1st, 1825; returned home in the Southampton, Oct. 12th, 1832; and was promoted to the rank of captain Jan. 7th, 1833.
OSBORNE FOLEY, Esq.
[Captain of 1833.]
Nephew to the late Admiral Sir Thomas Foley, G.C.B., Rear-Admiral of Great Britain, who died commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, Jan. 9th, 1833.
This officer entered the royal navy in 1812; obtained his first commission on the 5th Feb. 1821; and was promoted to the rank of commander, while serving under the flag of Sir Edward Codrington, in the Asia 84, on the Mediterranean station, April 28th, 1827. He was made a captain, in compliment to the memory of his gallant uncle, Jan. 16th, 1833.
JOHN LIHOU, Esq.
[Captain of 1833.]
Nephew to Admiral Lord De Saumarez, G.C.B., General of Marines, &c.
This officer obtained a lieutenant’s commission in Oct. 1811; and was appointed to the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of the Hon. Sir Alexander I. Cochrane, on the Halifax station, in the beginning of 1814. He subsequently entered into the merchant service, and commanded the ship Zenobia, of Calcutta, for some years in the East Indies and Pacific. The following is extracted from the Sidney Gazette, April 1823:–
