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Jan. 1808, to the rank of Lieutenant in the Intrepid 64, Capts. Rich. Worsley and Christ. John Williams Nesham, in which ship he had previously beheld the surrender of Madeira. He afterwards, on proceeding to the West Indies, efficaciously served on shore at the reduction, in Feb. and April, 1809, of Martinique and the Saintes; and, on 5 June in the latter year, joined the Castor 32, Capt. Wm. Roberts, under whom we find him contributing to the destruction, in the ensuing Dec, of the 44-gun frigates Loire and Seine, and, in Feb. 1810, to the capture of Guadeloupe. His last appointments were, 25 Sept. 1810, to the Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, in the Channel, and, 7 Aug. 1811, to the Sophie 18, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, on the coast of North America. He was placed on half-pay in Aug. 1813, and, on 19 Oct. 1844, he accepted his present rank.
Commander Carter, until lately, held for many years the honorary command at Lowestoft of the Suffolk Humane Society’s life-boat, and was thus instrumental in saving the lives, at different periods, of 124 persons. He married, 9 April, 1814, his cousin, Laura Catherine, second daughter of the late Rev. Wm. Chapman, Vicar of Margate, co. Kent, by whom he has living a son and four daughters. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
CARTER. (Lieut., 1808. f-p., 18; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Gilbert Carter entered the Royal Naval Academy at Portsmouth 6 June, 1796, and embarked, 11 Oct. 1800, as a Volunteer, on board the Ganges 74, Capts. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, Jos. Baker, and Geo. M‘Kinley, in which ship, after participating with the first-named officer, as Midshipman, in the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801, he proceeded to the West Indies. In July, 1803, he removed to the Euryalus 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, and next to the Utrecht 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Patton, both on the Home station. He sailed for the East Indies, in 1804, on board the Culloden 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew; there became, 14 Jan. 1806, Acting-Lieutenant of the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier; and, on his return home with convoy in the Monmouth 64, Capt. Edw. Durnford King, was officially promoted, 23 Aug. 1808. His subsequent appointments afloat were, 26 Oct. 1808, to the Mercurius 16, Capt. Thos. Renwick, whom he accompanied to the Baltic, and, 2 Feb. 1810, to the Orion 74, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, stationed in the North Sea. From April to Aug. following Mr. Carter appears to have been confined, as an invalid, to Yarmouth Hospital. He afterwards commanded a Signal Station in the co. of Essex, from 21 March, 1811, to 21 Dec. 1814, but since the latter date has been unemployed.
CARTER. (Captain, 1831. f-p., 21; h-p., 26.)
Thomas Wren Carter, born in Nov. 1789, is fourth son of the late Wm. Carter, Esq., a magistrate for co. Hants.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 March, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Warrior 74, Capt. Chas. Tyler, under whom he attained the rating of Midshipman 8 Sept. 1800, was present, 2 April, 1801, in the battle of Copenhagen, and then visited Jamaica. Between July, 1802, and April, 1806, he next served, on the Channel and Irish stations, in the Constance 24, and Blanche 36, both commanded by Capt. Zachary Mudge, Topaze 38, Capt. Willoughby Thos. Lake, Dryad 36, Capt. John Giffard, and Hibernia 120, flag-ship in succession of Lord Gardner, Vice-Admiral John Leigh Douglas, and Earl St. Vincent, part of the force under Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, in his pursuit of the French fleet into Brest, 22 Aug. 1805. On 18 April, 1806, a few days after passing his examination, Mr. Carter was promoted into the Halifax 26, Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend, in which ship we find him serving, as First Lieutenant, on the North American station, until 14 Nov. 1808. On being subsequently appointed, 12 May, 1809, to the St. Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. John Strachan, he accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren, and was there very hotly engaged with the batteries off Flushing. From 11 Nov. 1811, to 7 Sept. 1813, he was further employed in the Arethusa 38, Shark 18, Argo 44, and Bedford 74, a great part of the time as Flag-Lieutenant, under Vice-Admiral Chas. Stirling, Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica, whence, after holding for a brief period the acting-command of the Moselle sloop, in which he was superseded by Sir John Borlase Warren, he returned to England. He remained thenceforward on half-pay until within a few months of his being confirmed, 14 July, 1815, in the command of the Emulous 16, on the same station, where he next joined, 16 Feb. 1816, the Carnation 18. After an unemployed interval of two years and a half, Capt. Carter obtained, 17 Nov. 1818, an appointment to the Wasp 18, and, on returning to the West Indies, captured the Venezuelan sloop-of-war El Libertador, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Chitty, and a Spanish brigantine, her prize. He paid the Wasp off 12 Aug. 1820; attained Post-rank 25 April, 1831; and was afterwards appointed, 27 Nov. 1837, and 18 Aug. 1841, to the successive command, in North America and the West Indies, of the Vestal 26, and Winchester 50. Since 4 March, 1842, he has been again on half-pay.
Capt. Carter married, 17 Aug. 1820, Harriet Jane, eldest daughter of the late Admiral Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, Bart., and sister of Commander A. C. T. Dickson, by whom he has issue two sons and three daughters. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
CARTHEW. (Vice-Admiral, of the White, 1841. f-p., 23; h-p., 44.)
James Carthew entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1780, as Captain’s Servant, on board the Dunkirk, Capt. Chapman, lying at Plymouth; served, from 1782 to 1786, as Midshipman in the Syren 32, Capt. Wm. Carlyon, and Adamant 50, flag-ship of Sir R. Hughes in the West Indies; and, after a further attachment to the Carnatic 74, Capt. Peregrine Bertie, and Salisbury 50, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Milbank, on the Home and Newfoundland stations, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 Nov. 1790. He was next appointed – 18 April, 1793, to the Solebay 32, Capts. Wm. Hancock Kelly and Henry Wm. Bayntun, in the West Indies, where he served on shore at the capture of Martinique, in March, 1794 – 3 Nov. 1795, to the Mercury 28, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, on the Newfoundland station – and, 6 Dec. 1797, to the Irresistible 74, Capt. Geo. Martin, employed off Lisbon. On 4 June, 1798, Mr. Carthew was promoted to the command of the Rosario, which sloop, after attending, in 1799, the expedition to the Helder, and assisting at the destruction of two Dutch frigates and of the dockyard at Medenblik, was burnt, as a fire-vessel, in endeavouring to destroy a French squadron in Dunquerke Roads, 7 July, 1800.[1] Capt. Carthew, who attained Post-rank from the Shark sloop at Jamaica, 11 July, 1801, there commanded the Garland 22, and Crescent 36, until the peace. He was afterwards appointed – 8 April, 1805, to the Astrea 32, in the North Sea – 23 Jan. 1806, to the Crescent again, on the same station – and, 19 March, 1808, to the Gloire frigate, part of the force employed in Feb. 1809, at the reduction of Martinique,[2] where he had charge for some time of the British squadron. Since 1812 this officer has not been afloat. He became a Rear-Admiral 22 July, 1830; and a Vice-Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.
CARTHEW. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 31.)
John Carthew entered the Navy, 4 May, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Astrea 32, Capt. Jas. Carthew, with whom he continued, in the same ship, and the Crescent 36, on the North Sea station, until April, 1806. He then joined the Agincourt
