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POST-CAPTAINS OF 1817.

period, he successively commanded the Curlew and Snake sloops, the Trent frigate, armed en flûte, bearing the flag of Sir Edward Thornbrough, and the Redwing brig, on the Downs, North Sea, Leith, Irish, Portsmouth, and Leeward Islands stations, until the conclusion of the war, in 1815. He obtained post rank Jan. 1, 1817. Captain Young married, first, in 1812, Mary, third daughter of the late Sir Edwin Jeynes, of Gloucester, and sister to Lady Thornbrough: secondly, to Anna Maria, daughter of the late Rev. C. Sturges, of St. Mary’s, Reading.




JOHN PARISH, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1817.]

Was senior lieutenant of the Arethusa, Captain (now Sir Charles) Brisbane, at the capture of the Pomona Spanish frigate, near the Havannah, Aug. 23, 1806; and at the conquest of Curaçao, Jan. 1, 1807[1]. Previous to the latter event, a commission had been signed by the Admiralty, promoting him to the rank of commander. His subsequent appointments were to the Onyx and Foxhound, brigs. He was made post, Jan. 1, 1817.

Captain Parish married. Mar. 28, 1815, the only daughter of the late John Craig, of Finsbury, Esq.




JOHN BRADLY, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1817.]

Was made commander, Nov. 28, 1806; and post-captain, Jan. 1, 1817.




HENRY HIGMAN, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1817.]

Obtained the rank of lieutenant, Sept. 3, 1603; and was wounded while serving as second of the Arethusa, Captain (now Sir Charles) Brisbane, in action with the Pomona