HENRY RICHARD GLYNN, Esq
Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
This officer was a Lieutenant in 1790; served as such on board the Royal George, a first rate, bearing the flag of the late Lord Bridport, in the actions of June 1, 1794, and June 23, 1795[1]; and subsequently commanded the Scourge sloop of war, in which vessel he captured la Furet, French privateer of 10 guns and 50 men, and continued until promoted to the rank of Post-Captain, April 10, 1797. Towards the conclusion of the war, he was appointed to the Amethyst frigate; and during some part of the late contest, commanded the Vanguard, of 74 guns, on the Baltic station. He was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral, July 19, 1821. Mrs. Glynn died, Dec. 7, 1821.
JOHN BLIGH, Esq
Rear-Admiral of the Blue; and a Companion of the most honorable Military Order of the Bath.
This officer, descended from an ancient and respectable family, resident for several generations at Loo in Cornwall, is a son of Captain John Bligh, R.N., who died in 1794, and nephew of the late gallant Admiral Sir Richard Rodney Bligh, G.C.B.[2] His grandfather, Richard Bligh, Esq. was also in the navy, and served as a Lieutenant of the Rainbow frigate, with Captain (afterwards Lord) Rodney, in 1749. Mr. Bligh was born in Aug. 1771; went to sea in 1782, and from that period served as a Midshipman in the West and East Indies till 1791, when he was promoted by Commodore Cornwallis to the rank of Lieutenant, in the Thames frigate. His next appointment was in 1792, to the Lizard, of 28 guns;
- ↑ See p. 246.
- ↑ An account of the memorable defence made by Sir R. R. Bligh, when Captain of the Alexander, 74, against a French squadron, consisting of five ships of the line, three frigates, and one brig, will be given under the head of Commander James Godench, in our third volume.
