ROYAL NAVAL BIOGRAPHY.
POST-CAPTAINS of 1815.
(Continued.)
NICHOLAS LECHMERE PATESHALL, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1815.]
Is the fourth son of Edmund Pateshall, of Allensmore, co. Hereford, Esq. He first embarked in Aug. 1795, and served the whole of his time as a midshipman, under Sir Edward Pellew, now Viscount Exmouth, in the Indefatigable frigate, and Impétueux of 80 guns. The principal services in which he participated during the first six years of his professional life are detailed at p. 216 et seq. of Vol. I. Part I.
In Aug. 1801, Mr. Pateshall received an order to act as lieutenant of the Ville de Paris 110, flag-ship of the Hon. William Cornwallis, which appointment was confirmed by the Admiralty, Nov. 20 following. In 1803 and 1804, we find him circumnavigating the globe, in the Calcutta 50, Captain Daniel Woodriff[1]. On his return from that interesting voyage, he again joined the Ville de Paris, and continued in her until Admiral Cornwallis resigned the command of the Channel fleet, in June 1806. He was then appointed to the Kent 74, Captain Thomas Rogers, under whom he served as first lieutenant for a period of four years.
The Kent accompanied Earl St. Vincent to Lisbon, in the summer of 1806; and was afterwards sent to the Mediterranean, where her boats captured, at different times, upwards of 30 merchant vessels and small cruisers (including
