maternal uncle, the late Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart.[1], whom he accompanied to the Cape of Good Hope; and upon his return from thence removed with the same officer into the Jupiter, of 50 guns, which ship formed part of the squadron under Commodore Johnstone in the affair at Porto Praya, and at the capture of a fleet of Dutch Indiamen in Saldanha Bay, events already noticed at p. 268, et seq.
In 1782 the Jupiter was ordered to convey Admiral Pigot to his command in the West Indies; and Mr. Malcolm, after serving several months with that officer in the Formidable, a second rate, was by him promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in the former ship, March 3, 1783. During the ensuing peace he was employed on various stations in the Scipio, Pegasus, Bellerophon, and Vengeance; and at the commencement of the French revolutionary war we find him serving as first Lieutenant of the Penelope, of 32 guns, at Jamaica. In that ship he assisted at the capture of the Inconstante frigate and Gaelon corvette, both of which Lieutenant Malcolm conducted to Port Royal in safety. He also commanded the boats of the Penelope in several severe conflicts, and succeeded in cutting out many vessels from the ports of St. Domingo. Our officer subsequently joined the Europa, of 50 guns, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Ford, by whom he was made a Commander into the Jack Tar, April 3, 1794; and upon Cape Nichola Mole being taken possession of by the British, at the invitation of the French royalists, he had the direction of the seamen and marines landed to garrison that place[2].
Soon after his return to England, Captain Malcolm was advanced to post rank, by commission dated Oct. 22, 1794; and on the 14th of the following month appointed to the Fox frigate. In Feb. 1795, he escorted a fleet of merchantmen to
- ↑ Sir Thomas Pasley, the fifth son of the above-mentioned James Pasley, of Craig, Esq., by Magdalene, daughter of Robert Elliott, of Middleholmmill, Roxburghshire, Esq., after serving near half a century with high reputation, was promoted to a flag, and commanded a division of Earl Howe’s fleet in the memorable battle of June 1, 1794; on which occasion he lost a leg, as will be seen in our memoir of Sir W. Johnstone Hope. He was soon afterwards created a Baronet, with particularly flattering marks of his Sovereign’s approbation. Sir Thomas died an Admiral of the White, Nov. 29, 1808.
- ↑ See p. 505.
