the whale fishery in that quarter. This service, uninviting as it is at all times, was peculiarly so to officers and men sent thereon without receiving the slightest intimation of their destination previous to the ship’s leaving port[1], consequently without being in the least prepared for such a change of climate. Returning from thence at the end of the season, Captain Maitland called at St. John’s, Newfoundland, for the trade bound to Oporto, which he took under his protection; and finding, on his arrival off the latter place, that the French had just entered Portugal, he conducted his charge in safety to England. The Boadicea was subsequently employed in the blockade of Havre, on which service she continued for a considerable period; but, with the exception of her capturing the General Concleux, a French privateer of 14 guns and 60 men, we meet with no incident requiring particular notice during the remainder of the time she was commanded by Captain Maitland, who left her in 1808.
Our officer’s next appointment was, at the close of 1813, to the Barfleur, of 98 guns, in which ship he served with the Mediterranean fleet till the conclusion of the war. His advancement to the rank of Rear-Admiral took place on the day of his Majesty’s coronation, July 19, 1821. He married, Jan. 8, in the preceding year, Dora, eldest daughter of Colthurst Bateman, of Bedford, co. Kerry, Esq.
Residence.– Bath.
STAIR DOUGLAS, Esq
Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
This officer is a grandson of the late Sir John Douglas, of Kilhead, Bart. We are unable to give any further account of his services than that he served as a Midshipman during the American war, with his uncle, the late Captain Stair Douglas[2]; received his first commission as a Lieutenant from Lord Rodney; was promoted to the rank of Commander in the
- ↑ Captain Maitland sailed under sealed orders.
- ↑ Captain Stair Douglas commanded the Prince William of 64 guns, in the action between Sir Samuel Hood and the Count de Grasse, off Martinique, April 29, 1781; an account of which will be given under the head of Retired Captain John N. Ingelfield in our next volume.
