sent to the North American station, where she formed part of a detached squadron under the orders of Captain Robert Barrie, to whom, on the 22nd Sept. 1813, Captain Cator reported his having landed with a party of marines, in Lynhaven bay, and destroyed a barrack of the enemy, with all the military stores it contained, after a short action with a body of dragoons and infantry stationed there, in which affair 9 Americans were taken prisoners, and several killed and wounded; the British had not a man slain, and only one wounded.
The extreme severity of the winter of 1813 will never be forgotten by those officers who were then employed in the blockade of the Chesapeake; which service was so admirably conducted by the gallant and persevering Barrie, that only one American cruiser escaped during the whole of that season. While thus employed, Captain Cator commanded all the watering parties of the British squadron, and was often exposed to great annoyance from the enemy. He also assisted at the capture and destruction of numerous coasting vessels.
In the following year, we again find Captain Cator cruising off the coast of Norway, with the Briseis brig under his orders. He obtained post rank June 7, 1814; and married, in 1816, Sophia, only child of Michael Atkinson, of Mount Mascal, North Cray, Kent, and Portland Place, London, Esq. formerly a civilian in the service of the Hon. East India Company, and chiefly resident at Mourshedebad, in Bengal.
Captain Cator’s eldest brother, John, inherited the property of his uncle, John Cator, of Beckenham Place, Kent, Esq. Another is a captain in the Royal Horse Artillery; two are in holy orders, and possessed of good livings; the youngest of all is a barrister, practising at Madras.
Agents.– Messrs. Maude & Co.
DAVID DUNN, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1814.]
Served as midshipman on board the Donegal 71, Captain (now Sir Pulteney) Malcolm, at the battle off St. Domingo,
