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and Home stations. While in the Rhin, Mr. Fletcher assisted at the capture of two men-of-war and 14 merchant-vessels at Corrijou, on the coast of Bretagne, 18 July, 1815. He further served for three years and a half as Mate and Acting-Lieutenant of the Aurora 44, commanded in South America by Capt. Henry Prescott; and he next, until the receipt of his first commission, bearing date 8 Sept. 1827, again officiated in the two last-mentioned capacities on board the Victory 104, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Martin, Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, Dartmouth 42, Capt. Henry Hundas, Nimble 5, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Holland, and Scylla 18, Capt. Wm. Hobson, at Portsmouth and in the West Indies. His ensuing appointments were, on the latter and on the Home and East India stations – 24 Nov. 1827, to the Fairy 10, Capts. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, Dennis O’Brien, and Fras. Blair – 18 July, 1829, to the Druid 46, Capt. Williams Sandom, which ship he left on 5 of the following Oct. – 16 May, 1831, to the Prince Regent 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admlral Wm. Parker – 4 July, 1831, to the Curaçoa 26, Capt. David Dunn – 21 Aug. 1835, to the Jupiter 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey – and 27 Sept. 1836, as First, to the Conway 28, Capt. Chas. Kamsay Drinkwater Bethune. Shortly after his assumption of the rank of Commander, which took place 28 June, 1838, he obtained the Acting-Second-Captaincy, 7 July following, of the Wellesley 74, Capt. Thos. Maitland, bearing for some time the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer, to which ship he was officially appointed 29 April, 1839. Joining afterwards in the hostilities against China, he there commenced his services by conveying, in company with Lord Jocelyn, the summons of surrender to the Commander-in-Chief of Chnsan which preceded the capture of the island by the British; and on that occasion, 5 July, 1840, he displayed much zeal and alacrity.[1] He was next praised in the highest manner for his zealous exertions at the capture of Tycocktow and Chuenpee, and was also recommended for his conduct in superintending the landing of the forces at the capture of North Wantong in Jan. and Feb. 1841.[2] During the operations of Aug. against Amoy, Capt. Fletcher (who had witnessed the fall of Canton) was for two days detached in the Nemesis steamer, in which vessel he completely disabled, with a zeal very commendable, the guns on every battery on the north-east and south-west sides of the Bay, and the fortified island at the entrance; and when the town was assaulted by the troops he afforded them the able and prompt co-operation of himself and a party of seamen who had landed under his command.[3] His ardour and activity appear to have further contributed to the capture of Chinghae.[4] He went on half-pay 24 Oct. 1841, having been promoted to the rank he now holds on 8 of the previous June; and has not since been employed. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.
FLETCHER. (Capt., 1829. f-p., 19; h-p., 25.)
William Fletcher died at the close of 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 31 Aug. 1803, as Midshipman, on board the Impérieuse 40, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, with whom he served the whole of his time in the same ship, and in the Révolutionnaire 44, and Defiance 74. During that period he took part, in the Révolutionnaire, in Sir Richard Strachan’s action, 4 Nov. 1805; and on Feb. 1809, was present at the destruction of three frigates under the batteries of Sable d’Olonne, where the Defiance, besides being much cut up in her masts and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 25 wounded. On 31 Oct. in the latter year he obtained a Lieutenancy in the Sophie 18, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, under whom he continued to serve, in the Channel, until 23 April, 1811, when he rejoined Capt. Hotham in the Northumberland 74, in which ship he subsequently assisted, in company with the Growler gun-brig, at the gallant destruction, 22 May, 1812, near L’Orient, of the French 40-gun frigates L’Arienne and L’Andromaque, and 16-gun brig Mamelouck; whose united fire, conjointly with that of a heavy battery, killed 5, and, including himself, wounded 28 of the Northumberland’s people.[5] As Lieutenant, Mr. Fletcher was afterwards appointed – 14 Jan. 1813, to the Elephant 74, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, in the Baltic – 21 Jan. 1814, to the Superb 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, flag-ship afterwards on the American and French coasts of Hon. Sir H. Hotham, by whom he was intrusted with the despatches announcing the surrender of Buonaparte – 31 April, 1816, to the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth – and, 17 July, 1820, to the Royal George yacht, Capt. Hon. C. Paget. Attaining the rank of Commander, 30 Nov. 1820, he next served for some time in the Coast Guard, and on 8 Dec. 1827, and 18 Jan. 1828, was successively appointed to the Terror bomb, and William and Mary yacht – in the latter of which vessels he served, as Second Captain, under the late Sir John Chambers White. From the date of his last promotion, which took place 4 March, 1829, he remained on half-pay.
Capt. Fletcher married, in 1826, Elizabeth, second daughter of John Luscombe Luscombe, Esq., of Coombe Royal, co. Devon, and niece of Sir Wm. Knighton, Bart., and of Admirals Hawker, Boyles, Osborne, and Sir Michael Seymour, Bart.
FLOUD. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Ross Moore Floud entered the Navy 19 Sept. 1829; passed his examination in 1835; and for his services on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His appointments have since been – 15 Dec. 1840, to the Hazard 18, Capt. Hon. Chas. Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, in the Mediterranean – 21 Aug. 1841, to the Spartan 26, commanded by the same officer, on the North America and West India station – and, 9 Dec. 1845, to the Nimrod 20, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, with whom he is at present serving on the coast of Africa as First-Lieutenant. Agent – J. Hinxman.
FOLEY. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
The Honourable Fitzgerald Algernon Charles Foley, born 5 Sept. 1823, is youngest son of the late Lord Foley, by the fifth daughter of the second Duke of Leinster; brother of the present Lord Foley, of Lieut.-Col. Hon. Augustus Fred. Foley, of the Grenadier Guards, and of Capt. Hon. St. George Gerald Foley, of the 44th Regt.; and brother-in-law of Sir Chas. Rushout Cockerell, Bart.
This officer passed his examination 29 April, 1843; and at the period of his promotion, which took place 15 Jan. 1846, was serving on board the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads. Since 14 Feb. in the latter year he has been employed in the Raleigh 50, Capt. Sir Thos. Herbert, on the south-east coast of America.
FOLEY. (Captain, 1833. f-p., 16; h-p., 19.)
Osborne Foley is nephew of Admiral of the White the late Sir Thos. Foley, G.C.B.[6]
This officer entered the Navy, 4 July, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde Parker, in which frigate he witnessed the Endymion’s capture of the American ship President, 15 Jan. 1815. In Sept. of the latter year he became
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, pp. 2990, 2991.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1162, 1498.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 83, 382.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 396.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1812, p. 999.
- ↑ Sir Thomas Foley, an officer of considerable reputation, commanded the St. George 98, bearing the flag of Sir Hyde Parker, in Hotham’s two actions with the French fleet in 1795; officiated as Flag-Captain to Sir Charles Thompson on board the Britannia 100, off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797; led the British fleet into action, as Captain of the Goliath 74, on the glorious 1 Aug. 1798; and commanded Lord Nelson’s flag-ship, the Elephant, at Copenhagen, 3 April, 1801. In 1811 he became Commander-in-Chief in the Downs; and at the period of his death, 9 Jan. 1833, he was Rear-Admiral of Great Britain and Port-Admiral at Portsmouth.
