36, Capt. Graham Moore, Mr. Sutherland was received on board that ship. He joined next the Abergavenny 54, Capt. John Wentworth Loring; and in Oct. 1801 and Jan. 1802 he was nominated Acting-Master and Acting-Lieutenant of the Circe 32, Capt. Isaac Wolley, and Syren 32, Capt. J. W. Loring. On his return to England he was confirmed a Lieutenant, 22 Nov. 1802, into the Morgiana sloop, Capts. Robt. Raynsford and Wm. Landless. In her he served as First-Lieutenant in the Channel and Mediterranean until 17 Aug. 1807; and from 1 Feb. 1808 until he invalided home in Oct. 1809 on board the Excellent 74, he was employed on the station last mentioned, in a similar capacity, in the Éclair sloop, Capt. Chas. Kempthorne Quash. On the night of 22 May, 1807, he took command of the boats of the Morgiana, and, in company with those of the Scout, under Lieut. Battersby, he assisted in boarding and carrying, near Cape Trafalgar, the San Francisco Settaro alias La Determinada Spanish privateer, mounting 1 long 18-pounder in the bow, besides carriage-guns, swivels, and small arms, and manned with 29 men, who kept up a heavy fire until the very last. One man on this occasion was killed and another wounded; and Mr. Sutherland (whose steady and determined bravery obtained him the warmest thanks of Capt, Wm. Raitt of the Scout[1]) received a contusion. Since he left the Éclair he has been on half-pay.
SUTTON. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 10; h-p., 34.)
Charles Thomas Sutton entered the Navy, 20 July, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Montagu 74, Capts. Thos. Rogers, John Wentworth Loring, Fras. Pickmore, Henry Inman, and Thos. Seccombe, stationed in the Downs; where he attained the rating of Midshipman in March, 1805, and removed, 1 May, 1806, to the Glatton 50, Capts. Thos. Seccombe, Henry Hope, John Clavell, and Geo. Miller Bligh. On proceeding in the latter ship to the Mediterranean he united in the operations of 1807 in Egypt, and was actively employed in the boats on Lake Mareotis. In Jan. 1808 he chanced to be on board the Bittern sloop in a running action of three hours in the Faro of Messina; and in the course of the next month he commanded a boat at the evacuation of Scylla, the garrison of which was embarked under a galling fire from the enemy on the Calabrian shore. He had previously assisted, in charge of a gun-boat, at the defence of that place. On finally leaving the Glatton, Mr. Sutton was received, in Oct. 1809, on board the Thracian 18, Capt. Jas. Grant, stationed in the North Sea; he removed in March, 1810, to the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, again in the Mediterranean; and he subsequently, in the early part of 1813, joined the Royalist 18, Capt. Jas. John Gordon Bremer. While attached to the Kent he served, 13 Dec. 1810, with the boats of a squadron under Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane, in a disastrous but most valorous attack upon the enemy’s shipping in the Mole of Palamos; on which occasion the British, out of 600 officers and men, sustained a loss of upwards of 200 killed, wounded, and taken prisoners. He contributed in the Royalist to the defence of Castro, on the north coast of Spain; and on its fall he was very active in bringing off the Spanish garrison. Referring to the latter event, Capt. Robt. Bloye, the senior officer present, expresses himself to the following effect in his official letter:– “I have great pleasure in informing you our loss has been trifling to what might have been expected, consisting of 10 wounded, 4 in the Royalist and 6 in the Sparrow. Lieut. Kentish of the Royalist was slightly wounded in the leg, and Mr. Sutton, Midshipman, received a musket-ball in the leg, while embarking the garrison, which rendered amputation necessary.[2] Capt. Bremer speaks of his conduct in the highest terms, and I was an eye-witness of his intrepidity in saving the garrison amidst a shower of musket-balls.”[3] For his conduct Mr. Sutton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing date 27 May, 1813. He has since been on half-pay. He was allotted a pension of 91l. 5s. per annum in consideration of his wound 18 June, 1816.
SUTTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 18; h-p., 32.)
William Sutton died in 1848.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Overyssel 64, Capt. John Bazely, bearing the flag of Admiral Peyton in the Downs. In Jan. 1800 he removed to the Unicorn 32, Capts. Philip Wilkinson and Chas. Wemyss, stationed in the Channel; and in May, 1802, he again joined Capt. Wilkinson as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in April, 1800) on board the Hussar 38. In that frigate, during his passage home with despatches from Ferrol, he was wrecked, on the night of 8 Feb. 1804, on the southernmost part of the Saintes. He was under the necessity in consequence of surrendering himself a prisoner, with nearly all the crew, to the French at Brest. On regaining his liberty at the end of the war he was received, in May, 1814, on board the Salvador del Mundo, flag-ship at Plymouth of Admiral Wm. Domett. He served next, from July following until Sept. 1815, in the Vesta schooner, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Gover Miall, principally on the coast of North America; and on 2 Nov. in the latter year he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He did not afterwards go afloat. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
SWAIN. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p., 16; h-p., 37.)
Thomas Swain was born 19 Sept. 1780. He is uncle of Lieut. Thos. Swain Scriven, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Sept. 1794, as A.B., on board the Ceres 32, Capt. Thos. Peyton, with whom he continued to serve as Midshipman and Master’s Mate in the same frigate and in the Minerva 38, principally in the Channel, until transferred, 1 Aug, 1797, to the Seahorse 38, Capt. Edw. Jas. Foote, lying at Spithead. From 30 Sept. in the latter year until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 22 April, 1802, he was employed in the Niger 32, Capts. Edw. Griffith, Matthew Henry Scott, and Hon. Philip Wodedouse, Amiable 32, Capt. Henry Roper, and Ramillies 74, Capts. Rich. Grindall, John Wm. Taylor Dixon, and Sam. Osborne. In the Niger he made a voyage to Madeira and cruized in the Channel; and in the Ramillies, after accompanying Sir Hyde Parker’s expedition against Copenhagen, he was for several months stationed off Cadiz. He was also, during the above period, present at the bombardment of Havre. From Nov. 1803 until Aug. 1804 he served in the Royal William guard-ship at Spithead, Capt. John Wainwright; and from the latter date until paid off in March, 1811, he commanded the Attack brig of 12 guns in the Channel, off the coast of Spain, and in the North Sea. On the morning of 28 Jan. 1806 he made prize, in company with the Growler gun-brig, of Le Voltigeur French privateer of 14 guns and 70 men; and in the evening of the same day he captured, alone, the privateer Le Sorcier of 14 guns and 60 men.[4] On 19 April ensuing, the Attack being in company with the Colpoys hired armed brig of 16 guns, commanded by the late Sir Thos. Ussher, Mr. Swain landed with that officer and 12 men from each vessel at the entrance of the river Douillan, and assisted, after a short skirmish, in spiking the two guns of a battery which had afforded protection to two chasse-marées. The latter were then taken possession of; the signal-post at Douillan was at the same time destroyed; and the whole service accomplished without the slightest loss, or any greater damage to the two brigs than that done to their standing and running rigging while engaged with the battery previously to its
