la Bellone, of 30 guns and 194 men, both privateers, off Trincomalee. The latter vessel fired a broadside at the Powerful, and kept up a running fire within gun-shot, for a considerable time, by which 2 men were killed and 1 1 wounded on board that ship. La Bellone had 1 man killed and 6 or 7 wounded. She was a very superior sailer, and had cruized for several years with uncommon success against the British commerce in the Indian and European seas.
In the summer of 1809, our officer was appointed to the Courageux, another 74-gun ship, and commanded a division of the fleet under Sir Richard J. Strachan, in the expedition to the Scheldt. His next appointment was in 1812, to the Ocean, a second rate, in which he served on the Mediterranean station during the remainder of the war.
At the general promotion, June 4, 1814, Captain Plamplin was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral; and in 1817 he hoisted his flag in the Conqueror, 74, as Commander-in-Chief at St. Helena, where he continued during the customary period of three years. He arrived at Portsmouth on his return from thence, Sept. 9, 1820.
HON. SIR HENRY BLACKWOOD,
Baronet; Rear-admiral of the Red; Knight Commander of the most honorable Military Order of the Bath, and of the Sicilian Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit.
This officer, the youngest son of the late Sir John Blackwood, Bart., of Ballyliddy, co. Down, by the late Baroness Dufferin and Clanboye[1], was born Dec. 28, 1770; entered the naval service under the protection of the late Admiral
- ↑ The Blackwoods are descended from an ancient Scottish stock. The family estate in Downshire was sequestered by James II’s parliament, but restored on the accession of the Prince of Orange. Sir Henry’s grandfather was created a Baronet in 1763. The descent of his mother was, by her paternal grandmother, from Archibald Hamilton, brother of James Viscount Clanboye, ancestor of the Earls of Clanbrassil. Her Ladyship was created Baroness Dufferin and Clanboye in 1800, the next year after her husband’s demise. She was always admired amongst her numerous friends, for the dignity of her manner and the wit of her repartee.
