which vessel he served on the Mediterranean station, till promoted to the rank of captain, April 28th, 1827.
Agents.– Messrs. Cooke, Halford, & Son.
WYNNE BAIRD, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1827.]
We first find this officer serving as midshipman of the Glasgow frigate, Captain the Hon. Henry Duncan, C.B., at Plymouth, in May, 1815; and next, under Captain the Hon. Anthony Maitland, at the battle of Algiers; on which occasion he was severely wounded. He obtained the rank of lieutenant Sept. 5th, 1816; and subsequently served on board the Tyne 26, Captain Gordon Thomas Falcon; and Rose sloop. Captains Thomas Ball Clowes and Henry Dundas; on the South American and Mediterranean stations. His commissions as commander and captain bear date. Mar. 31st, 1824, and April 23th, 1827.
Agents.– Messrs. Cooke, Halford, & Son.
HENRY BYAM MARTIN, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1827.]
A son of Admiral Sir T. Byam Martin, G.C.B., Comptroller of H.M. navy, and M.P. for Plymouth, by Catherine, fourth daughter of the late Commissioner Robert Fanshawe, R.N.
This officer was made a lieutenant Mar. 20th, 1823; appointed to the Sybille frigate. Captain (now Sir John Brooke-) Pechell, July 1st in the same year; and promoted to the rank of commander, April 8th, 1825. His commission as captain bears date April 28th, 1827, at which period he commanded the Parthian sloop, on the Mediterranean station. His sister, Catherine, is married to her first cousin, the only son of Sir Henry William Martin, Bart.
