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POST-CAPTAINS OF 1815 AND 1816.
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board the Donegal 74, in Sir John T. Duckworth’s action, off St. Domingo, Feb. 6, 1806[1]. He obtained the rank of lieutenant, June 12, 1807; was made commander, March 4, 1811; and posted, Nov. 24, 1815.

Agent.– Sir F. M. Ommanney.



JOHN CARTER, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1815.]

Was made commander, into the Hyacinth sloop, Aug. 22, 1809; appointed to the Orestes brig, in Aug. 1811; and removed to the Thracian, March 23, 1812. On the 7th Feb. 1814, he captured l’Emile French privateer, of 14 guns and 42 men, on the Downs station. His post commission bears date Dec. 7, 1815.




DANIEL ROSS, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1816.]

Was made lieutenant. May 12, 1799; promoted to the command of the Ariel sloop, Aug. 7? 1810; and posted, Feb. 9, 1816. He died in 1827.




HENRY MEYNELL, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1816.]

Son of the late Hugo Meynell, Esq. by a sister to the Dowager Marchioness of Hertford. He obtained the rank of lieutenant, Nov. 8, 1809; commanded the boats of the Theban frigate. Captain S. T. Digby, at the capture of a French merchant brig, lying aground under two batteries, near Dieppe, Feb. 2, 1811; was made commander, Aug. 24, 181S; and posted into the Newcastle 60, bearing the flag of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, at St. Helena, April 10, 1816. Captain Meynell’s mother was accidentally killed, in Aug. 1817.

Agents.– Messrs. Maude and Co.