during which he was wounded on three several occasions. He latterly commanded the Royal Engineers at Halifax, N.S., from whence he was returning home, passenger on board H.M. packet Calypso, when that vessel met with her untimely fate, early in 1833[1]. Another brother, Thomas, who was first lieutenant and assistant-surveyor in the Barracouta sloop, Comm. Vidal, during the extensive survey executed on the coasts of Africa, under Captain W. F. Owen, in the years 1822, 3, 4, 5, and 6; and who, under the auspices of his present Majesty, when Lord High Admiral, was appointed to the command of the Hecla sloop, for the purpose of examining the coasts, rivers, and harbours included between Cape Spartel and the line, as also of the islands in the Bight of Biafra, died near the Calabar river, Nov. 28th, 1829, having been carried off, together with the greater part of his officers and crew, by the malignant fever peculiar to these latitudes[2]. His surviving brothers are – John Harvey, a commander in the royal navy; – Edward, fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, M.A., curate of Cliffe rectory, near Rochester; – and Robert, a first lieutenant, R.E. One of his sisters, Eliza, is married to the Rev. Charles James Burton, M.A., vicar of Lydd, co. Kent.
ROGER HALL, Esq.
[Commander.]
Passed his examination in Jan. 1810; obtained the rank of lieutenant on the 26th Sept. 1811; served as such, under Captain Edward Brace, in the Berwick 74, on the Mediterranean station; and Impregnable 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral (now Sir David) Milne, at the battle of Algiers. He was promoted to the command of the Carnation sloop, at Halifax, Nov. 10th, 1819; and put out of commission, at Plymouth, in the autumn of 1821.
