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POST-CAPTAINS OF 1799.

In July 1809, Captain Bathurst conducted a division of Earl Chatham’s army to Walcheren. Towards the latter end of 1810, he removed into the Fame 74; in which ship he was actively employed on the Mediterranean station during the remainder of the war.

Captain Bathurst married, in 1808, Miss Marianne Wood, of Manchester Street, Manchester Square, London.

Agent.– M‘Inerheney, Esq.



ADAM DRUMMOND, Esq
[Post-Captain of 1799.]

This officer obtained post rank Oct. 30, 1799. During the first revolutionary war, he commanded the Peterell sloop of war, and Bull Dog bomb. The former vessel was employed under Commodore Nelson in 1796[1]; the latter assisted at the capture of the San Leon, a Spanish brig of war, on the Lisbon station, Nov. 29, 1798[2]; and the bombardment of Alexandria in 1799. We subsequently find him commanding the Carysfort of 28 guns, Dryad frigate, and Leviathan 74. The Dryad captured le Rennair, a French privateer of 14 guns and 96 men, on the Irish station, March 22, 1808.

Captain Drummoad married, May 28, 1801, Lady Charlotte Menzies, eldest daughter of the Duke of Atholl, and widow of Sir John Menzies, Bart., by whom he has several children.

Agents.– Messrs. Brine, Chords, and Co.



ROBERT HALL, Esq
[Post-Captain of 1799.]

This officer served the greater part of his time as a Midshipman under the late Admiral George Murray (brother of John, third Duke of Atholl) in the Levant and Cleopatra frigates, and was promoted from the latter to the rank of Lieutenant, Feb. 23, 1782.

From this period, Mr. Hall was almost constantly employed in different ships and under various commanders, among whom were Commodore Sir John Lindsay, and Captains Bourmaster and Hartwell, till Feb. 1793, when he joined his