the Cambrian 48, Captain Gawen William Hamilton, under whom he was serving, in the Mediterranean, when promoted to the rank of commander, by Sir Graham Moore, July 18th, 1823.
RICHARD DOUGLAS, Esq.
[Commander.]
Son of the late Mr. John Douglas, master-attendant of Sheerness dock-yard.
This officer passed his examination in Aug. 1808; obtained his first commission on the 18th Sept. 1809; served under Captain (now Rear-Admiral) M‘Kinley, in the Bellona 74, at the close of the French war; and subsequently in the Bulwark 76, flag-ship of Sir Charles Rowley; was appointed to the coast blockade service, under Captain William M‘Culloch, Nov. 20th, 1820; promoted to his present rank, in commemoration of the opening of the new basin and dock at Sheerness, Sept 5th, 1823; and appointed an inspecting commander of the coast guard, April 6th, 1831. His first wife died at Mutley, co. Devon, in 1825. He married, 2dly, Sept. 22d, 1830, Jemima, daughter of W. Winchester, Esq. of Stoke, near Plymouth.
GEORGE PIERCE, Esq.
[Commander.]
Entered the royal navy in 1803; and served five years of his time as midshipman under Captain (afterwards Vice-Admiral) William Bedford, in the Thunderer 74, Hibernia 110, bearing the flag of Lord Gardner, and Prince of Wales 98, flag-ship of Admiral Gambier at the attack on Copenhagen. He next joined the Apelles sloop. Captain Thomas Oliver, and was master’s-mate of that vessel in the expedition to Walcheren. After passing his examination, in Oct. 1809, he was sent out to the Leeward Islands on promotion; but in consequence of Lord Mulgrave leaving the Admiralty, he continued serving without advancement, in the flag-ships of Sir Alexander I. Cochrane and Sir Francis Laforey, until
