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BARROW—BARRY—BARTON.

tion as First of the Daphne 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow.

He married, in 1846, Dolores, eldest daughter of Col. Wood, of the Chilian army. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.



BARROW. (Lieut., 1842; f-p., 17; h-p., 3.)

Arthur Barrow was born 25 Jan. 1815.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1827, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Badger 10, Capt. Chas. Crowdy, employed on the coast of Scotland and off Lisbon; and next served as Midshipman, on the Mediterranean and South America stations, of the Donegal 78, Capts. Sir Jahleel Brenton and John Dick, Ferret 10, Capt. Hon. Edw. Wodehouse, and Spartiate 76, flag-ship of Sir Mich. Seymour. In Feb. 1836, having passed his examination in the previous Sept., he became Mate of the Scout 18, Capt. Robt. Craigie, on the coast of Africa, where his gallant conduct in the boats at the capture, 11 Jan. 1837, of the two slave-brigs Esperança and Paquete de Cabo, appears to have procured him official notice. Removing, in Jan. 1840, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, he took part in the ensuing operations on the coast of Syria, and continued to serve in the same ship until promoted to a Lieutenancy, 18 May, 1842, in the Queen 110, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He was transferred, on 13 July following, to the Howe 120, Capts. Robt. Smart and Thos. Forrest, flag-ship for some time of Sir Fras. Mason, also on the Mediterranean station; and since 31 Dec. 1844, has been again employed on the coast of Africa, in the Ranger sloop, Capt. Jas. Anderson. Agent — John P. Muspratt.



BARROW. (Lieutenant, 1843.)

Thomas James Raikes Barrow entered the Navy 26 April, 1826; passed his examination 13 June, 1834; served for some time, as Mate, on board the Winchester 50, Capt. Chas. Eden, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Rear-Admiral Hon. Joceline Percy; and received his commission 4 April, 1843. His appointments have since been, on the Mediterranean station — 22 Aug. 1844, to the Formidable 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen — 25 Oct. 186, as First Lieutenant, to the Snake 16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux — 13 Dec. 1845, to the Orestes 18, Capt. Edw. St. Leger Cannon — and, 14 May, 1846, to the Inconstant 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, with whom he is at present employed.



BARROW. (Lieut., 1825. f-p.,15; h-p., 14.)

Thomas Pownoll Pellew Barrow entered the Navy 16 Oct. 1818; and while serving as Midshipman on board the Parthian 10, commanded the boats of that sloop at the capture of a piratical vessel, 18 June, 1824. He obtained a Lieutenancy, 25 May, 1825, in the Lively 46, Capt. Wm. Elliott, successively employed on the coast of Africa, off Lisbon, and in the Channel; and, on 3 Oct. 1831, was appointed First of the Pelorus 18, Capt. Rich. Meredith, also on the Africa station, where, in command of the boats, he took the Minerva slaver, of 10 guns and 65 men, 5 June, 1835. Since the close of the latter year he has been on half-pay. Agent — J. Hinxman.



BARRY. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)

William Barry entered the Navy, 19 March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cygnet 18, Capt. Donald M‘Leod. While in that sloop under the subsequent command of Capt. Edw. Dix, he narrowly escaped being wrecked off St. Abb’s Head, during an exposure of two days to the fury of a terrific gale, which blew right on shore; and, on 18 Dec. 1809, we find him assisting at the destruction of the 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine, laden with stores and provisions, moored in Ance la Barque, Guadeloupe, and defended by numerous batteries. After further serving for upwards of a twelvemonth in the Star, Capt. Hendrie, Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, and Cygnet again, Capt. Robt. Russell, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Feb. 1812, and appointed to the Amaranthe sloop, Capts. Geo. Pringle and Rich. Augustus Yates. He has been unemployed since 26 Oct. 1814.



BARTON. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 28; h-p., 7.)

Ralph Barton entered the Navy, 2 March, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Crescent 38, Capt. John Quilliam, with whom he cruized in the Baltic, off Newfoundland, and in the West Indies, the greater part of the time as Midshipman, until Sept. 1815. He then served for four years in the East Indies, on board the Towby 24, and Bacchus 18, Capts. Hew Stewart and John Pengelly Parkin; and after a further attachment, as Admiralty Midshipman, to the Grasshopper 18, Capts. David Buchan and Jas. Bradley, and Egeria 26, Capt. Sam. Roberts, off Newfoundland, was appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 12 Sept. 1824, of the Sir Francis Drake, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Nehemiah Clarke. Being officially promoted 8 Oct. following, he subsequently joined, on the East India, Mediterranean, Lisbon, and South America stations — 17 Sept. 1825, the Hind 20, Capt. John Furneaux — 21 Oct. 1827, the Success 28, Capt. Jas. Stirling — 23 Feb. 1828, the Java 52, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage — 20 Nov. 1830, the Belvidera Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas — and, 24 Jan. 1835, as First Lieutenant, the Dublin 50, bearing the flag of Sir Graham Eden Hammond. He rose to the rank he now holds 28 June, 1838; became an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard 28 March, 1839; officiated, from 3 Nov. 1840, until Oct. 1843, as Second Captain of the Monarch 84, commanded, in the Mediterranean, by Capt. Sam. Chambers; and from 16 Feb. 1845, until posted, 9 Nov. 1846, was employed in a similar capacity on board the Vanguard 80, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, part of the Channel squadron. He is now on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell.



BARTON. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 32; h-p., 1 6.)

Richard Barton entered the Navy, 19 Jan. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Latona 38, Capt. Frank Sotheron, and in the following autumn attended, as Midshipman, the expedition to the Helder. He subsequently witnessed the surrender of the Batavian ships in the Vlieder passage, and during the remainder of the war assisted at the capture of several of the enemy’s armed vessels. Becoming attached, in March, 1803, to the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier, he shortly afterwards escorted the fleet of Indiamen under Capt. Dance which had recently effected the discomfiture of the French Admiral Linois from the Straits of Malacca to St. Helena; and then returning to the East Indies, continued to serve on that station until 1811 in, successively, the Culloden 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, and La Bellone, alias Blanche, 36, Capt. John Bastard, to which ship, after having acted for two years and a half as Lieutenant, he was confirmed, by commission dated 27 Dec. 1808. Mr. Barton, who appears to have also officiated for some months as Captain of the latter frigate, and to have captured during that period La Confiance privateer, of 2 guns and 30 men, was subsequently employed, from Dec. 1811, to Dec. 1815, in the Prince of Wales 98, Grasshopper 16, Crocus 10, and Romney 50, under various officers, on the Home and Mediterranean stations. On 15 March, 1816, he became Flag-Lieutenant, in the Salisbury 50, to Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas, Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies, where he served until 1818; from Dec. in which year until his promotion to the rank of Commander, 2 July, 1817, we find him employed on the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Severn, Ramillies, and Hyperion, Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He afterwards did duty as an Inspecting-Commander of the Coast Guard, from 13 April, 1831, until 1836; and since his advance-