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INGLIS—INGRAM.

Spain, where he was much employed in co-operation with the patriots, and assisted, on 31 July, 1808, in reducing the Castle of Mongat. Subsequently to his removal to the Colossus 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, we find Mr. Inglis uniting, in Oct. 1809, in the chase which preceded the self-destruction, near the mouth of the Rhone, of the French ships of the line Robuste and Lion. After a servitude of more than two years at the blockade of Flushing and Brest in the Marlborough 74, Capts. Graham Moore and Matthew Henry Scott, and on the Leith station in the Clio 16, Capt. Wm. Ffarington, he successively joined, in 1812, as a passed Midshipman, the Africa 64 and St. Domingo 74, bearing the respective flags of Admirals Herbert Sawyer and Sir John Borlase Warren on the coast of North America. On 25 March, 1813, Mr. Inglis was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the Royal George, Capt. Wm. Howe Mulcaster, on, we believe. Lake Erie, where he partook, soon afterwards, of an action in which two schooners were taken from the Americans. On 10 Sept. in the same year, having removed to the Detroit 19, Capt. Root. Heriot Barclay, the senior officer of a small, miserably equipped squadron of six sail, carrying altogether 63 guns (yielding a broadside weight of 478 lbs.) and 345 men, the greater part of them nondescripts, he was further present in a most desperate action which terminated in the capture of the whole by an American force under Commodore Perry, consisting of nine excellently appointed vessels, carrying 54 guns (throwing 928 lbs. in broadside weight of metal) and 580 picked men. Shortly previous to the fatal issue of the battle, in which the British it appears lost 41 men killed and 94 wounded, and the enemy 27 killed and 96 wounded, the command, owing to the disablement of Capt. Barclay, devolved upon Lieut. Inglis, who, with a degree of calm intrepidity that reflected high credit upon him, continued the action until further resistance became impossible.[1] His late appointments were, for very brief periods, to the Boyne 98, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, and Ramillies 74, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.



INGLIS. (Lieutenant, 1826.)

James Inglis entered the Navy 29 April, 1810; passed his examination in 1816; and obtained his commission 14 Dec. 1826. His appointments have since been – 8 Aug. 1839, to the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, under whom he served in the operations on the coast of Syria, and at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, in 1840 – 30 Nov. 1841, to the Victory 104, bearing the successive flags at Portsmouth of Admiral-Superintendents Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie and Hyde Parker – and, 29 Dec. 1845, to be Admiralty-Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel, in which capacity he is now employed.

Lieut. Inglis is married, and has issue.



INGLIS. (Lieutenant, 1827.)

Patrick Inglis is brother of Commander Chas. Inglis, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy 17 Dec. 1812; passed his examination in 1819; attained the rank of Lieutenant 26 Jan. 1827; served at Portsmouth, as Lieutenant of the Victory 104, Capts. Thos. Monck Mason and John Wilson, from 23 Feb. 1828 until 30 April, 1830; and was employed for about twelve months in 1843-4 in the Coast Guard. He is now on half-pay.

Lieut. Inglis – the Senior of his rank on the list of 1827 – married, 24 Oct. 1833, Mary Ann, only daughter of the late J. G. Cocks, Esq., R.N. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.



INGLIS. (Lieutenant, 1821.)

Stewart Nash Inglis entered the Navy, 20 May, 1815, as a Volunteer, on board the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Chas. Inglis, fitting at Chatham; served from the following Sept. until Sept. 1819, on the Mediterranean and Leith stations, chiefly as Midshipman, in the Ister and Hyperion frigates, Capts. Thos. Forrest and Thos. Searle; then sailed for the East Indies on board the Leander 50, flagship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood; and on 4 June, 1821, was there confirmed a Lieutenant, if we mistake not, in the Dauntless 24, Capt. Geo. Cornish Gambier. His last appointments were, 8 Jan. 1824 and 6 Feb. 1828, to the Jupiter 60, Capts. David Dunn and Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman, and Melville 74, Capts. Henry Hill, Alex. Wilmot Sohomberg, and Christ. John Williams Nesham, on the Halifax and Mediterranean stations. He has been on half-pay since 29 Sept. 1831.



INGRAM. (Commander, 1841.)

Augustus Henry Ingram entered the Navy 13 Feb. 1821; passed his examination in 1827; acquired the rank of Lieutenant 10 Jan. 1837; received an appointment, two days afterwards, to the Dublin 50, flag-ship of Sir Graham Eden Hamond in South America; was employed during the earlier portion of 1839 on particular service in the Hercules 72, Capt. Edw. Barnard; and on 29 Nov. 1839, joined the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier. He was rewarded for his conduct in the latter ship at the taking of Canton (where, during the operations of March, he had been employed in the boats[2]) with a Commander’s commission dated 8 June, 1841; and since 5 Nov. 1846 he has been in command of the Birkenhead steam-frigate.

Prior to the receipt of his present appointment Commander Ingram was employed as a Student at the Royal Naval College. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.



INGRAM. (Lieutenant, 1845.)

Herbert Frederick Winnington Ingram passed his examination 12 Oct. 1840; was employed for several years in the Mediterranean as Mate of the Talbot 26 and Aigle 24, Capts. Robt. Fanshawe Stopford and Lord Clarence Edw. Paget; obtained his commission 30 Dec. 1845; and, since 12 Feb. 1846, has been serving on the south-east coast of America on board the Raleigh 50, Commodore Sir Thos. Herbert.



INGRAM. (Commander,1829. f-p., 13; h-p., 36.)

Robert Ingram entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Formidable 98, Capt. Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, stationed in the Channel. In the following Nov. he joined the Triton 32, Capt. John Gore, with whom he continued to serve, as Midshipman, in the Medusa 32, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, until July, 1802; witnessing, in the former ship, her capture, 18 Oct. 1799, when in company off Cape Finisterre with the Naiad 38 and Alcmène 32, of the Santa Brigida, a Spanish 36-gun frigate, having on board 1,400,000 dollars, besides a cargo of equal value; and participating, in the Medusa, in an attack made by Lord Nelson during the year 1801 on the Boulogne flotilla. After an intermediate servitude in the Mediterranean on board the Cyclops and Termagant sloops, commanded by various officers, Mr. Ingram rejoined Capt. Gore, in Feb. 1804, in the Medusa, and on 5 Oct. following was present at the further capture of three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the destruction of a fourth, off Cape St. Mary. In the course of the following year he successively became Sub-Lieutenant of the Fervent and Rebuff gun-brigs, and also of the Favourite sloop, Capt. John Davie, stationed on the coast of Africa, where we find him displaying an eminent degree of zeal and perseverance in towing and sweeping the latter vessel during an arduous chase of three days, which terminated in the capture, iii Dec. 1805, of Le Général Blanchard, privateer of 16 guns and 130 men.[3] He was made full Lieutenant, 1 Sept. 1806, into the Princess of Orange 74, flagship in the Downs of Vice-Admiral John Holloway;

  1. Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 331.
  2. Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1504-5.
  3. Vide. Gaz. 1806, p. 448.