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JAMES SIBBALD, Esq.
[Commander.]

Passed his examination, and obtained a commission, in Dec. 1807. During the remainder of the war he served as lieutenant of the Dryad frigate. Captain Edward Galwey[1]. He was promoted to the rank of commander on the 15th June, 1814.



JOHN HENRY RHODES, Esq.
[Commander.]

Was made a lieutenant on the 11th Feb. 1808. During the latter part of the war with France, he served as first of the Impregnable 98, bearing the flag of Admiral William Young, on the North Sea station. He obtained the rank of commander, June 15th, 1814; and married, Sept. 23d, 1817, Miss Barbara Clay, of Rhyllow House, near St. Asaph.



CHARLES COWPER BENETT, Esq.
[Commander.]

Passed his examination, and was made a lieutenant, in April, 1808. During the latter part of the war he served as second of the Impregnable 98, bearing the flag of Admiral William Young, on the North Sea station. He obtained the rank of commander on the 15th June, 1814.

This officer married, in 1810, Sarah, eldest daughter of the late William Burlton, Esq. of Baverstock House, co. Wilts.



PASCOE DUNN, Esq.
[Commander.]

Obtained the rank of lieutenant in Jan. 1809; and was wounded while serving in the boats of the Tuscan sloop. Captain John Wilson, at the capture and destruction of a French convoy, in the bay of Rosas, Nov. 1st, following[2]. He was granted a pension on the 4th Aug. 1813; and made a commander, June 15th. 1814.

This officer married, Sept. 29th, 1813, Hester, daughter of John Maxwell, Esq. apothecary to the forces at Gibraltar; and died at Devonport, May 28th, 1826.