chief in the river Medway. He was appointed a Captain of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich in Nov. 1817; and selected to superintend the Naval Asylum at the period of its incorporation with the former establishment (April 1821).
Captain M‘Kinley married the youngest daughter of ___ Hollis, Esq. of Gosport, in Hampshire, and sister of Captain A. P. Hollis, R.N. His two brothers, Samuel and John, like himself, entered early into the naval service of their country. The former commanded the Comet galley, and died on the American station in 1780; the latter was a Lieutenant with the present Admiral Sir Charles M. Pole, at the capture of the Santa Catalina Spanish frigate[1], and died off St. Domingo in 1782.
JAMES KATON, Esq
[Post-Captain of 1801.]
This officer is descended from an ancient family in Ireland[2]. He entered the naval service under the patronage of Admiral Lord Hood in 1783; and from that period served in various ships till Jan. 1793, when he joined the Alcide 74, commanded by Captain Robert Linzee, under whom he was actively employed on the Mediterranean station, particularly at the occupation of Toulon and siege of St. Fiorenzo; on which latter occasion he was landed with a detachment of seamen under the directions of Captain Edward Cooke, and assisted at the storming of Convention Hill, an event which led to the evacuation of the town by the enemy’s troops[3].
In Mar. 1794, Mr. Katon received a Lieutenant’s commission from Lord Hood, dated on the 18th of the preceding month, and appointing him to the Courageux of 74 guns, which ship bore a conspicuous part, and sustained considerable damage, in the action off Genoa, Mar. 14, 1795[4]. He
- ↑ See Vol. I. p. 88.
- ↑ Captain Katon’s father died a Lieutenant, R.N.
- ↑ See Vol. I. p. 250, and note ‡ at the bottom of the page.
- ↑ See Vol I. note at p. 340. N.B. The Courageux had her main and mizen-masts shot away, 16 men killed, and 36 wounded. The main-mast fell in-board with its head towards the stern, carried away several of the poop beams, and crushed the wheel to pieces. In this disabled state, with
