authorities for his energetic conduct on both occasions. His last appointment was, Sept. 16, 1814, to the Pelorus brig, of 18 guns, which vessel he paid off, in Sept. 1815.
On the 18th Dec. following. Captain Gourly had the misfortune to lose his only son, lieutenant John Charles Gourly, R.N. who lost his life in attempting to save a boy from perishing in Loch-End, near Edinburgh, then but partially frozen over. We can, from our personal knowledge of the defunct, state, that he was a truly estimable young man.
Captain Gourly obtained post rank, Jan. 1, 1817. One of his daughters married, in 1826, Mons. Rueile de Bonnechose, staff-officer in the French army, and second son of the Chevalier de Bonnechose, Secretaire Generale, Versailles[1].
Agent.– ___ Clementson, Esq.
AUGUSTUS BALDWIN, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1817.]
Was made lieutenant in 1800; commander, Sept. 19, 1808, appointed to the Tyrian brig, Feb. 7, 1812; reappointed to the same vessel, on the peace establishment, Sept. 10, 1815; and posted from her Jan. 1, 1817. He married, at York, Upper Canada, Augusta Mary Melissa, daughter of John Mills Jackson, Esq.
Agents.– Messrs. Stilwell.
GEORGE WASTELL HOOPER, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1817.]
Was made lieutenant in 1800; commander, Nov. 9, 1808; appointed to the Raleigh brig, Oct. 22, 1810; and posted. Jan. 1,1817.
Agent.– J. Woodhead, Esq.
- ↑ Captain Gourly’s contributions to “Clarke’s Progress of Maritime Discovery,” are acknowledged in the introduction to that work.
