escaped in the woods.”[1] Lieut. Streatfeild attained his present rank 13 June, 1815, and has not been since afloat.
The Commander married, in 1820, Miss Dorothy Walters Cooper, and has issue. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
STRETTELL. (Lieut., 1841. f-p., 17; h-p., 6.)
John Strettell entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1824, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince Regent 120, Capt. Wm. Henry Webley Parry, flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell at Chatham; and in the following Sept. joined the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton; in which frigate, after he had fought as Midshipman at the battle of Navarin, he was wrecked during an attack made upon a nest of pirates at Carabusa 31 Jan. 1828. From Sept. in the latter year until April, 1831, he again served in the Mediterranean in the Revenge 78, Capt. Norbome Thompson, and Rattlesnake 28, Capts. Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley and Chas. Graham. Having passed his examination 14 Feb. 1831, he was next employed in the capacity of Mate – from 21 March until 26 July, 1834, in the President 52 and Vernon 50, both commanded by Capt. John M‘Kerlie on the coast of North America – from 29 Aug. 1834 until 28 March, 1837, again with Capt. M‘Kerlie in the Vernon, on the Mediterranean station – and from 7 July, 1837, until 2 Jan. 1841, in the Wellesley 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland. While in the ship last mentioned, which bore the flags of Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland and Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer, he assisted in 1838 in quelling an insurrection on the coast of Malabar, participated in 1839 in various operations on the coast of Sinde and in the Persian Gulf, and was present, at the commencement of the war in China, at the capture, in July, l840, of the island of Chusan. Being nominated, 3 Jan. 1841, Acting-Lieutenant of the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, he contributed to the destruction, 26 Feb. following, of the Bogue forts. He landed also, the next day, at the storming of the enemy’s works close to Whampoa Reach, where 54 pieces of cannon were taken;[2] he served in the boats, on 13 March, at the capture of several rafts and of the last fort protecting the approaches to Canton;[3] and he took a similar part at the ensuing reduction of that city. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 8 June, 1841; and was subsequently appointed – 15 April, 1842, as Additional, two months after he had left the Herald, to the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam in North America and the West Indies – 31 Dec. 1842, to the Tweed 20, Capt. Hugh. Donald Cameron Douglas, on the same station, whence he returned in Oct. 1843 – 18 May, 1844, for about 12 months, to the Prometheus steam-sloop, Capt. John Hay, on the coast of Africa – and 29 Dec. 1846, as First- Lieutenant (a post he had latterly filled on board the Prometheus), to the Bulldog steam-sloop of 500 horse-power, Capt, Geo. Evan Davis, employed on particular service. He has been qn half-pay since April, 1846. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
STRETTELL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 17; h-p., 24.)
William Thomas Strettell entered the Navy, in May, 1806, as a Volunteer, on board the Royal William, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, lying at Portsmouth. From May, 1808, until Aug. 1811, he served in La Chiffonne 36, Capt. John Wainwright, on the East India station; and between Jan. 1812 and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 24 Feb. 1815, he was employed in the North Sea and on the coasts of Ireland and North America, in the Elephant 74, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, Tartarus 20, Capt. John Pasco, Spencer 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, and Asia 74, Capt. Alex. Skene. In La Chiffonne he accompanied, in 1809, an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, where he assisted at the destruction of the strong town of Ras-al-Khyma and of more than 80 vessels. He has been in charge, since 1 March, 1838, of a station in the Coast Guard.
STRICKLAND. (Lieutenant, 1847.)
Walter Strickland passed his examination 10 Feb. 1845; was appointed, 11 July, 1846, Mate of the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Hen. Ducie Chads; obtained his commission 17 April, 1847; and, since 16 July following, has been serving in the Amphitrite 24, Capt. Thos. Rodney Eden, now in the Pacific.
STRODE. (Lieutenant, 1847.)
Augustus Chetham Strode is son of Rear-Admiral Sir Edw. Chetham Strode, K.C.B., K.C.H.
This officer served as Midshipman of the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, in the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria and at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre. He passed his examination 4 June, 1845; was nominated, 31 Oct. following, Mate of the Juno 26, Capt. Patrick John Blake, fitting for the Pacific; and on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 8 May, 1847, was there appointed Additional of the Collingwood 80, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. He returned home and was paid off in 1848.
STRODE, formerly CHETHAM, K.C.B., K.C.H. (Rear-Admiral of the White, 1841. f-p. 31; h-p. 30.)
Sir Edward Chetham Strode, born 5 July, 1775, is fourth son of the late Thos. Chetham, Esq., of Mellor Hall, co. Derby, by Anne, daughter of Edw. Strode, Esq., of Southhill, co. Somerset, and sister of the late Colonel John Strode, who commanded the Supplementary Somerset Militia and the Bath Volunteers, and was a Deputy-Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for co. Somerset. Sir Edward assumed in 1845 the additional surname and arms of Strode on inheriting the estate of the latter gentleman, which, since his decease in 1807, had devolved in succession on Thomas, Richard, and Randle Chetham (Sir Edward’s elder brothers), all of whom died issueless. His youngest brother, John Chetham, was a Colonel in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 April, 1786, on board the Elizabeth 74, Capt. Bourmaster, lying at Portsmouth, where he seryed for about two years. In May, 1789, he became Midshipman of the Centurion 50, Capt. Wm. Albany Otway, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Philip Affleck. at Jamaica; and while on that station he was actively employed at the different French posts in St. Domingo in endeavouring to suppress a formidable insurrection among the negroes. His conduct on one occasion, in capturing two marines who had deserted from the dockyard at Port Royal, was such that the Admiral would on the instant have promoted him, had he served the time necessary to qualify him for the receipt of a commission. On the paying off of the Centurion he was received, in Sept. 1792, on board the Duke 98, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Lord Hood; by whom, in the course of the following month, he was placed under the late Vice-Admiral Joseph Hanwell in the Scout sloop. In Dec. 1793, being then in the Mediterranean, he rejoined Lord Hood in the Victory 100; and he was afforded an opportunity, thus, of assisting at the evacuation of Toulon, and at the sieges of St. Fiorenzo, Sastia, and Calvi, in the island of Corsica. On 18 Aug. 1794 he was made Lieutenant into the Agamemnon 64, commanded by the heroic Nelson; under whom we find him, 13 March, 1795, acting a part in a warm action with the Ça Ira 80, and, on the following day, present at the capture, near Genoa, of the same ship and of the Censeur 74, by the fleet under Vice-Admiral Hotham. In the ensuing July he was under the necessity, from the effects of a wound, of returning to England. His next appointments were, 3 Nov. 1795 and 7 Nov. 1798, to the Defiance 74, Capt.
