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commanders.


HENRY PROBYN, Esq.
[Commander.]

Obtained his first commission in 1791, and the rank of commander in Aug. 1796; held an appointment in the SeaFencible service, under Captain (now Sir Charles) Tyler, at the renewal of the war with France, in 1803; and afterwards commanded, for short periods, the Blossom and Bonetta, ship-sloops.




THOMAS DICKINSON (a), Esq.
[Commander.]

Commission as commander dated Dec. 5th, 1796; died in 1888.




ROBERT PEARSON, Esq.
[Commander.]

Obtained his first commission in 1781; the rank of commander Dec. 6th, 1796; and the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital, in Sept. 1806. He died at Bath, about Mar. 1827, after a lingering illness of more than two years.




RANCEFORD TOOKEY, Esq.
[Commander.]

Was made a lieutenant in 1782; and promoted to the command of the Assurance 44, armed en flûte, on the Mediterranean station, Dec. 6th, 1796.




CHRISTOPHER NEVILE, Esq.
[Commander.]

Was made a lieutenant in 1790; served as third of the Orion 74, Captain John Thomas Duckworth, at the great battle of June 1st, 1794; and obtained the rank of commander in Jan. 1797.