We first find this officer serving as an acting lieutenant on board the Cleopatra frigate. Captain Sir Robert Laurie, Bart, in her gallant but unsuccessful action with la Ville de Milan, a French ship of nearly double her size and force, Feb. 17th, 1805; on which occasion he was badly wounded[1]. He obtained the rank of lieutenant Aug. 11th, 1806; and that of commander May 24th, 1811. His subsequent appointments were, – July 27th, 1813, to the Griper sloop, of 12 guns; – Feb. 7th, 1814, to the Savage 16; from which vessel he was removed, on the 28th of the same month, to the Espiegle 16; – and, April 9th, 1823, to the Slaney 20, fitting out for the East India station. In May, 1824, he assisted at the reduction of the island of Cheduba, by a detachment from the Rangoon expedition, under the command of Brigadier Michael M‘Creagh[2]. His commission as captain bears date, April 8th, 1825.
Agent.– T. Collier, Esq.
HON. MONTAGU STOPFORD.
[Post-Captain of 1825.]
Fourth son of the present Earl of Courtown (Baron Saltersford in the British peerage) K.P., by Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Henry, third Duke of Buccleugh, and nephew to Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, K.C.B.
This officer was born, Nov. 11th, 1798; and served as midshipman on board the Alceste frigate. Captain (now Sir Murray) Maxwell, during Lord Amherst’s embassy to China, in 1816[3]. He was made a lieutenant, July 17th, 1819; appointed to the William and Mary yacht, at Dublin, Feb. 24th, 1820; promoted to the rank of commander, Jan. 29th, 1822; appointed to the Algerine, 10-gun sloop, fitting out at Woolwich for the Mediterranean station, Feb. 13th, 1824; and advanced to the rank of captain, April 8th, 1825.
- ↑ See Vol. I. Part II. p. 834, et seq.
- ↑ See “Naval Operations in Ava,” Chap. I. pp. 4, 13, et seq.
- ↑ See “M‘Leod’s Voyage,” p. 188, et seq.
