spicuous not to have attracted the observations and acknowledgments of every individual. Major-General Abercromby must, however, request that Captain Montagu will be pleased to convey to those who were under his command the impression which their conduct has made on his mind.”
During the latter part of the war. Captain Montagu commanded the Niobe frigate. He was nominated a C.B. Dec, 8, 1815; appointed to the Phaeton of 46 guns, on the peace establishment, Oct. 29, 1819; and put out of commission Sept. 23, 1822 He married, Aug. 26, 1823, Anne, third daughter of Sir George William Leeds, Bart.
Agent.– Sir Francis Ommanney.
JOHN BASTARD, Esq.
M.P. for Dartmouth.
[Post-Captain of 1807.]
Was made a Lieutenant April 6, 1804; and promoted to the rank of Commander May 22, 1806. His post commission bears date Oct. 12, 1807.
When commanding the Rattlesnake sloop of war, on the East India station. Captain Bastard chased la Bellone French frigate-built privateer into the hands of Captain Robert Plamplin, by whom she was captured July 9, 1806[1].
At the commencement of the late war with America, we find him commanding the Africa 64, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sawyer, on the Halifax station. He married, Oct, 7, 1817, Frances, eldest daughter and co-heiress of the late Benjamin Wade, of New Grange, Yorkshire, Esq.
Agent.– J. Copland, Esq.
VALENTINE COLLARD, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1807.]
Is a nephew to Admiral Sampson Edwards, and to the late Captain Valentine Edwards, who unfortunately perished in the Sceptre 64, at the Cape of Good Hope, Nov. 5, 1799[2].
- ↑ See Vol. I., Part II., p. 642.
- ↑ The Sceptre was driven on shore in Table bay, and totally wrecked, during a violent gale of wind; by which disaster her Captain, 2 Lieutenants,
