ROYAL NAVAL BIOGRAPHY.
POST-CAPTAINS of 1827.
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HON. CHARLES LEONARD IRBY,
Member of the Geographical Society of London.
[Post-Captain of 1827.]
Fourth and youngest son of Frederick, second Lord Boston, by Christiana, only daughter of Paul Methuen, of Corsham House co. Wilts, Esq.
This officer entered the royal navy, May 23d, 1801 as a midshipman on board the Narcissus frigate. Captain (afterwards Rear-Admiral), Percy Fraser; which ship, it appears, was driven ashore on the coast of Holland, and would, probably, have been wrecked, but for the prompt and effective assistance she received from the Jalouse sloop, then commanded by Lord Boston’s second son, the Hon. Frederick Paul Irby, whose services have been recorded in Vol. II. Part I. pp. 488–500.
During the peace of Amiens, Mr. Charles Irby served under Captain Fraser’s successor, the present Vice-Admiral Donnelly, with whom he visited the Barbary States, Malta, Sicily, Sardinia, Toulon, Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, the Grecian Archipelago, and Alexandria. He subsequently saw much active service on the coasts of Italy and Provence, and assisted in capturing l’Alcion French corvette, and many trading vessels.
