advancement, he had again undertaken the arduous task of investigating, during the winter season, the interior of that colony; “a service never sufficiently noticed, but in which was manifested all that persevering spirit, intrepidity, and hardihood of endurance, which characterises a British seaman under every possible aspect of peril.” One of his companions, on this occasion, was Mr. Charles Crump Waller, midshipman, a clever and highly respectable young officer, who afterwards served in one of the expeditions under Captain Parry[1], and died at Southsea, Hants, Sept. 16th, 1826.
Captain Buchan was appointed Principal Sheriff of Newfoundland, in April, 1825. He married a sister of Lieutenant-Colonel Adye, royal artillery; in which corps, we believe, he has a son, who accompanied him towards the north pole, in 1818.
JOHN WALTER ROBERTS, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1823.]
Eldest son of the Rev. Wiliam[errata 1] Roberts, D.D. Vice-Provost of Eton College, and Rector of Worplesdon, co. Surrey, by a daughter of the late Colonel John Gore, Lieutenant-Governor of the Tower of London, and sister to Vice-Admiral Sir John Gore, K.C.B[2].
This officer was born in 1792; and entered the navy, as midshipman on board the Medusa frigate, commanded by his maternal uncle, under whom he served, in that ship and the Revenge 74, from Dec. 1804 until Aug. 1808. During this period he visited the Cape Verd Islands, Calcutta, St Helena, and Cadiz; saw much active service off Brest, l’Orient, and Rochefort; and witnessed the capture of four French frigates of the largest class, by part of the squadron under Sir Samuel Hood, who lost his right arm in the action[3].
- ↑ See Suppl. Part IV. p. 362.
- ↑ See Suppl. Part II. p. 466. The father of the above mentioned Dr. Roberts was Provost of Eton. His family originally came from Gloucestershire, but have been long settled in the county of Monmouth.
- ↑ See Id. p. 481. et seq.
Errata:
- ↑ Correction: Wiliam should be amended to William
