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POST-CAPTAINS OF 1809.


EDWARD SEYMOUR BAILY, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1809.]

Was made a Commander March 21, 1782; and posted Oct. 25, 1809. His only daughter married the Rev. John Turner, of Hatterley House, Gloucestershire,

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GEORGE CADMAN, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1809.]

This officer’s commission as a Commander bears date April 24, 1782. On the 20th June following, being then in the Defiance armed ship, he captured the Dutch brig Zeuze, mounting 16 long 6-pounders and one 18 pounder, with a complement of 113 men. The action between these vessels took place near Portland, and lasted about two hours; during which the enemy had 21 men killed, and 17, including the 1st and 2d Captains, wounded, the greater part of them dangerously. The Defiance was armed with 4-pounders[1], and had no more than 68 persons on board, of whom only one was killed and another wounded. Captain Cadman obtained post rank Oct. 25, 1809.




CHARLES BARTHOLOMEW, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1809.]

Was made a Commander Jan. 15, 1783; and posted Oct. 25, 1809.




WILLIAM HENRY SHIRREFF, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1809.]

Son of the late General Shirreff; was made a Lieutenant March 3, 1804, and promoted to the command of the Lily sloop, on the Leeward Islands station, March 3, 1800; but he did not join that vessel until the close of the same year.

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