Feb. 6, 1806[1]; obtained the rank of lieutenant, July 12, 1808; and was made commander for his gallant conduct as first of the Amphion frigate. Captain William Hoste, at the defeat of a French squadron, in the Adriatic, Mar. 13, 1811[2]. He subsequently distinguished himself by his activity in the Mermaid 32, armée en flûte, on the Mediterranean station, particularly at the siege of Trieste, and the unsuccessful attack of Leghorn, in Oct. and Dec. 1813[3]. His post commission bears date June 7, 1814.
This officer’s last appointment was, Dec. 27, 1824, to the Samarang 28, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope station, the command of which ship he retained until May, 1828. His brother, Robert Dunn, Esq. is an old naval surgeon.
Agent.– Messrs. Stillwell.
FAIRFAX MORESBY, Esq.
A Companion of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath; and a Knight of the Imperial Austrian Order of the Empress Maria Theresa.
[Post-Captain of 1814.]
Son of Moresby, of Stowe House, Lichfield, co. Stafford, Esq.
This officer served as midshipman under Earl St. Vincent, in the Hibernia 110; and obtained the rank of lieutenant, April 10, 1806. We next find him in the Kent 74, Captain Thomas Rogers, on the Mediterranean station, where be assisted in cutting out a French convoy, as will be seen by the following official letter:–
“H.M.S. Kent, off Genoa, Aug. 2, 1808.
