with la Ville de Milan, French national ship of very superior force, Feb. 16th, 1805, on which occasion, he is officially represented to have rendered his captain “every assistance that could be expected from a good and zealous officer[1].” He was promoted to his present rank on the 22d Jan. 1806; and subsequently appointed to the command of the Cockatrice and Woodlark, sloops.
GEORGE MANNERS SUTTON, Esq.
[Commander.]
Son of the late Colonel John Sutton, formerly of the Guards, who was the eldest surviving son of Lord George Manners Sutton, and a grandson of John (third) Duke of Rutland.
This officer was made a lieutenant about Aug. 1803; promoted to the command of the Oberon, 16-gun sloop, Jan. 22d, 1806; and removed from her to the Derwent 18, in April, 1810. In the former vessel he captured the French privateer Ratifia, of 14 guns and 38 men, on the North Sea station.
JOHN SANDERSON GIBSON, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant in 1791, and served as first of a line-of-battle ship at the capture and destruction of a French squadron, by Sir John T. Duckworth, near St. Domingo, Feb. 6th, 1806[2]. He obtained his present rank on the 2d April following; and subsequently commanded the Fury bomb and Sarpen sloop, on the Downs and North Sea stations.
SAMUEL CLARK, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was also a first lieutenant at the battle near St. Domingo, and promoted on the same day as the above officer. In Sept.
