gona, the destruction of the castle of St. Elmo, and the capture of the fort of St. Philippe, in the Col de Balaguer. He then joined in succession the Queen Charlotte and Impregnable, flag-ships of Lord Keith and the Duke of Clarence; and, on 27 June, 1814, after having escorted the Allied Sovereigns to England, and taken part in the grand naval review held at Spithead, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. During the latter part of 1814, and again for some months in 1815, we find him employed, on the Downs and Irish stations, in the Bermuda 10, Capt. Wm. Wolrige, and Nymphen 36, Capt. Matt. Smith. Being next, in July, 1816, appointed to the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, he sailed with the expedition against Algiers, where, on the day of the bombardment, he commanded gun-boat No. 24. He soon afterwards returned to England with Lord Exmouth in the Queen Charlotte 100, and has since been on half-pay.
JOHNSTONE. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 22; h-p., 14.)
William Johnstone was born in 1795, at Edinburgh.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1811, as Ordinary, on board the Nightingale 16, Capt. Christopher Nixon, in which vessel he served in the North Sea and Channel, latterly as Midshipman, until Aug. 1815. He was next, between Nov. 1815 and Sept. 1818, employed in the Newcastle 50, Capts. Sam. Roberts and Henry Meynell, fitting at Woolwich, and in the Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, on the coast of Ireland; after which (having passed his examination in March of the latter year) he served, from July, 1820, to Nov. 1823, part of the time as Admiralty-Midshipman, in the Martial 10, Lieut -Commander Robt. M‘Kirdy, Tees 26, Capt. Thos. Coe, and Liffey 50, Commodore Chas. Grant, on the Home and East India stations. He then officiated for about 18 months as Acting-Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commission dated 10 May, 1824) of the Satellite 18, and Asia 84, both commanded by Capt. Mark John Currie, with whom he returned to England. His succeeding appointments were – 24 Jan. 1827, to the Alert 18, Capts. Sam. Burgess and John Coghlan Fitzgerald, on the South American station – 13 Feb. 1832, as Senior, to the Conway 28, fitting for the Pacific, whence he returned home and was paid off in Oct. 1835 – and, 18 Oct. 1838, in a similar capacity, to the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds. He served in the latter ship, on the Mediterranean station (where he was present at the blockade of Alexandria), until advanced to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841; and has not been since employed.
JOHNSTONE. (Captain, 1823.)
William James Hope Johnstone, born 28 July, 1798, is second son of the late Vice-Admiral the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope, G.C.B., M.P.[1], Treasurer and Receiver-General of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich, by his first wife. Lady Anne Hope Johnstone, eldest daughter of James, third Earl of Hopetoun; and brother of the late Capts. Chas. Jas. Hope Johnstone and Geo. Jas. Hope Johnstone, both of the R.N. By his father’s second marriage he is connected with the noble families of Athlone, Auckland, and Henley.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 June, 181 1, as Sec.-ol. Vol., on board the Sarcedon brig, Capt. Jas. Green, on the Leith station, where he removed, in Sept. following, to the Adamant 50, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway. Joining next, in April, 1812, the Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham, he assisted, in the course of that year, at the reduction of Lequeytio and Castro, on the north coast of Spain; also in the attacks made upon Puerta Galetta, Guetaria, and Santander; and at the destruction of the fortifications of Borneo [errata 1], Plencia, Galea, Algorta, Begona, El Carapillo las Quersas, and Xebiles. On his return to England in June, 1814, Mr. Hope Johnstone, after having escorted Earl Moira to India in the Stirling Castle 74, Capt. Sir H. Popham, joined the Latona 38, bearing his father’s flag at Leith. During the three years immediately antecedent to his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 2 May, 1818, we find him employed in the Channel, at Portsmouth, in the Mediterranean, and again at Leith, on board the Endymion 44, Capt. Henry Hope, Tagus 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, Satellite sloop, Capt. Jas. Murray, and Ramillies, bearing the flag of his father. On 3 June, 1819, he obtained an appointment to the Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, which ship, it appears, conveyed Lord Beresford from Rio de Janeiro to the river Tagus, and the King of the Two Sicilies from Naples to Leghorn, in 1820. Being presented on 9 Sept. in that year with a Commander’s commission, which had been placed at the disposal of Sir Home Popham on his return from the chief command at Jamaica, Capt. Hope Johnstone, on 28 Feb. 1823, was invested with the command of the Éclair sloop, and ordered to South America, where, in the same vessel, and in the Doris 42 (into which frigate he was posted 21 Oct. 1823), he was employed in affording protection to the British interests at Pemambuco, and on other parts of the Brazilian coast, frequently under very trying circumstances, until the close of 1824. He paid the Doris off 12 Jan. 1825; and officiated, lastly, as Flag-Captain, from 6 June, 1828, until Oct. 1831, to Sir Pulteney Malcolm, in the Asia 84, and Britannia 120, On the Mediterranean station, and from 6 May, 1845, until 1847, to Sir Thos. John Cochrane, in the Agincourt 72, on the East India station. During an expedition conducted, in July, 1846, by the Commander-in-Chief against the Sultan of Borneo, Capt. Hope Johnstone assumed command of the whole of the seamen and of the field-piece and rocket-parties, and on 8 of that month assisted at the capture and destruction of the enemy’s forts and batteries in the river Brune.[2]
He married, in 1826, Eleanor, eldest daughter of the late Sir Thos. Kirkpatrick, Bart., and has issue.
JOLLIFFE. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
William Kynaston Jolliffe passed his examination 20 May, 1835; and at the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 30 Dec. 1845, had been serving for about 18 months in the Mediterranean as Mate of the Flamer steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Jas. Postle. He was appointed, 9 Feb. following, to the Virago steam-sloop, Capt. John Lunn, on the same station; and has been there employed, since 1 Oct. 1846, as Senior of the Phoenix, another steamer, Capt. Jas. Sam. Akid Dennis.
JOLLY. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Archibald Douglas Jolly entered the Navy 21 Aug. 1829 ; passed his examination 6 Dec. 1836; and, as we are informed, served as Mate in the boats of the Pluto at the destruction of some slave-factories at the Gallianos Islands in 1842; on 23 July in which year he was prmoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments were – 29 April, 1843, as Additional, to the Illustrious 72 bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Adam in North America and the West Indies – 30 Dec. 1843, to the Ringdove 16, Capt. Sir Wm. Daniell, on the coast of Africa – and in 1844-5, to the Scylla 16, Capt. Robt. Sharpe, Imaum 72, Commodores Alex, Renton Sharpe and Daniel Pring, and Hyacinth 18, Capt. Fras. Scott, all on the North America and West India station, whence he returned home and was paid off in the early part of 1847. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
JONES. (Captain, 1811. f-p., 19; h-p., 38.)
The Honourable Alexander Jones, born 9 March, 1778, is youngest son of Charles, fourth Viscount Ranelagh, by Sarah, only daughter of Thos. Montgomery, Esq.; brother of Charles, fifth
