into the Melampus, of 36 guns, at Jamaica, and returned to Portsmouth from that station, June 1, 1802. In the spring of 1804, he was appointed to the Argo, of 44 guns[1], and in the following summer, to the Latona, a fine frigate, stationed off Brest. On the 22d Oct. 1805, he captured the Amphion Spanish privateer, of 12 guns and 70 men. His next appointment was, about April, 1806, to the Audacious, a 74-gun ship, from which period we lose sight of him until the general promotion, June 4, 1814, when he was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral.
Our officer married, March 18, 1809, Sarah, eldest daughter of the late J. R. Hadsley, of Ware Priory, Herts, Esq.
SIR CHARLES ROWLEY,
Rear-Admiral of the Red; Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies; Knight Commander of the most honorable Military Order of the Bath; and of the Austrian Order of Maria Theresa.
This officer, the fourth son of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley, Bart., by Sarah, daughter of Bartholomew Burton, Esq., and a grandson of the late Sir William Rowley, K.B.[2], was made a Lieutenant in 1789, and obtained the rank of Post-Captain Aug. 1, 1795. In the following year he commanded the Cleopatra, of 32 guns, on the American station, where he captured the Aurore French corvette. His next appointment was to l’Unité, in which frigate he took la Brunette, of 10 guns, pierced for 16, and 80 men, near l’Isle de Dieu. He also assisted at the capture of the Indian, of 16 guns, and another privateer, name unknown, in the Channel.
In the spring of 1801, our officer succeeded the present Sir Richard G. Keats in the command of the Boadicea, another fine frigate, the boats of which, in company with those of the Fisgard and Diamond, captured and brought out the Spanish vessel of war, El Neptuna, pierced for 20 guns, and a gun-boat carrying a 32-pounder, from under the batteries at
- ↑ See p. 622.
- ↑ He had previously commanded for a short time the Ville de Paris, a first rate, bearing the flag of the Hon. W. Cornwallis, Commander-in-Chief of the grand fleet.
