JOHN SMITH, (a.) Esq.
A Companion of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath.
[Post-Captain of 1813.]
A native of Aberdeen. This officer served as acting master of the Egmont 74, at the defeat of the Spanish fleet, off Cape St. Vincent, February 14, 1797;[1] and was first lieutenant of the Africa 64, at the ever-memorable battle of Trafalgar[2]: his commission as a commander bears date December, 24, 1805.
Captain Smith’s subsequent appointments were to the Devastation bomb, Magnet brig, and Beagle of 18 guns. The latter vessel formed part of the squadron under Sir George R. Collier, at the reduction of St. Sebastian, in 1813.[3] He obtained post-rank October 27, in the same year; and was nominated a C.B. December 8, 1815.
Agent.– J. Dufaur, Esq.
GORDON THOMAS FALCON, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1813.]
Received his first commission in May, 1800; served as lieutenant under the late Hon. Sir. George C. Berkeley, in the Leopard 50, and Barfleur 98, on the Halifax and Lisbon stations[4]; was made commander, into the Melpomene troopship, March 13, 1811; advanced to post rank October 20, 1813, and appointed to the Cyane, rated at 22 guns, but mounting 32, in March 1814. His very gallant defence of that ship against the Constitution, an American forty-four has been recently described in our memoir of Captain the Hon. George Douglas[5].
Captain Falcon’s next appointment was, June 24, 1817, to the Tyne 26, fitting for South America; from whence she
