to England; when he exchanged with Captain Burdett, of the Maidstone 36. His subsequent appointments were to the Superb 74, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Hotham, off New London ; and the Narcissus 32, also on the American station; from whence he returned home about Mar. 1815. His post commission bears date Feb. 10, 1814.
Captain Gordon married, Nov. 6, 1821, Mary Elizabeth, only daughter of the late Sir Ernest Gordon, Bart, of Park, co. Banff, N.B. One of his brothers, a captain in the 87th regiment, was mortally wounded at the storming of Monte Video; another held the same rank in the “Queen’s Own,” and died of yellow fever, at Barbadoes, in 1815.
Agents.– Messrs. Maude & Co.
FREDERICK HICKEY, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1814.]
Was born Aug. 22, 1775. He entered the navy as a midshipman on board the Porcupine 24, in 1787; and served in that ship, under Captains Lambert Brabazon and George Martin, on the Irish and Scotch stations, until 1792; when he was removed to the Lion 64, commanded by Sir Erasmus Gower, and fitting for the reception of Lord Macartney, who was then about to proceed on an embassy to the court of Pekin[1]. During the voyage from Batavia to the Yellow Sea, he appears to have been occasionally employed in the Clarence and Jackall tenders[2].
On his return home from China, Mr. Hickey was immediately promoted into the Hind 28, of which frigate he served as first lieutenant, under Captains Richard Lee and John Bazely, until the latter was turned on shore, with all his officers, during the general mutiny at Spithead, in 1797. This measure, we should observe, was not adopted by the Hind’s crew on account of ill treatment, or any other grievance; but solely in consequence of two larger ships having anchored near, and threatened to fire into her, if she did not follow their example.
