COLIN CAMPBELL, (a) Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1812.]
Post commission dated Feb. 28, 1812.
Agents.– Messrs. Stilwell.
CHARLES THURLOW SMITH, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1812.]
Nephew to Admiral Sir W. Sidney Smith, K.C.B. who thus speaks of him in a letter addressed to his father, after the destruction of a Turkish squadron, at the entrance of the Dardanelles, Feb. 19, 1807:-
“Your son Thurlow proved himself to be of a good breed, by steady, clear-headed conduct, in the situation I entrusted to him, of signal-lieutenant, with me on the poop, where we could see around us, and know the worst.”
Captain Smith's commission as a commander bears date, Oct. 3, 1809; and his promotion to post rank took place Feb. 28, 1812: he subsequently commanded the Hibernia a first rate, bearing the flag of his heroic uncle, on the Mediterranean station: and during the war with Murat, in 1815, we find him in the Undaunted frigate, taking possession of the Tremiti islands. His name was struck off the list of British naval officers, in consequence of his accepting a command in the Mexican navy, after the promulgation of H.M. Order in Council, forbidding the subjects of this realm from taking any part in the war between Spain and her revolted colonies.
He died at Tampico, in Nov. 1826.
CHARLES SOTHEBY, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1812.]
This officer received his first commission in 1802; obtained the rank of Commander, Jan. 8, 1810; and was made post, Feb. 28, 1812. His last appointment was. May 18, 1824, to the Seringapatam frigate, fitting for the Mediterranean.
In May, 1825, Captain Sotheby, accompanied by the Alacrity brig, demanded satisfaction from the Bey of Rhodes, for an outrage committed against the British consul, by some Egyptian troops, who broke into his house, and robbed him
