in company with the fleet confided to the care of this country by the Emperor Alexander of Russia.
The Egmont was subsequently employed off the coast of France; and bore the flag of Rear-Admiral Penrose when that officer led his squadron into and forced the passage of the Gironde[1]. She was paid off in the month of Aug. 1814.
Captain Bingham was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral, Aug. 12, 1819. He married Sarah, second daughter of his old friend and patron, Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart.[2]
Residence.– Grove House, near Lymington, Hants.
ROBERT DUDLEY OLIVER, Esq
Rear-Admiral of the White.
This officer was a Midshipman on board the Prince George, of 98 guns, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Digby, at New York, in 1781; received his first commission about the year 1790; was senior Lieutenant of the Artois, commanded by Captain (now Sir Edmund) Nagle, at the capture of la Revolutionnaire French frigate, Oct. 21, 1794[3]; and for his conduct on that occasion, was soon after promoted to the command of the Hazard sloop in the North Sea. He was afterwards employed on the Irish station, where he continued until advanced to the rank of Post-Captain, in the Seahorse frigate, April 30, 1796. He subsequently commanded the Nemesis, of 28 guns; and, in 1798, convoyed a fleet of merchantmen to and from Quebec.
Early in 1799, our officer was appointed to the Mermaid, another small frigate, in which he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and was for some time engaged in the important service of cutting off the supplies destined for the enemy’s troops at Genoa. On the 1st June, 1800, he captured la Cruelle French brig of war, off the Hières islands; and in the following year, a transport brig, and several other vessels, with valuable cargoes. He returned to England July 12, 1802.
On the renewal of hostilities, in 1803, Captain Oliver ob-
- ↑ See p. 579 of this volume, and Memoirs of Captains Harris, O’Reilly, &c. in our next.
Errata: for p. 579 of this volume, &c. &c. read Suppl. Part II. pp. 287–293.
- ↑ Sir William Parker died Dec. 31, 1802.
- ↑ See p. 277.
