F. W. Aylmer and W. Fairbrother Carroll, in the Pactolus 38, and Cyrus 20. His subsequent appointments were, Nov. 20th, 1818, to the Dauntless 26, Captain the Hon. Valentine Gardner, fitting out for the East Indies; and May 11th, 1820, to the Leander 60, bearing the flag of the Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, commander-in-chief on that station; of which latter ship Mr. Baker was first lieutenant for six months prior to his promotion. He obtained his present rank Jan. 17th, 1822; and married, Jan. 17th, 1827, Elizabeth Octavia, fourth daughter of the late William Harding, Esq., of Baraset House, Warwickshire.
Commander Baker’s eldest brother, a midshipman, died in 1809, of yellow fever, on board H.M. ship Garland, in the West Indies; his two younger brothers are in the Madras army.
JOHN RUSSELL (b), Esq.
M.P. for Kinsale.
[Commander.]
Son of Lord William Russell. Was made lieutenant in July 1816; and promoted to the rank of commander on the 29th Jan. 1822. He married, Aug 21st following, Sophia, only daughter of the late Colonel Coussmaker, by his wife the Hon. Catherine Southwell Clifford, eldest sister to Edward last Lord De Clifford. In Feb. 1833, the King was pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, declaring Mrs. Russell Baroness De Clifford, she being the eldest co-heir and representative of the late Baron, and as such, eldest co-heir of the ancient barony of De Clifford.
HON. COOTE HELY HUTCHINSON.
[Commander.]
Brother to the Earl of Donoughmore, was made lieutenant in Nov. 1817; appointed to the Phaeton frigate, Captain (now Sir William Augustus) Montagu, fitting out for the Halifax station, Nov. 1st, 1819; and promoted to the rank of commander Jan. 29th, 1822. He married, in 1834, Sophia, daughter of Sir S. S. Hutchinson, Bart.
