Jan. 1806; from which period we lose sight of him until his appointment to be first of the Eridanus frigate. Captain William King, Mar. 5, 1816. In the summer of the following year, he was senior lieutenant of the Royal George yacht, bearing the royal standard, during his present Majesty^s aquatic excursions in the neighbourhood of Portsmouth; and he subsequently commanded the Camelion brig, on the same station, upwards of three years. His first commissions as commander and post-captain bear date Oct. 2, 1817, and Jan. 29, 1822.
Captain Mingay’s next appointment was, July 22, 1824, to the Romney 50, armed en flûte, fitting as a troop-ship at Chatham. Since Jan. 8, 1825, he has commanded the Hyperion frigate, on the establishment of a third rate, lying in Newhaven harbour, for the purposes of the extended coast blockade.
THOMAS LADD PEAKE, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1822.]
Son of the late Sir Henry Peake, Knt. many years a surveyor of H.M. navy.
This officer was made lieutenant May 8, 1805; and promoted to the rank of commander, for his gallant conduct as first of the Victorious 74, Captain (now Sir John) Talbot, at the capture of the Rivoli French 74, near Venice, Feb. 21, 1812[1], His post commission bears date Mar. 1, 1822.
Agents.– Messrs. Stilwell.
ANDREW MITCHELL, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1822.]
Third and youngest son of the late Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell, K.B., whose services are recorded in the Naval Chronicle, Vol. xvi, pp. 90–107; and brother to Captains Charles and Nathaniel Mitchell, R.N.
This officer first went to sea in the Cambrian frigate, then
