THOMAS HALTON, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was first lieutenant of one of the ships engaged at the battle of Camperdown, Oct. 11th, 1797, and obtained his present rank on the 2d Jan. 1798.
JOHN MATHIAS SPREAD, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant in 1790; and promoted to the command of the Ratler sloop, on the Jamaica station, June 21st, 1798. He there captured a French privateer of 10 guns and 42 men, in 1799; and a Spanish gun-vessel, in 1800. On the 11th June, 1802, he arrived at Portsmouth with despatches.
JOHN ROBERT LEA, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a commander in Sept. 1798, and died in 1824.
JOHN WHIPPLE, Esq.
[Commander.]
Commanded the Leopard gun-vessel in 1790; served as first lieutenant of the Alexander 74, Captain Alex. J. Ball, at the glorious battle of the Nile; obtained the rank of commander in Oct. 1798; held an appointment in the Irish Sea-Fencible service, during part of the late war; and was granted the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital, in June 1824.
JOHN JONES, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a commander in Oct. 1798, and died in 1824.
