broke, Esq. He was born April 12, 1754; obtained post rank May 24, 1782; and commanded the Daphne, a 20-gun ship, at the close of the American war. He married, in June 1795, Henrietta, only daughter of Sir Richard Hoare, Bart., and widow of Sir Thomas Acland, Bart. He has a son in the Coldstream regiment of foot guards. His brother is the present Earl of Fortescue.
Bankers.– Hoare and Co.
RALPH MILBANKE, Esq
[Retired Captain.]
This officer was a descendant from Ralph Milbanke, cup-bearer to Mary, Queen of Scots, whose great-grandson was created a Baronet of Great Britain Aug. 7, 1661.
Captain Milbanke obtained post rank July 20, 1782, and died at Blackwell, near Darlington, co. Durham, Nov. 21, 1823, in his 75th year. He was a man whose amiable disposition endeared him to the circle of friends in which he moved.
RICHARD CREYKE, Esq
Governor of the Royal Naval Hospital, and Resident Commissioner of the Victualling, at Plymouth.
[Retired Captain.]
In 1764, we find this officer accompanying the late Hon. John Byron on a voyage round the world[1]. During the American war, he commanded the Otter of 14 guns; was very actively employed under the orders of Commodore Sir George Collier, and assisted at the capture and destruction of the towns of Norfolk, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Gosport, and others of less note in the vicinity of Elizabeth River; the strong posts of Stoney Point, Fort la Fayette, and Varplanks, up the North River; and the towns of Newhaven, Fairfield, Norwalk, and Greenfield, on the Connecticut shore; together with an immense quantity of shipping, merchandise, provisions, and naval and military stores. He also accompanied Sir George Collier to the Penobscot river, where nineteen sail of American armed vessels, and upwards of twenty transports, were either taken or destroyed, in Aug. 1779[2]. His post commission bears date Dec. 17, 1782; and his appoint-
- ↑ See note at p. 1.
- ↑ See Nav. Chron. Vol. 32, p. 265, et seq.
