ROBERT PATTON, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1827.]
Son of Retired-Captain Charles Patton, R.N., late igent of Transports at Portsmouth.
This officer was made a lieutenant Nov. 13th, 1810; appointed to the Loire and Junon frigates, Captains Thomas Brown and Clotworthy Upton, April 12th, 1813, and Nov. 4th, 1814; advanced to the rank of commander, June 13th, 1815; and presented with the honorary medallion of the Royal Humane Society, April 13th, 1826. His commission as captain bears date April 30th, 1827, at which period he commanded the Trinculo sloop, on the Irish station.
ROBERT AITCHISON, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1827.]
Son of William Aitchison, of Drummore, Cast Lothian, Esq.
This officer entered the royal navy, in 1809, as midshipman on board the Lively 38, Captain (now Rear-Admiral) George M‘Kinley, and continued in that ship until she was wrecked near Point Coura, Malta, Aug. 10th, 1810. He next joined l’Unité frigate, Captain (now Rear-Admiral) Patrick Campbell; with whom he was removed into the Leviathan 74, off Toulon. We afterwards find him serving under Captain (now Sir David) Milne, in the Impetueux, Dublin, Venerable, and Bulwark, two-deckers; and subsequently in the Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of Sir Alexander Cochrane, on the North American station. During the expedition against New Orleans, he received an order to act as lieutenant of the Vengeur 74, Captain (now Sir Robert T.) Ricketts; and this appointment appears to have been confirmed by the Admiralty, May 6th, 1815. After remaining on half-pay for nine months, he was appointed, May 1st, 1816, to the Leander 60, Captain Edward Chetham, C.B., in which ship he bore a part at the memorable battle of Algiers, and subsequently accompanied Sir David Milne, as his flag-lieutenant, to the Halifax station, where he continued during the
