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ADDINGTON—ADDIS—AGASSIZ—AGNEW—AINSLIE.
at length appointed, 2 Aug. 1827, to the Prince Regent 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, in which ship he continued until shortly previous to his advancement to the rank of Commander, 22 July, 1830. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
ADDINGTON. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
The Honourable William Wells Addington, born 25 March, 1824, is second son of the present Viscount Sidmouth, by Mary, daughter of the Rev. John Young; and grandson of the Right Hon. Henry Addington, who, on resigning the office of Prime Minister, was elevated to the peerage as first Viscount Sidmouth.
This officer passed his examination 20 July, 1843; was appointed Mate, 4 July, 1845, of the Hibernia 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Wm. Parker; and obtained his commission 8 June, 1846. He has not since been employed.
ADDIS. (Lieut., 1811. F.P., 19; H-P., 25.)
Edward Brown Addis entered the Navy, 13 Aug, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent 74, Capt. Frank Sotheron, employed in the defence of the Bay of Naples; removed as Midshipman, in July, 1806, to the Zealous 74, Capt. John Okes Hardy; and on next joining the Athenienne 64, Capt. Robt. Raynsford, was wrecked, on the Esquerques Rocks, near Sicily, 8 Oct. following, on which occasion the Commander and 396 of the crew were lost. He then became attached to the Saturn 74, Capt. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, off Cadiz, and on his return to England in the Royal George, flag-ship of Sir John Duckworth, joined, in Oct. 1807, the Barracouta, Capt. Geo. Harris, under whom (with the exception of a brief attachment, during the summer of 1810, to the Russell 74, flagship of Rear-Admiral Wm. O’Brien Drury) he continued principally to serve, both in the Barracouta and in the Sir Francis Drake frigate, the last two years as Lieutenant (commission dated 9 Aug. 1811), until June, 1813. In Aug. 1810, Mr. Addis ably assisted, as Acting Lieutenant, at the destruction by the boats of the Sir Francis Drake and of the Belliqueux 64, under the immediate orders of Lieut. Joseph Prior, of a French privateer and two gun-vessels, beneath a continued fire from the batteries of Bantam, in Java;[1] and on 23 May, 1811, he again served in the boats, and contributed, in a most undaunted gallant manner, to the capture, off Rembang, of a fiercely defended flotilla of Dutch gun-vessels and armed proas.[2] Being next appointed, 11 Aug. 1813, to the Dasher sloop, Capt. Wm. Henderson, he served on the West India station, whither he accompanied the outward-bound trade, until placed on half-pay in Nov. 1814; after which, from Sept. 1824 until 1830, he appears to have been employed on the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies and Hyperion, Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye. Since the latter date he has again been on half-pay.
Lieut. Addis received in 1842, and still holds, the appointment of Crown Commissioner at Port Philip. He married, 9 March, 1826, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Lieut. Mc Arthur, of Haslar.
AGASSIZ. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
James David Agassiz is son of Capt. J. J. C. Agassiz, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 7 May, 1815; passed his examination in 1823; and was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 20 March, 1829, in the Primrose 18, Capt. Thos. S. Griffinhoofe, on the coast of Africa, whence he returned to England in Jan. 1830. His appointments have since been – 28 Feb 1838, to the Donegal 78, Capt. John Drake, on the Lisbon station – 25 May, 1838, to the Pembroke 72, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, in the Mediterranean – and 6 April, 1844, as First Lieutenant, to the America 50, Capt. Hon. John Gordon, with whom he returned home from the Pacific in the summer of 1846.
AGASSIZ. (Ret. Capt., 1840. f-p., 1 7; h-p., 50.)
James John Charles Agassiz entered the Navy, 30 Dec. 1780, as Captain’s Servant on board the Lizard, Capt. Edm. Dod, whom,in Oct. 1787, after an interval of five years, he rejoined, as Midshipman, in the Lowestoft frigate. Quitting that ship in Sept. 1790, he next, in Aug. 1793, became attached to the Mentor, Lieut.-Commander Rich. Welland. On 23 Sept. 1795, he was promoted from the Atlas 98, Capt. E. Dod, to a Lieutenancy in the Trident 64, Capt. Edw. Oliver Osborn, and while in that ship was present at the surrender of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay, 17 Aug. 1796. He afterwards in succession joined the Trident 64, Capt. Edw. Oliver Osborn, Dordrecht 64, Capt. Gardner, Tromp, Capt. Billy Douglas, Triumph 74, Capt. Wm. Essington, Kite sloop, Capt. Chas. Lydiard, Resolution 74, Capt. Wm. Mitchell, and Hound, Capt. Geo. Sarradine. On 21 Aug. 1801, we find him, in conjunction with Lieut. Henry Le Vescomte, commanding the boats of the latter sloop and of a squadron, and acquiring the praise of Lord Nelson for his gallantry and zeal at the capture and destruction, with but trifling loss to the British, of six flat-bottomed gun-vessels, which had been driven on shore near St. Valery, and were protected by the fire of a body of military[3] and five field-pieces. After eight months’ command of the Bold gun-brig, in the Downs and off Boulogne, Mr. Agassiz was promoted to the rank of Commander, by commission dated 29 April, 1802. His next and last appointments were, 6 Sept. 1804, and 22 Jan. 1806, to the Anacreon defence-ship, and Rattler sloop, in which latter vessel he appears to have been employed in escorting convoys to and from Newfoundland and the Western Islands until placed on half-pay in Oct. 1809. He retired with the rank of Captain 10 Sept. 1840.
Capt. Agassiz is married and has issue. One of his sons, James David, is a Lieutenant, R.N., and another, Lewis, a Second Lieutenant, R.M.
AGNEW. (Lieutenant, 1843. f-p., 12; h-p., 1.)
John De Courcy Andrew Agnew, born 11 Oct. 1819, is second son of Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., of Lochnaw, co. Wigtoun, by Madalene, daughter of Sir David Carnegie, Bart., of Southesk.
This officer entered the Navy 15 Aug. 1834; passed his examination 21 Dec. 1839; and served as Mate, on the East India and North America and West India stations, of the Melville 72, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, Winchester 50, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter, and Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam. He obtained a Lieutenancy, 28 April, 1843, in the Scylla 16, Capt. Robt. Sharpe, on the station last mentioned, where he was afterwards appointed, 18 Oct. following, and 23 Feb. 1844, to the Pique 36, and Eurydice 26, Capts. Hon. Montagu Stopford and Geo. Elliot. Since his return to England, in 1846, Mr. Agnew has been on half-pay.
AINSLIE. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
Henry Ainslie, born in 1813, is third son of Sir Robt. Sharpe Ainslie, Bart., of Great Torrington, co. Lincoln; and nephew of Lieut. Geo. Ralph Ainslie, R.N ., who was lost on board the Courageux 74, in Dec. 1796.
This officer entered the Navy 20 Oct. 1826; passed his examination in 1833; served as Gunnery Mate, in 1837-8, of the North Star 28, Capt. Lord John Hay; and obtained, his commission 30 June, 1838. His appointments have since been – 16 Jan. 1839, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – 1 Feb. 1840, to the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, under whom he bore a part in the ensuing operations on the coast of Syria – 10 Feb. 1844, again to the Excellent – and 28
