“The enemy had 30 killed, and 41 wounded; and in justice to his gallantry, I must say, he never struck whilst there was a man on his decks. I have the honor to be,
“Commodore Sir Samuel Hood, K.B., &c. &c. &c.”
Mr. Donaldson obtained the rank of lieutenant Sept. 14, 1805; and was in the London 98, Captain Sir Harry Neale, at the capture of the French 80-gun ship Marengo, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and la Belle Poule frigate, on their return from the East Indies, Mar. 13, 1806[2]. In the autumn of 1808, he was appointed first of the Gannet brig, Captain James Stevenson; and subsequently to the Implacable 74, Captain Joshua Rowley Watson, of which ship he was senior lieutenant, on the Mediterranean station, in 1812. He assumed the name of Boswall about Mar. 1814, and was made a commander on the 15th June following.
This officer’s last appointment was, Aug. 12, 1819, to the Spey ship-sloop, then in the Mediterranean, from whence he returned to Portsmouth, Aug. 9, 1821. His post commission bears date Dec. 26, 1822.
Agent.– Sir F. M. Ommanney.
HENRY STANHOPE, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1822.]
Only son of the late General the Hon. Fitzroy Stanhope. Was made lieutenant, Dec. 30, 1811; appointed to the Norge 74, Captain John Sprat Rainier, May 29, 1812; advanced to the rank of commander, June 27, 1814; appointed to the Alacrity sloop, fitting for the South American station, May 8-, 1820; and removed to the Slaney, 20-gun corvette, Mar. 5, 1821 . He assumed the command of that ship in the Rio de la Plata, Oct. 20, 1821; arrived at Portsmouth May 28, 1822; obtained post rank, Dec. 26, in the same year; and married, Mar. 29, 1830, Elizabeth Rosamond, eldest daughter of James Ward, of Willey Place, co. Surrey, and Regency Square, Brighton, Esq.
Agent.– J. Hinxman, Esq.
- ↑ Captain Bettesworth had lately received three wounds in capturing the Curieux, and on the above occasion he was wounded by a musket-ball in the head. He subsequently fell, while commanding the Tartar frigate, in an action with a Danish flotilla, on the coast of Norway. See Commander Thomas Sykes.
- ↑ See Vol. I. Part II. p. 436.
