Hill, Gibraltar, where Mr. Pritchard received a ball through the body and another through the left arm, which he has never been since able to use.[1] In consideration of his wounds he was allotted, 5 July, 1808, a pension of 91l. 5s. per annum, and was awarded a grant from the Patriotic Fund. He was made Lieutenant, 26 Oct. 1807, after having acted for three months as such, in the Terrible 74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet, off Cadiz, but was obliged from severe suffering to invalid in April, 1808, and was subsequently appointed – 14 May, 1809, to the Avenger 16, Capt. Thos. White, which vessel the state of his wounds also obliged him to leave in Nov. of the same year – in Nov. 1813 to the Transport Service – and 13 Feb. 1838 and 14 March, 1841, to the successive command of the Meteor and Avon Falmouth packets. In the Avenger he assisted at the capture of Anholdt in May, 1809; and while detached from her in a gun-boat he made prize of seven Danish vessels, and, being in the end taken himself, was detained for three months a prisoner of war. When in the Transport Service, in which he continued until Aug. 1819, he conveyed large bodies of troops from various parts of the kingdom to Ostend before, and from Calais to Ramsgate after, the battle of Waterloo. For this service he received the thanks of General Sir Manley Power, on the part of the Army, together with the acknowledgments of the Board of Admiralty. He afterwards made two voyages to the Cape of Good Hope, visited the Isles of France, Ceylon, and Gorée, and went to Senegal, Sierra Leone, Rio de Janeiro, and the West Indies. At Ceylon he rendered services which induced the Governor, Sir Robt. Brownrigg, to recommend him in his despatches, as well as by letter, to Lord Melville and the Commissioners of the Navy. Having had command for rather more than three years and a half of the Meteor and Avon, he was advanced, 22 Aug. 1841, to his present rank. He has since been on half-pay.
Commander Pritchard married, 10 July, 1810, Miss Mary Ann Davis, of Binfield Lodge, co. Berks, by whom, who died in March, 1842, he had issue a son and daughter. The son, Rich. Davis Pritchard, Surgeon R.N. (1841), is serving in the East Indies on board the Calliope 26, Capt. Edw. Stanley. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
PRITCHARD. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Samuel Pritchard is son of Capt. Sam. Perkins Pritchard, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 12 May, 1830; passed his examination 9 July, 1836; and after serving for some time as Mate in the Sprightly Revenue-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Joseph Elwin, joined in that capacity, towards the close of 1841, the Queen 110, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, where he continued until advanced to his present rank 25 Sept. 1843. His appointments have since been – 20 Oct. 1843, as Additional Lieutenant, to the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam in North America and the West Indies – 17 Feb. 1844, to the Ringdove 16, Capt. Sir Wm. Daniell, on the coast of Africa – 24 July, 1845, to the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Wm. Jones on that station, whence he returned home and was paid off in 1846 – and 2 March, 1847, to the St. Vincent 120, in which ship he is now serving under the flag of Sir Chas. Napier.
PRITCHARD. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 22; h-p., 33.)
Samuel Perkins Pritchard is eldest son of the late Sam. Perkins Pritchard, Master R.N., who, after having served his country for a period of nearly fifty years, died in 1813 in command of the Dromedary store-ship; and brother of Commander John White, and Rich. Davison Pritchard, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 April, 1792, as Master’s Servant, on board the Assistance, Capt. Smith, bearing the flag at Newfoundland of Sir Rich. King, whom he followed into the Stately 64. From July, 1794, until April, 1810, he was employed, almost uninterruptedly, on the Home station, in the Excellent 74, and Royal Sovereign 100, flag-ships of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis (in the latter of which he was present in the celebrated retreat of 16 and 17 June, 1795), Theseus 74, Capts. Montgomery and Aylmer, Neptune 98, Commodore Sir Erasmus Gower, Prince and Prince George 98’s, flag-ships of Sir Roger Curtis and Sir Chas. Cotton, Boadicea 38, Capt. Chas. Rowley, Amelia frigate, Capt. Lord Proby, Dreadnought 98, Capt. Edw. Brace, Endymion 40, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, Ville de Paris 110, bearing the flag of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis (under whom he assisted in pursuing the French fleet into Brest 22 Aug. 1805), Diana 38, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, Aigle 36, Capt. Geo. Wolfe, Royal William flag-ship of Admiral Geo. Montagu, and Virginie 38, Capt. Edw. Brace. While serving in the Ville de Paris (he had attained the rating of Midshipman in the Neptune in 1797) he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing date 4 March, 1805. In 1810-11 he made two voyages with Capt. Brian Hodgson in the Barbadoes and Owen Glendower frigates, to the East Indies, whence, in June, 1813, he invalided. During a few months in 1814, and again in 1815, he was employed on the Halifax and Home stations in the Akbar 50, Capts. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson and Chas. Bullen, and Albion 74, Capts. Philip Somerville and Jas. Walker. After officiating for about seven years as an Agent for Transports he was appointed, 6 April, 1831, Senior of the Donegal 78, Capts. John Dick and Arthur Fanshawe, with whom he served on the Mediterranean and Lisbon stations until paid off in the early part of 1834. Attaining the rank of Commander 27 Aug. in the latter year, he was appointed, 6 Jan. 1840, Second Captain of the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Le Fleming Senhouse. In Jan. 1841 he was praised in the highest manner for his zealous exertions at the capture of Tycocktow and Chuenpee; in the following month he attracted official notice by the able support he afforded in the action with the forts at the Boca Tigris; and in May, 1841, he underwent more than ordinary fatigue from the circumstance of his being left on board the Blenheim, while most of the officers and men were engaged on detached service against Canton.[2] He was advanced to Post rank, as a reward for his services, 8 June, 1841; and has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Pritchard is married, and has, with other issue, a son, the present Lieut. Sam. Pritchard, R.N. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
PROBERT. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
John Wale Probert died 7 Sept. 1847, of African fever, at the island of Banana, while serving as First-Lieutenant of the Siren sloop, aged 31. He was third son of T. Probert, Esq., of Newport, Essex.
This officer entered the Navy 19 Feb. 1829; passed his examination 27 Oct. 1835; served for some time in the Mediterranean, as Mate, in the Implacable 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey; and from 1841, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 12 Feb. 1844, was employed in a similar capacity on the North America and West India station in the Spartan 26, Capt. Hon. Chas. G. J. B. Elliot. His last appointments were – 22 Aug. 1844, as Additional, to the Formidable 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen in the Mediterranean – 25 Oct. 1844, to the Snake 16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux, on the same station – and 9 Aug. 1845, to the Siren 16, Capts. Harry Edm. Edgell and Thos. Chaloner,
- ↑ The following is an extract from the despatch of Lieut. Tomlinson:– “The gallant conduct of Mr. Pritchard, Sub-Lieutenant, who commanded the party, deserves the highest commendation. Although wounded in the side before he got on board the vessel, he concealed the hurt until he received a second ball through his arm.” – Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 1277.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1162, 1498, 2503.
