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friend Sir J. T. Duckworth. These were his last employments. He became a Rear-Admiral 12 Aug. 1812; a Vice-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819; and a full Admiral 10 Jan. 1837.
He had been left a widower 23 May, 1844. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
CARPENTER, K.H. (Captain, 1821. f-p., 21; h-p., 45.)
John Cook Carpenter entered the Navy, in 1781, as Captain’s Servant, on board the Convert 36, Capt. Henry Harvey, stationed in the Leeward Islands, where, until 1784, he afterwards served, as Midshipman, in the Renard sloop, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir John Laforey, Berbice schooner, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Boulden Thompson, Concorde 36, Capt. Augustus Montgomery, and Alcmene 32, Capt. Wm. Sidney Smith. He next, in 1790, joined the Bellona 74, Capt. Fras. John Hartwell, forming part of the fleet in the Channel; became subsequently attached, on the same station, to the Alcide 74, Capt. Sir Andrew Snape Douglas, Hannibal 74, Capt. John Colpoys, Thetis 38, Capt. F. J. Hartwell, and Defence 74, Capt. Jas. Gambler; and, for his conduct as Master’s Mate of the last-named ship, in Lord Howe’s memorable actions of 28 and 29 May, and 1 June, 1794, was promoted, 1 Aug. following, to a Lieutenancy in the Daedalus 32, Capt. Thos. Williams. Under the latter officer Mr. Carpenter continued to serve (with the exception of a few months in 1795-6, when we find him on board the Abergavenny 54, Capt. Edw. Tyrrell Smith, and Pompée 80, Capt. Jas. Vashon), in the same ship and in the Unicorn 32, and Endymion 40, until Jan. 1800; during which period he once took charge of a prize,[1] and participated in many warm encounters with the enemy, including the Unicorn’s capture of La Ville de l’Orient frigate, armée en flûte, and the Endymion’s action with the Dutch line-of-battle ship Brutus, and her attack, in co-operation with the King’s troops, on the town of Wexford. On the latter occasion he partially commanded a flotilla of cutters and launches, and by his judicious arrangement greatly benefited the public service.[2] He afterwards assumed, likewise on the Home station, the successive command – 6 Oct. 1800, of the Flora hired cutter – in March, 1802, of the Ant schooner – 28 Oct. 1803, of the Hope hired cutter – and, 30 April, 1804, of the Milbrook schooner, of 14 guns, in which he took, 9 May, 1805, La Tranela Spanish privateer of 3 guns and 40 men. Having resigned his command of the Milbrook in Sept. 1806, Mr. Carpenter was next, 11 May and 8 Aug. 1808, appointed to the Ville de Paris 110, and Caledonia 120, flag-ships of Lord Gambier, by whom he was intrusted with the direction of a fire-vessel in the attack on the enemy’s shipping in Basque Roads, 11 April, 1809; as a reward for his exertions on which occasion he was advanced to the rank of Commander by commission dated the same day. His last appointments were – 31 May, 1815, to the Racoon 16, employed off St. Helena and the Ascension – and, 4 June, 1816, to the Zephyr 12. He returned to England, after visiting Rio Janeiro, and was placed on half-pay, 8 Oct. following; attained Post-rank 19 July, 1821; was nominated a K.H. 25 Jan. 1836; and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
He is married and has issue.
CARPENTER. (Commander, 1841.)
Thomas Carpenter entered the Navy 28 May, 1823; passed his examination in 1829; and obtained his first commission 27 Dec. 1832. He was subsequently appointed – 13 March, 1833, to the Gannet 18, Capts. Mark Halpen Sweny and John Balfour Maxwell, on the North America and West India station – 7 Nov. 1833, to the Blonde 46, Capt. Fras. Mason, employed in South America – and, 31 May, 1838, to the Columbine 16, Capts. Geo. Elliot and Thos. Jordaine Clarke. After intermediately serving on the coast of Africa for the suppression of the slave-trade, also on the East India station, and in China, where he landed, at the storming of the enemy’s defences below Whampoa Reach,[3] mounting 54 pieces of cannon, and took part in the operations against Canton, he was promoted to the rank of Commander 8 June, 1841; since which period he has been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
CARPENTER. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 17; h-p., 23.)
William Carpenter, born 2 July, 1792, is brother of Mr. Geo. Carpenter, Gunner, R.N.; and first-cousin of Mr. Wm. Dyer, Purser and Paymaster, R.N. (1839).
This officer entered the Navy, 26 March, 1807, on board the Philomel 18, Capt. Geo. Crawley; and, on proceeding soon afterwards to the Mediterranean in the Delight 16, Capt. Philip Cosby Handfield, was present, 30 Jan. 1808, in an endeavour to re-capture four Sicilian gun-boats, on the coast of Calabria, where the Delight, having unfortunately taken the ground, was ultimately obliged to surrender, after losing, from an exposure of 15 hours to a galling fire from the enemy’s batteries and troops, two-thirds of her crew, together with her Commander and Capt. Thos. Secombe of the Glutton [errata 1], who was serving on board at the time, and to both of whom Mr. Carpenter had acted on the occasion as Aide-de-camp. On 20 Feb. following he joined, as Midshipman, the Porcupine 24, Capts. Hon. Henry Duncan and Robt. Elliott, and, until Oct. 1814, he continued to serve, on the same station, in the Unite 36, Capt. Patrick Campbell, Paulina 16, Capt. W. Percival, and Unite again, Capt. Edwin Henry Chamberlayne. He then became attached to the Dee 24, Capt. John Wm. Andrew, whom he accompanied to Hudson’s Bay; and was afterwards, as Admiralty Midshipman, appointed – 3 Dec. 1815, and 19 Feb. 1817, to the Perseus 22, and Tamar 24, Capts. Thos. Rich. Toker and Hon. John Gordon, on the Newfoundland station – 10 Jan. 1820, to the Egeria 22, Capt. John Joseph Nicolas, lying at Portsmouth – 25 March, 1820, to the Pelter 12, Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Minchin and Robt. Carley Curry, likewise employed off Newfoundland – and, 30 Nov. 1822 and 18 Jan. 1823, to the Impregnable and Britannia first-rates, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. Since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 21 Jan. 1824, exactly 10 years after he had passed his examination, Mr. Carpenter has been on half-pay.
He married, 31 Jan. 1825, Miss Ann Elms, and has issue a son and daughter.
CARR. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 34; h-p., 10.)
Henry John Carr was born 27 June, 1796.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Majestic 74, Capts. Lord Amelius Beauclerk and Robt. Moorsom, on the Home station. He removed, in Aug. 1805, to the Saturn 74, Capt. Lord A. Beauclerk, in which ship he served, the greater part of the time as Midshipman, off Cadiz and in the Channel, until 1809; and he was then transferred to the Royal Oak 74, commanded by the same officer, to whom he acted as Aide-de-camp at the debarkation of the Walcheren army in the following July. After sharing in many detached services on the coast of France, he accompanied Sir Pulteney Malcolm to North America in 1812; from which period, until the peace of 1815, he appears to have been most arduously employed – participating in the attack, as officer in charge of a boat, on Commodore Barney’s flotilla, the destruction of Washington, the operations against Baltimore, and the expedition to New Orleans. On 12 Dec. 1814, at the commencement of the hostilities against the latter place, Mr. Carr again had charge of a boat in a valiant conflict which rendered captive to the British a flotilla of five American gun-vessels on Lake Borgne, after the heavy loss to the former of 17 men killed and
