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guard-ship at Leith. Lieut. Corbett has not been employed since 1821.
He married, 28 Sept. 1832, Margaret, daughter of Patrick Borthwick, Esq.
CORBYN. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 23; h-p., 38.)
Joseph Corbyn entered the Navy, 19 March, 1786, as Captain’s Servant, on borad the Winchelsea, Capt. Edw. Pellew, on the Newfoundland station, where, and in the West Indies, he served until June, 1790 – the last three years in the Maidstone, Capt. Henry Newcome. In July, 1793, he joined, as Midshipman, the Scorpion, Capt. Thos. Western. He served afterwards for nearly three years in the Argo, Sampson, and Victorious, all commanded by Capt. Wm. Clark, under whom he witnessed the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope in Sept. 1795; became, 21 June, 1796, Acting-Lieutenant of the Hobart sloop, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page; and, until confirmed by the Admiralty, 23 Jan. 1802, continued to serve in the same capacity on board his old ship the Victorious, Capt. Clark, and La Sybille of 48 guns, Capt. Chas. Adam. During his attachment to the last-mentioned frigate, Mr. Corbyn distinguished himself in command of her boats at the blockade of Batavia in 1800; and assisted at the capture, 19 Aug. 1801, of La Chiffonne of 42 guns, after a gallant action of 20 minutes fought off the Seychelles. He left the Sybille in May, 1803, and did not again go afloat until 5 Sept. 1805, when he rejoined Capt. Adam in the Resistance 38, of which ship he commanded the boats at the capture of a 4-gun battery, and destruction of a French armed schooner and chasse-marée in the port of Anchové, near Cape Machicaco, 8 March, 1809.[1] Mr. Corbyn – who in Sept. 1810, accompanied the same Captain, as his First-Lieutenant, into the Invincible 74 – served next at the siege of Tarragona in May, 1811. He co-operated also with the Baron d’Eroles (by whom the assistance he aflbrded was spoken of in the highest terms) in a successful attack made in April, 1813, on the enemy’s posts at Ampolla and Perello; and acquired great praise for his indefatigable and efffective exertions, as commandant of a battery, during the arduous operations which preceded the capture of the fort of Col de Balaguer in June following.[2] He was consequently rewarded with a Commander’s commission dated 15 June, 1814; and was subsequently appointed – 18 April, 1837, to the Packet Service at Pembroke – and 8 May, 1839, to the Victory 104, flag-ship of Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, Admiral-Superintendent at Portsmouth. Since 27 Aug. 1840, this officer has held an appointment in Greenwich Hospital.
He is married, and has issue.
CORBYN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 30.)
Major Corbyn entered the Navy, 1 June, 1806, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Resistance 38, Capt. Chas. Adam, of which ship he became a Midshipman in 1808. On subsequently removing with Capt. Adam to the Invincible 74, he assisted at the defence of Tarragona in May, 1811, and otherwise actively co-operated with the patriots on the coast of Spain. From Aug. 1813, until Dec. 1815, Mr. Corbyn afterwards served on the Canadian lakes, as Master’s Mate, under Capt. Stephen Popham and Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, on board the Aeolus, Prince Regent, Princess Charlotte, and Niagara. Having been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 18 March in the latter year, he then roiunied home. He has been in command, since 31 Oct. 1846, of a station in the Coast Guard.
CORDRY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.)
George Cordry entered the Navy, 6 March, 1803, as A.B., on board the Monkey gun-brig, in which, under various officers, he served, latterly as Midshipman, on the Home station, until Aug. 1805. He then joined the Polyphemus 64, Capt. Robt. Redmill, and, on 21 Oct. following, was present at the battle of Trafalgar. Being unfortunately taken prisoner, however, towards the close of the latter year, he remained in captivity for the long space of eight years and five months. On his ultimate release, he became attached, in July, 1814, to the Escort gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Vandeput Crosbe, on the Halifax station; and afterwards, as Master’s Mate, to the Iris 36, flag-ship at Deptford of Sir Home Popham. He was awarded a commission 11 March, 1815; but was placed on half-pay 15 Oct. following, and has not since been afloat. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
CORNECK. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 12; h-p., 28.)
Henry Asser Corneck was horn, 29 Oct. 1791, in Devonshire.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Aug. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Marlborough 74, Capts. Graham Moore and John Phillimore; and, in Nov. following, sailed for the Brazils in escort of the Royal Family of Portugal. Having attained the rating of Midshipman in Nov. 1808, and taken part in all the operations connected with the Walcheren expedition in 1809, Mr. Comeck next, in April, 1811, joined the Laurel 38, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, under whom he suffered shipwreck, on the Govivas Rock, in the Teigneuse Passage, 31 Jan. 1812. He then rejoined Capt. Moore in the Chatham 74; and was afterwards on his passage to India in the Java of 46 guns and 377 men, when that frigate fell a victim, at the close of a deadly action of three hours and forty minutes, in which 22 of her men were killed, and 102, including her Captain, Henry Lambert, wounded, to the American ship Constitution, of 55 guns and 480 men, 29 Dec. following. Mr. Corneck – who on that occasion was slightly wounded, and for his steady and officer-like conduct promoted to the rating of Master’s Mate – passed his examination 3 Sept. 1813. He subsequently, until promoted 26 Dec. 1822, served, in that capacity, on the West India, Home, Halifax, and Mediterranean stations, on board the Benbow 74, Capt. Rich. Harrison Pearson, Leonidas 38, Capt. Wm. King, Newcastle 60, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Edw. Griffith, Bellette 18, Capt. John Popham Baker, Mersey 26, Capt. Edw. Collier, Euryalus 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, and Rochfort 80, bearing the flag of his old Captain, Sir Graham Moore. Having been promoted, as above, Mr. Corneck was placed on half-pay 2 April, 1823, since which period he has not been employed.
He married, 11 Nov. 1821, the youngest daughter of Jas. Brazier La Grange, Esq. (an American loyalist, who held a clerkship for upwards of 30 years in the late Marquess of Camden’s office in the Exchequer, and acted for two years as Deputy-Teller to that nobleman), and grand-daughter of the Rev. Wm. Warrington, 35 years vicar of Old Windsor, co. Berks. He has issue an only son, Henry Warrington, a Midshipman, R.N., who entered the service 29 Oct. 1841.
CORNISH. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
John Cornish (a) entered the Navy 3 Dec. 1807; passed his examination in 1815; obtained his commission 28 April, 1827; and, since 4 Oct. 1834, has been employed in the Coast Guard.
CORNISH. (Lieutenant, 1830.)
John Cornish (b) died 3 Oct. 1845. This officer entered the Navy 19 Jan. 1810; passed his examination in 1816; obtained his commission 22 July, 1830; was appointed to the Coast Guard 27 May, 1831; and, from the summer of 1832 until the period of his death was on half-pay.
CORNWALL. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 10; h-p., 28.)
John Cornwall, born 22 Jun. 1795, is eldest son of the late John Cornwall, Esq., of Hendon, co. Middlesex; maternal grandson of Admiral the first
