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captains of 1830.

farther particulars than those already given under the head of Captain Humphreys[errata 1] Fleming Senhouse[1].

Mr. Westphal’s promotion to the rank of commander took place June 13th, 1815; from which period he remained on half-pay until Jan. 22d, 1829, when he was appointed to the Kent 78, then about to be commissioned by Captain John Ferris Devonshire, and stationed as a guard-ship in Hamoaze[2]. His commission as captain bears date July 22d, 1830. This officer’s younger brother, George Augustus Westphal, obtained post-rank in Aug. 1819, and has since received the honor of knighthood[3].

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BERNARD YEOMAN, Esq.
[Captain of 1830.]

Is a son of the late Henry Walker Yeoman, Esq. (a gentleman possessed of considerable landed property in the neighbourhood of Whitby, co. York), by Anne, daughter of General John Hale, of the family of Hale, settled at King’s Walden, in Hertfordshire, His maternal great-grandfather was William Chaloner, of the Priory, Gisborough, co. York, Esq.; and one of his mother’s sisters is the wife of Lord Dundas.

This officer was born at Whitby, Aug 1st, 1792; and appears to have commenced his naval career, Oct. 1st, 1805, under the patronage of the Earl of Mulgrave, as midshipman on board the Quebec 32, Captain (now Rear-Admiral) the Hon. George H. L. Dundas; whom he followed into the Euryalus 36, and sailed with for the Mediterranean station early in 1806. The manner in which that frigate was employed between this period and the summer of 1811, has been stated in Vol. II. Part I. p. 421 et seq. and by referring to p. 320 of Suppl. Part III. the reader will perceive that Mr. Yeoman’s “good conduct” in a gallant and successful

  1. See Suppl. Part III. p 406 et seq.
  2. See Addenda ->>.
  3. See ->>.

Errata:

  1. Correction: Humphreys should be amended to Humphrey