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GARLAND—GARNHAM—GARNIER—GARRETT.

for more than seven years. During that period he participated in all the operations in the Rio de la Plata, from Oct. 1806 until the Medusa’s return home with Lieut.-General Whitelocke on the final evacuation of Spanish America in Sept. 1807, including the capture of Maldonado and of the island of Gorriti; assisted in taking several privateers; was for three months exposed to considerable hardships during a fruitless pursuit of two French frigates to the coast of Labrador; and cooperated much with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. He also, on the night of 4 June, 1812, served in the boats under Lieut. Josiah Thompson at the capture and destruction, in the harbour of Arcasson, of La Dorade, of 14 guns and 86 men, after a desperate struggle, in which the assailants had 5 men wounded, and the enemy, who had hailed the latter in their approach and were in every way prepared for the attack, 63 killed and drowned. Mr. Garforth – who obtained a Lieutenancy, 25 Oct. 1813, in the Sabrina 20, Capt. Alex. Rich. Mackenzie – was paid off from that vessel on her return from the Mediterranean, 28 Dec. 1815. He has not since been afloat.



GARLAND. (Captain, 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 40.)

Joseph Gulston Garland was born 23 April, 1781.

This officer entered the Navy, 12 April, 1795, on borad the Raisonnable 64, commanded by the late Sir Wm. Parker, in the West Indies; where, and on the Lisbon, Cadiz, and American stations, he served the whole of his time under the same officer, in the above ship, and in the Swiftsure 74, Blenheim 74, Prince George 98, and America 64. He was then, by commission dated 2 May, 1801, promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Cleopatra 32, Capt. Israel Pellew, with whom he returned home and was paid off 6 March, 1802. From 4 Nov. 1803, until July, 1804, he served as Flag-Lieutenant, in various ships, to Rear-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell, on the Yarmouth station; after which he commanded the Escort gun-brig, until 22 Jan. 1806, when he attained Commander’s rank. His ensuing appointment was, on 7 Oct. 1813, to the Alert 18; and in that sloop he continued, on the North Sea station, until posted, 19 Aug. 1815. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.



GARLAND. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 32.)

William Garland entered the Navy, 17 July, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bulwark 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, off Cadiz; cruized, from June, 1808, to July, 1810, latterly as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Hind 28, Capts. Rich. Budd Vincent and John Rich. Lumley, on the Mediterranean station; there joined the Bellerophon 74, flag-ship in the North Sea of Rear-Admiral John Ferrier; and from Sept. 1811, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 Feb. 1815, again served with Capt. Lumley, in the Crocodile, Narcissus, and Pomone frigates, on the Guernsey and North American stations. Since the latter date he has been on half-pay.



GARNHAM. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)

John Garnham was born 14 Feb. 1789.

This officer entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt. Geo. Hart, bearing the flag in Yarmouth Roads of Rear-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell. On 29 May following he became Midshipman of the Stately 64, Capts. Geo. Parker and Wm. Cumberland; in which ship and the Princess Caroline 74, Capts. Chas. Dudley Pater and Hugh Downman, he served very actively, on the North Sea, Baltic, and Channel stations, the four last years as Master’s Mate, until Jan. 1813. He then proceeded to the West Indies as Midshipman of the Vengeur 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas; and after a further servitude of a year and nine months as Master’s Mate, on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, of the Volontaire 38, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave, was invested with the rank he now holds 18 Feb. 1815. He has not since been afloat.

Lieut. Garnham married, in Jan. 1824, Miss Elizabeth Sparke Edgar, of Buxhall Vale, near Stowmarket, co. Suffolk, sole heiress of Thos. Edgar, Esq.



GARNIER. (Lieutenant, 1826.)

Brownlow North Garnier is second son of the late Rev. Wm. Garnier, of Rookesbury, Hants, Prebendary of Winchester, and Rector of Droxford, by Henrietta, eldest daughter of Brownlow North, Bishop of Winchester, and sister of the Earl of Guildford. He is brother of the present Wm. Garnier, Esq., of Rookesbury. His uncle, Thomas, married a sister of Capt. Sir Wm. Edw. Parry. R.N., F.R.S.

This officer entered the Navy 6 Feb. 1817; passed his examination in 1823; and was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 4 Feb. 1826, in the Wellesley 74, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, in South America. He was next appointed, 23 Feb. 1827, to the Hussar 46, Capt. Edw. Boxer, on the Halifax station, but left that frigate in the following May, and has not since been employed.

Lieut. Garnier married, 3 Dec. 1835, Henrietta Maria, second daughter of Thomas, fourth Lord Walsingham. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.



GARRETT. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 16; h-p., 23.)

Charles Garrett entered the Navy, 6 March, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board -the Aurora 28, of which ship, on the West India station, he became Midshipman 25 July following. After an attachment of a few months to the Namur 74, bearing the flag, at the Nore of Vice-Admiral Thos. Wells, he removed, in June, 1811, to the America 74, Capt. Josias Rowley; and while in that ship he witnessed the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn, and the surrender of Genoa, in 1813-14. From Dec. in the latter year, until the receipt of his commission dated 21 Jan. 1824, he further served, as Master’s Mate and Admiralty Midshipman, on the Channel, Cape of Good Hope, Home, and East India stations, in the Phoebe 36, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, Jupiter and Newcastle 60’s, both commanded by Capt. Henry Meynell, Andromache 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreff, Euryalus 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, and Liffey 50, Commodore Chas. Grant. Lieut. Garrett, since his promotion, has been on half-pay. Agent – J. Hinxman.



GARRETT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)

Edward Garrett (b) entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1806, as Midshipman, on board the Explosion bomb, Capt. Edw. Ellicott, under whom he was wrecked, off Heligoland, 10 Sept. 1807. He then joined the Majestic 74, bearing the flag in the North Sea and Baltic of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell; and on his return from China, whither he had proceeded with convoy, in the Grampus 50, Capt. Wm. Hanwell, became attached, in Jan. 1812, to the Royal Oak 74, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm. When afterwards on the coast of America Mr. Garrett, as Master’s Mate, assumed command of a tender, in which we find him co-operating in the attack on New Orleans in 1814-15. On 16 Feb. in the latter year he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and placed in charge of the Express cutter. He left that vessel, however, in the following Sept., and has since been unemployed. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.



GARRETT. (Commander, 1809. f-p., 17; h-p., 36.)

Edward William Garrett was born in 1781.

This officer entered the Navy, 25 Nov. 1794 as Ordinary, on board the Ambuscade 32, Capt. Geo. Duff, and, until promoted, 19 Sept. 1801, further served with that officer, as Midshipman in the Glenmore 36, and Vengeance 74, on the North Sea, Irish, Baltic, and Channel stations. He ap-