“It is with feelings of great satisfaction that I fulfil this part of my duty; and I trust I may add to those of the commander-in-chief, my own thanks for the ready attention which at all times, during our long cruise, marked the Pandora, as well as my warmest acknowledgments for the able and cordial assistance I experienced from yourself on all occasions. I have the honor to be, &c.
Captain Bremer’s official report of the proceedings of the Tamar and Pandora will be found in p. 436 et seq.
On the 6th Aug. 1828, Captain Jervoise was promoted to the command of the Success 28, in which ship we find him sailing from New South Wales, on his return to Madras, Oct. 27th, 1829. For the account of his subsequent proceedings the reader is referred to pp. 446–453.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER BAILLIE HAMILTON, Esq.
[Captain of 1828.]
Third son of the late Rev. Charles Baillie Hamilton, (who was a great-grandson of Thomas, sixth Earl of Haddington,) by Lady Charlotte Hamilton, sister to Alexander, tenth and present Earl of Home, one of the representative peers of Scotland, Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire, and Colonel of the militia of that county.
This officer was born at Normanby, co. York, June 6th, 1803; and being permitted to choose his profession, he embarked as midshipman on board the Rochfort 80, Captain Sir Archibald Q. Dickson, Bart., early in 1816. We subsequently find him at the Royal Naval College, from whence he was discharged, about the close of 1819, into the Vigo 74, fitting out for the flag of Rear-Admiral Lambert. The first ship in which he went to sea, however, was the Active 46, Captain James A. Gordon, under whom he served until
