Pellett Green and Chas. Marsh Schomberg, successive flag-ship of Vice-Admirals Sir Thos. Fras. Fremantle and Sir Graham Moore in the Mediterranean; where, in June, 1821, and Oct. 1822, he was lent, as Midshipman, for a few months, to the Larne 20, Capt. Robt. Tait, and Euryalus 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford. He left the Rochfort in Oct. 1823; and, after having intermediately served on board the Redpole 10, Capt. Rich. Anderson, and Arachne 18, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, he was advanced, 16 March, 1824, to the rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments were – 17 April, 1824, to the Tweed 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, with whom he sailed for South America – 25 Aug. following, as Senior, to the Éclair 18, commanded on that station by Capt. Thos. Bourchier – 13 June, 1827 (having been on half-pay since July, 1825), to the Fairy 10, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, fitting for the West Indies – and, 6 June, 1828, to the Asia 84, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Pulteney Malcolm in the Mediterranean. Being awarded a second promotal commission, dated 17 Sept. 1828, he successively assumed command, also on the Mediterranean station – 31 Oct. following, of the Camelion 10 – 30 Nov. 1829, of the Procris 10 – in May, 1830, as Acting-Captain, of the Rattlesnake 28 – and in Nov. 1830, in a similar capacity, of the Blonde 46. On the paying off of the latter ship he was confirmed in his present rank 24 May, 1831. His next and last appointment was, 22 Feb. 1843, to the Curaçoa 24, in which vessel he served on the S.E. coast of America, until superseded in Jan. 1846.
Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley married, 10 June, 1826, Jane Matilda Lilly, eldest daughter of the Rev. Montagu John Wynyard, rector of Wesh Rounton, and of St. Martin’s, Micklegate, Yorkshire, by whom he has issue seven sons and two daughters. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
PATERSON. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
George Yates Paterson entered the Navy 17 June, 1828; passed his examination in 1834; served for some time in the Mediterranean as Mate of the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir John Acworth Ommanney; and was advanced to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841. He was next, 7 Jan. 1842, appointed to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; and from 16 May, 1843, until paid off on his return to England at the close of 1847, was employed in the Pacific on board the Fisgard 42, Capt. Jas. Alex. Duntze. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
PATERSON. (Retired Commander, 1847. f-p., 1 9; h-p., 32.)
William Love Paterson was born 17 March, 1781, at Doneraile, co. Cork. His brother, Thos. Paterson, Master’s Mate of H.M.S. Arrow, was killed in a boat affair in the Gulf of Venice 4 June, 1804, aged 21.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Oct. 1796, as a Volunteer, on board the Terpsichore 32, Capts. Rich. Bowen and Wm. Hall Gage. On 13 of the same month he assisted at the capture, off the port of Carthagena, of the Mahonesa Spanish frigate of 34 guns and 275 men, after a spirited contest of an hour and 20 minutes, in which the enemy sustained a loss of 30 men killed and as many wounded, and the British, out of 182 men, of only 4 wounded; and on 13 of the ensuing Dec. he was present, off Cadiz, in another most determined action of an hour and forty minutes, which terminated in the surrender to the Terpsichore (whose loss on the occasion amounted, out of 166 men, to 4 killed and 18 wounded) of the French frigate La Vestale of 36 guns and at least 270 men, 30 of whom were killed and 37 wounded. In the summer of 1797 we find Mr. Paterson co-operating in the bombardment of Cadiz, and employed, as Midshipman, in the Terpsichore’s barge. In Lord Nelson’s attack upon Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, where Capt. Bowen was killed. Quitting the Terpsichore in Jan. 1800, he served, during the five following years, chiefly on the Home station, in the Triton 32, Capt. John Gore, Majestic 74, Capt. Davidge Gould, Port Mahon 18, Capts. Walter Grosett and Ralph Neville, and Impétueux 74, Capts. Thos. Byam Martin and John Erskine Douglas. He was then, in Jan. and Sept. 1805, and July, 1806, successively nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Borer gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Rich. Wilbraham, Pegasus, Capt. John Pengelly, and Tickler gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Skinner; on leaving the latter of which vessels he was constituted, 6 Sept. 1806 (although the date of his commission was subsequently altered to 20 Jan. 1809), full Lieutenant of the Surinam 18, Capt. John Lake. Becoming attached next, 6 Feb. 1807, to the Tartarus 20, Capts. Thos. Fras. Chas. Mainwaring and John Pasco, Mr. Paterson accompanied in that vessel the expedition sent in the course of the same year against Copenhagen; and on 25 April, 1808, he assisted in her boats, with those of the Daphne 20, commanded by Lieut. Wm. Elliott, at the cutting-out, with a loss to the British of only 5 persons wounded, of a convoy of 10 deeply-laden vessels, moored close under the foot of a castle mounting 10 guns, in the harbour of Fladstrand, near the Skawe, defended also by a heavy fire from another battery, as well as from the crews of the vessels assembled on the beach, and made fast to the shore by hawsers.[1] With the exception of a short command, held between June and Nov. 1811, of the Cuttle schooner, at Halifax, he continued employed in the Tartarus, on the American, West India, and Cork stations, until May, 1815. Not having been since afloat, he accepted his present rank 3 Feb. 1847.
Commander Paterson married, 9 April, 1811, Miss Priscilla Blight, of Plymouth.
PATESHALL. (Captain, 1815. f-p., 19; h-p., 33.)
Nicholas Lechmere Pateshall, born 13 Sept. 1782, is fourth son of the late Edm. Pateshall, Esq., of Allensmore House, co. Hereford, by Ann, daughter and heiress of Wm. Burnam, Esq., of Wellington Court, in the same co.; and brother of Capt. Edwyn Sandys Pateshall, Hon.E.I.Co.’s service, who died at Ceylon in 1819.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable 46, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, with whom he continued to serve, in the same frigate and in the Impétueux 78, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, until June, 1801, the greater part of the time as Midshipman and Master’s Mate. In the former ship he assisted, in April, 1796, at the capture of a fleet of French merchantmen, the destruction of La Volage of 26, and the further capture of L’Unité of 38 guns and 255 men, and, after a chase of 15 hours and a close action of an hour and 45 minutes, of La Virginie of 44 guns and 340 men. He was also, on 13 Jan. 1797, present, in company with the Amazon 36, in a very gallant engagement of 10 hours, which terminated in the destruction, with a loss to the Indefatigable of 19 men wounded, of the French 74-gun ship Les Droits de L’Homme. The Impétueux formed part, in June and Aug. 1800, of the expeditions to Quiberon and Ferrol. At Quiberon, where he was wounded in blowing up a battery, Mr. Pateshall was actively employed with the boats of the squadron, and at Ferrol he landed with the naval brigade. During the term of his attachment to the Indefatigable and Impétueux he contributed to the capture and destruction, including the vessels already mentioned, of as many as 20 ships of war, carrying in the whole, we are informed, 468 guns and 3937 men.[2] In June and Sept. 1801 we find him successively joining the Robust 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Jervis, and Ville de Paris 110; of which
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 697.
- ↑ Among them were L’Insolente and (Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 898) La Cerbère, captured, as detailed in our Memoirs of Rear-Admiral McKerlie and Commander Paddon. He commanded one of the boats of the Viper cutter on the latter occasion, and was afterwards placed in charge of the prize.
