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JOHN EDWARDS, (a) Esq.
[Commander.]

Was made a commander in Dec. 1787.



SAMUEL KEMPTHORNE, Esq.
[Commander.]

Commission as commander dated Aug. 26th 17B9.



GEORGE MAXWELL, Esq.
[Commander.]

Was one of twenty lieutenants who received their first commissions prior to the conclusion of the year 1780, and were made commanders on the 21st Sept. 1700; as was also Samuel Featherstone.




SAMUEL FEATHERSTONE, Esq.
[Commander.]

Was one of twenty lieutenants who received their first commissions prior to the conclusion of the year 1780, and were made commanders on the 21st Sept. 1700; as was also George Maxwell.



RICHARD BOGER, Esq.
[Commander.]

Obtained the rank of commander in Sept. 1793; and the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital in Sept. 1806. He died at Brompton, co. Middlesex, May 6th, 1824, aged 84 years.




CHARLES ROBINSON, Esq.
[Commander.]

Was made a commander in April 1794; and had the misfortune to be captured in the Scout sloop, by two French frigates, on the Mediterranean station, in the month of August following.




PETER M‘KELLAR, Esq.
[Commander.]

Served as second lieutenant of the Royal Sovereign, first rate, bearing the flag of Admiral Thomas Graves, at the defeat of the French republican fleet, June 1st, 1794; and subsequently commanded la Renommée troop-ship, on the