Capt. Jas. Scott.[1] He was appointed Harbour-Master at Hong Kong 9 Feb. 1844.
He is married and has issue.
PEDLAR. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 18; h-p., 35.)
George Pedlar entered the Navy, in April, 1794, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board L’Espion 18, Capt. Wm. Hugh Kiltoe; and on 22 of the following July was captured off Falmouth by a squadron of French frigates. Being restored to liberty by exchange in Nov. 1795, he again, in Jan. 1796, embarked on board the Kingfisher 18, Capts. Edw. Marsh, John Bligh, Hon. Chas. Herbert Pierrepont, and Fred. Lewis Maitland; in which vessel, prior to being wrecked on the bar of Lisbon in Dec. 1798, he assisted in making prize of the Betsey French privateer, of 16 guns and 118 men, after a very creditable action productive of a loss to the enemy of 1 man killed and 8 wounded, and to the British of only 1 man, out of 120, slightly wounded. Being received next, as Master’s Mate, on board the Speedy, of 14 guns and 60 men, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, he was present in that vessel, 6 Nov. 1799, when she singly defeated, near Gibraltar, and put to flight two Spanish schooners, each carrying 2 long 24-pounders and 50 men; 10 other vessels of 1 24-pounder and 40 men each; and a French xebec privateer, of 8 guns. In April, 1800, Mr. Pedlar followed Capt. Brenton into the Généreux 74. After the surrender of Genoa he rejoined Capt. Maitland on board the Camelion sloop, commanded subsequently by Capt. Edw. O’Bryen. On 20 March, 1801 , having assisted at the debarkation of the troops in Aboukir Bay, he removed on promotion to the Foudroyant 80, flag-ship of Lord Keith, by whom he was nominated, 16 Aug. 1801, Acting-Lieutenant of the Mutine 18, Capts. Wm. Hoste and Lord Wm. FitzRoy. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 7 Jan. 1802; and was subsequently appointed – 1 March, 1802, to the Loire 38, Capt. F. L. Maitland – 11 Nov. 1803, again to the Foudroyant, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Graves in the Channel – 26 March, 1806, to the Brilliant 28, Capts. Robt. Barrie, Rich. Budd Vincent, and Thos. Smyth, from which vessel, employed on the Cork and Channel stations, he invalided in Dec. 1808 – and, 18 Aug. 1812, and 12 April, 1813, as First, to the Grampus 50 and Dragon 74, both commanded by Capt. Robt. Barrie, with whom he visited Cadiz, the West Indies, and North America. While in the last-mentioned ship he witnessed the surrender of the town of Castine, and was in meritorious command of the boats of a squadron employed up the Penobscot at the taking of Hamden and Bangor, and the destruction, by the enemy, of the U.S. corvette Adams, a brig pierced for 18 guns, a large privateer, and eight merchant-vessels.[2] On a previous occasion, 5 Nov. 1813, with the boats of the Dragon and Sophie under his orders, he had brought three American vessels out from a creek in the river Potomac.[3] He went on half-pay in April, 1815, having been rewarded for his services with a Commander’s commission bearing date 12 Oct. 1814; and has not been since able to procure employment.
He married, in 1811, a daughter of Addis Archer, Esq., of Leigham, by whom he has an only son in Holy Orders. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
PEEL. (Commander, 1841.)
Edmund Peel is second son of Edmund Peel, Esq., of Church Bank, Lancashire. His paternal and maternal grandfathers, Wm. Peel, Esq., of Church Bank and Peel Fold, and Jonathan Peel , Esq., of Accrington, were brothers of the late Sir Robt. Peel, Bart., and uncles of the present Right Hon. Sir R. Peel, Bart., M.P.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 March, 1814; obtained his first commission 21 Dec. 1824; and was subsequently appointed – 4 March, 1825, for a short time, to the Fly 18, Capt. Lord Wm. Paget, on the South American station – 8 Jan. 1829, to the Galatea 42, Capt. Chas. Napier, under whom he was for two years and a half employed on particular service – and, 25 Oct. 1841, as First-Lieutenant, to the Volage 26, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson, fitting for North America and the West Indies. He was promoted to the command, 21 Dec. following, of the Racehorse 18, on the latter station, whence he returned at the close of 1842; and he afterwards, from 1 July, 1843, until paid oif in 1845, commanded the Bittern 16, at the Cape of Good Hope.
Commander Peel married, in Dec. 1832, Lucy, daughter of Rich. Meek, Esq., of Fetlow Fold. Agent – W. H. B. Barwis.
PEEL. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 9; h-p., 0.)
William Peel , born 2 Nov. 1824, is third son of the Right Hon. Sir Robt. Peel, Bart., M.P., by Julia, youngest daughter of General Sir John Floyd, Bart.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 April, 1838, as Midshipman, on board the Princess Charlotte 104, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford, under whom, in Nov. 1840, he witnessed the fall of St. Jean d’Acre. Towards the close of 1841, after having been further employed on the Mediterranean station in the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, he successively joined the William and Mary yacht, Capt. Phipps Hornby, and Cambrian 36; in which latter ship, commanded by Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, we find him, until April, 1843, attached to the force in China. On his return home in the following Sept. in the Belleisle troop-ship, Capt. John Kingcome, he was received on board the Camperdown 104, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Brace at the Nore; and in the following Nov. he joined the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings. On 13 May, 1844, a week after he had passed his examination – an examination so brilliant that it called forth a public eulogium of Sir Thos. Hastings [errata 1], and a very flattering notice from Sir Chas. Napier in the House of Commons – Mr. Peel was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments appear to have been – 15 May, 1844, to the Winchester 50, flag-ship of Hon. Josceline Percy at the Cape of Good Hope – 13 June following, as Additional, to the Cormorant steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Thos. Gordon, in the Pacific – 29 Aug. in the same year, to the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, similarly stationed – next, we believe, to the America 50., Capt. Hon. John Gordon, by whom he was sent in charge of dispatches from San Blas to Vera Cruz – 27 Feb. 1846, after a brief interval of half-pay, to the Devastation steam-sloop, Capt. Edw. Crouch, equipping at Woolwich – and, 15 May ensuing, to the Constance 50, Capt. Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, lying at Devonport. He attained his present rank 27 June, 1846; and, since 11 Feb. 1847, has been in command of the Daring 12, on the North America and West India station.
PEIRSE. (Commander, 1842.)
Edward Peirse entered the Navy 24 April, 1827; passed his examination in 1833; obtained his first commission 22 April, 1834; and was subsequently appointed – 24 May, 1834, to the Spartiate 76, flag-ship of Sir Graham Eden Hamond in South America – 6 March, 1835, to the Dublin 50, Capt. Chas. Hope, lying at Plymouth – 21 Sept. 1835, to the Nimrod 20, Capt. John Frazer, on the North America and West India station, where he became First-Lieutenant, and was superseded in Aug. 1836 – 14 Sept. 1837, for a short time, to the Tyne 28, Capt. John Townshend, equipping at Portsmouth – 8 Oct. 1838, as Additional, to the Stag 46, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Thos. Ball Sulivan in South America, whence he returned in the summer of 1839 – and, 18 May, 1842, to the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, in the Mediterranean. He acquired the rank of Commander 10 Nov. 1842 and since 12 Nov. 1846, has been serving in the East Indies in the Cruizer 16 and Nerbudda 12. His appointment to the latter vessel took place 27 Oct. 1847.
