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to his present rank, 15 July, 1814, he was again employed under his patron, Vice-Admiral Martin, as his Flag-Lieutenant, in the Impetueux, Stately, and Rodney, line-of-battle ships, off Lisbon and Cadiz. Commander Davy has not, since the latter date, been afloat.
He married, in Feb. 1832, Katherine, eldest daughter of the late Rich. Davy, Esq., of Toxford, co. Suffolk, and has issue a son and four daughters. Agent – J. Hinxman.
DAWES. (Lieut., 1841. f-p., 19; h-p., 5.)
Daniel Butler Dawes entered the Navy, 20 Dec. 1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bulwark 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, on the Home station, where he became. In July, 1825, Midshipman of the Genoa 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst. From 1826 until his return home in 1831, on board the Calcutta 84, Capt. Peter Fisher, he next served with Capts. Jas. Stirling, John FitzGerald Studdert, and Wm. Clarke Jervoise, in the Success 28, on the East India station. Having passed his examination, 6 June, 1832, Mr. Dawes, in Aug. 1833, joined, as Mate, the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings, with whom he continued until transferred, in Feb. 1835, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley in the Mediterranean. From Dec. 1837, until May, 1841, he was further employed on board the Volage 26, Capts. Henry Smith and Geo. Elliot; and during that period was at the capture of Aden in 1839, and witnessed the commencement of the hostilities in China. He was afterwards attached, from Oct. 1841, until March, 1842, to the Styx steam surveying-vessel, Capt. Alex. Thos. Emeric Vidal, on the coast of Africa; and was then discharged, having been promoted to the rank he now holds on 23 Nov. 1841. Mr. Dawes’ next appointment was, 14 Nov. 1843, to the Larne 18, Capt. John Wm. Douglas Brisbane, also on the African station, whence he invalided in. Aug. 1844. He resumed his professional duties, 26 June, 1846, in the Columbine 16, commanded, on the East India station, by Capts. Jas. Rich. Booth and Chas. Conrad Grey. Agents – Collier and Snee.
DAWKINS. (Commander, 1841.)
Charles Colyear Dawkins entered the Navy 23 Aug. 1820; passed his examination in 1829; and, after serving for two months as Acting-Lieutenant of the Isis 50, was confirmed by the Admiralty 14 June, 1830. He was subsequently appointed – 21 Nov. 1831, to the Talbot 28, Capt. Rich. Dickinson, at the Cape of Good Hope – 25 April, 1835, to the Canopus 80, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, in the Mediterranean – 12 Feb. 1839, to the Hydra steam-vessel, Capt. Anthony Wm. Milward, lying at Chatham – and, 19 April following, to the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, fitting for the East Indies. As a reward for his services at the capture of Canton, he was promoted, after having officiated for seven years as a Lieutenant, to the rank of Commander, 8 Oct. 1841. Since that period, however, he has not been employed. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
DAWSON. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 19; h-p., 15.)
Gilbert Francis Dawson, born 14 April, 1800, is youngest son of the late Fras. Dawson, Esq., of Fordham Abbey, near Newmarket; brother of Commander John Francis Dawson, R.N., who was killed, while in command of a division of the British flotilla during the Burmese war, 2 Dec. 1825; and first-cousin, maternally, of Viscount Canterbury.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 March, 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Warspite 74, Capts. Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood and Lord Jas. O’Bryen; and, on eventually proceeding to North America, removed as Midshipman, in 1814, to the Iphigenia 36, Capt. Andrew King. From 1816 to 1820 we next find him in the East Indies on board the Conway 28, Capt. John Reynolds, and Leander 50, flag-ship of Sir H. Blackwood. He then for a brief period joined the Queen Charlotte, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed; and, for about three years, was afterwards employed in the West Indies as a passed Midshipman of the Thracian 18, Capt. John Walter Roberts, and Grecian cutter, Lieut.-Commander John Cawley. On 31 March, 1823, in command, we believe, of the boats of the Thracian and Tyne, he captured the Zaragozana, a piratical schooner. He obtained his commission 28 June, 1824; and was subsequently appointed, chiefly in the West Indies – 6 July following, to the Diamond 46, Capt. Lord Napier – next, to the Bustard 10, Capt. Williams Sandon – 11 Feb. 1826, as First-Lieutenant, to the Britomart 10, Capt. Fred. Chamier – 18 Sept. 1828, to the Nimrod 20, Capt. Sam. Radford – and, 9 Oct. 1829, to the Hyacinth 18, Capt. Robt. Milborne Jackson. Since 1832, in which year he invalided home, Lieut. Dawson has not been ofiicially afloat. The subject of this sketch, since he left the Hyacinth, has been in command of various merchantships and steam-boats. From 1840 to 1841 he was employed as a Police Magistrate in New Zealand. He married, first, Marguerite Jane, daughter of John Paddock, Esq., Staff Surgeon in the Army; and secondly, 29 Nov. 1841, Harriott Heywood, daughter of W. H. Styles, Esq., of New House Farm, North Fleet, co. Kent. He has issue four children.
DAWSON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 12; h-p., 34.)
John Dawson entered the Navy, 25 July, 1801, as A.B., on board the Intrepid 64, Capt. Wm. Hargood, stationed in the East Indies, where he attained the rating of Midshipman, 1 Oct. 1801. On his return home he joined, in April, 1803, the Texel 64, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng; under whom (if we except a few months, from 28 June to 6 Nov. 1807, when he officiated as Acting-Master of the Sea Flower gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen) he continued to serve, in the Texel 64, Malabar 50, Belliqueux 64, and Warrior 74, until Dec. 1811. During that period he accompanied, in the Belliqueux, the expedition against the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 1806; contributed, in the same ship, to the capture and destruction, on 27 Nov. following, of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs of war, and about 20 armed and other merchant-vessels, in Batavia Roads; and was officially praised for his brave conduct, as Acting-Lieutenant (order dated 13 Oct. 1809), in the boats of the Belliqueux and Sir Francis Drake, at the destruction of three gun-vessels, under a heavy fire from the batteries at Bantam, in 1810.[1] Mr. Dawson, whose appointment to the Belliqueux was confirmed 27 Aug. 1811, rejoined his patron (after an intermediate servitude in the Castilian 18, Capt. David Braimer) in the Warrior on 22 Aug. 1812. He invalided, however, in Nov. 1813; and has since been on half-pay.
This officer has been perfectly blind for the last five-and-twenty years.
DAWSON. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 13; h-p., 25.)
William Dawson (a) entered the Navy, 24 June, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Active of 46 guns, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, attached to the fleet, in the Mediterranean. On 12 Feb. 1811, he assisted, as Midshipman, in the boats under Lieut. Jas. Dickinson, at the capture of a convoy, fearfully protected, in the harbour of Ortona; subsequently to which, on 13 March following, we find him enacting a part in the memorable action off Lissa, when a British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men, completely routed, after a conflict of six hours, and a loss to the Active of 4 men killed and 24 wounded, a Franco-Venetian squadron, whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. From July, 1811, to Sept. 1814, he next served on the Irish and West India stations in the Leonidas 38, Capts. Anselm John Griffiths, Fred.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1195.
