bearing the flag at Sheerness; of Sir Robt. Waller Otway; and on passing his examination 27 Sept. 1839, proceeded, in the Firefly steamer, Lieut.Commander Wm. Winniett to the Canadian Lakes, where, until his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 2 March, 1844, he served with great activity, chiefly on board the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, Mohawk steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander John Wm. Bedford, and Montreal schooner, commanded by Lieut. John Tyssen, and, for some time also, by himself. Since 9 Sept. 1844 Mr. Herbert has been occupied on the Home and on the North America and West India stations in the Daring 12, Commanders Henry Jas. Matson and Wm. Peel.
HERBERT. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 25; h-p., 19.)
George Flower Herbert is eldest son of Joseph Herbert, Esq., President of the island of Montserrat.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ganges 74, Capt. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, of which ship, employed on the India station and off Ferrol, he almost immediately became a Midshipman. Between Dec. 1804 and Jan. 1811 he served, on the Home, Cadiz, and West India stations, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the BarFLBDH, Neptune, and Dreadnought 98’s, Capts.Geo. Martin, T. F. Fremantle (under whom he fought in the Neptune at Trafalgar, and took part, while for a time detached, in several actions with the Spanish gun-boats near Gibraltar), and Wm. Lechmere, Royal George 100, and San Josef 110, flag-ships of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, Nijaden 36, Capt. Fred. Cottrell, Neptune 98, and Statira 38, bearing each the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Inglis Cochrane, and Port d’Espagne 18, Capt. Geo. Grey Burton. On 28 Feb. 1811 (after having been for a few weeks borne as a Supernumerary on the books of the Dragon 74, Rear-Admiral Sir Fras. Laforey) he rejoined the Nijaden, in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant; and, being confirmed to her 16 May following, was subsequently, in March, 1812, present, when, under Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth, she contrived, during her passage home from Lisbon, to effect an escape from a pursuing squadron of five French line-of-battle ships. Mr. Herbert’s subsequent appointments were – 30 April, 1812, with Capt. Epworth, to the Nymphe 38, from which vessel, fitting at Portsmouth, an attack of illness obliged him at once to invalid – 21 April, 1813, to the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King in the Mediterranean, where he witnessed, 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814, two partial actions with the Toulon fleet, and was present at the capture of Genoa in April, 1814 – 28 Sept. 1814, to the Ulysses 44, Commodore Thos. Browne, on accompanying whom to the coast of Africa, he assisted at the destruction of a slave-factory – in the course of 1816, to the Impregnable, Berwick, and Impregnable again flag-ships at Plymouth of Sir John Thos. Duckworth and Lord Exmouth – 6 April, 1820, after 17 months of half-pay;- to the command of the Harpy Revenue-cutter – 25 Oct. 1824, to the Herald yacht, Capt. Henry John Leeke – 7 June, 1825, to the Albion 74, Capt. John Acworth Ommanney, lying at Portsmouth – and 22 Aug. 1825, 4 Aug. 1826, and 18 Jan. 1827, to the Warspite 76, Boadicea 46, and Java 52, all flag-ships in the East Indies of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage. He attained his present rank 7 July, 1828; and, with the exception of a command, from 18 May, 1837, until Aug. 1840, of the Téméraire 104, Ocean 80, and Poictiers 72, guard-ships at Sheerness and Chatham, has since been on half-pay.
Commander Herbert married Mary, youngest daughter of the late Capt. Harding, R.N., and niece of Rear-Admiral Jas. Bowen, formerly a Commissioner of the Navy. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
HERBERT. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 12; h-p., 30.)
John Fletcher Herbert entered the Navy, 15 May, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thunderer 74, Capts. Wm. Lechmere, John Stockham (Acting), and John Talbot; which ship, after serving in Sir Robt. Calder’s action, and the battle of Trafalgar, passed the Dardanells With Sir John Duckworth in Feb. 1807, and assisted on that occasion at the destruction of a Turkish squadron near Point Pesquies. In Nov. 1808 Mr. Herbert became Midshipman of the Cheerful cutter, Lieut.Commander Carpenter, with whom he cruized off Yarmouth and in the Baltic until April, 1810. He was then for three years employed in the Theseus 74, Capt. Wm. Prowse, both in the North Sea and at St. Helena; and, from April, 1816, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 June, 1819, he further served, the last two years and a half as Master’s Mate, on board the Martial gun-brig, commanded at Leith by Lieut. Robt. M‘Eardy. He has since been on half-pay.
HERBERT, K.C.B. (Captain, 1822. f-p., 20; h-p., 24.)
Sir Thomas Herbert, born in Feb. 1793, is son of the late Rich. T. Herbert, Esq., of Cahernan, co. Kerry, where the Herbert family has been seated since the reign of Charles II. Among the early ancestors of Sir Thomas we discover the name of Sir Rich. Herbert, of Coldbrook, who, with his brother William, Earl of Pembroke, was beheaded at Banbury, the day after the battle of “Danes Moor,” 26 July, 1469.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 July, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent 74, Capt. Frank Sotheron, and, on proceeding to the Mediterranean, was there invested with the rating of Midshipman 1 Jan. 1804. After assisting at the defence of Gaeta and the capture of Capri, he removed to the Blonde 38, Capt. Volant Vashon Ballard, whom he accompanied to the West Indies, on which station we find him witnessing the reduction, in Dec. 1807, of the Danish West India Islands, and contributing to the capture of five privateers, carrying in the whole 58 guns and 515 men. On 1 Aug. 1809, as a reward for the conduct he had in particular exhibited as prize-master of L’Alert of 20 guns and 149 men, Mr. Herbert, on the recommendation of his Captain, was nominated by Sir Alex. Cochrane to a Lieutenancy in his flag-ship the Neptune 98. Being officially promoted on It) of the following Oct., he was next, between March, 1810, and June, 1814, employed, as a Lieutenant, in the Pompée 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, on the West India, Home, and Mediterranean stations. He then became First of the Euryalus 36, Capt. Chas, Napier, in which frigate he served until the close of the American war, and obtained the official mention of Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon for the ability and the conspicuous exertions he displayed throughout the operations on the river Potomac, including the capture of Fort Washington, and of the city of Alexandria.[1] On 19 Oct. 1814, Mr. Herbert, who by that period had been upwards of 20 times engaged with the enemy, in cutting-out affairs and otherwise, and had been thrice wounded, was advanced to the rank of Commander. He did not, however, take up his commission until Feb. 1815; from which period he appears to have remained on half-pay until 6 Sept. 1821. He then obtained an appointment to the Icarus 10, fitting for the Jamaica station, where he removed, 6 May, 1822, to the Carnation 18, and was posted, 25 Nov. following, to a death vacancy in the Tamar 26. Continuing to serve in the latter vessel until paid off in Aug. 1823, Capt. Herbert succeeded during that period in destroying three piratical vessels on the coasts of Cuba and Yucatan. On 10 Nov. 1837, not having been afloat for a period of 14 years, he was next appointed to the Calliope 26, and ordered to the Brazils. Until the arrival there from the Pacific of Commodore Thos. Ball Sulivan, Capt. Herbert, we find, conducted in person the duties of Senior Officer. He was subsequently directed to assume the command of the naval force in the Rio de la Plata for the protection of the British interests at
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 2081.
