A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Connolly, Matthew (b)
CONNOLLY. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Matthew Connolly is son of Col. Wm. Hallett Connolly, late Commandant of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines; brother of Lieut. Wm. Hallett Connolly, R.N., and of First-Lieut. Rich. Geo. Connolly, R.M.; and nephew of Commander Mat. Connolly, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Dec. 1832; passed his examination 27 March, 1839; took part, as Mate of the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, in all the operations of the Syrian campaign, including the capture of Caiffa, where he served on shore, and the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre; and, after a subsequent attachment to the Beacon surveying vessel, Capt. Thos. Graves, and Lightning steamer, Master-Commanders John Tucker and Geo. Henry Karr Bower, respectively employed on the Mediterranean and Home stations, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 28 Jan. 1842. His next appointments were – 9 March and 27 June, 1842, to the Calcutta 84, and Magicienne 24, Capts. Sir Sam. Roberts and Rich. Laird Warren, in the Mediterranean – and, 2 Feb. 1844, to the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker. Mr. Connolly is at present on the East India station, where he is now employed in the Agincourt 72, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane.