ROBERT LAMBERT BAYNES, Esq.
A Companion of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath.
[Captain of 1828.]
This officer passed his examination in 1816; obtained the rank of lieutenant in April, 1818; and was subsequently, appointed as follows: – Nov. 12th, 1819, to the Vigo 74, fitting out for the flag of Rear-Admiral Lambert; – Dec. 2d, 1822, to the Briton 46, Captain Sir Murray Maxwell; – Aug. 28th, 1823, to the Tartar 42, Captain Thomas Brown, then in South America; – and, Oct. 6th, 1826, to the Asia 84, equipping at Portsmouth for the flag of Sir Edward Codrington. He was promoted to the command of the Alacrity sloop, on the Mediterranean station, July 8th, 1827; re-appointed to the Asia in Sept, following; nominated, a C.B. immediately after the battle of Navarin[1]; and advanced to the rank of captain July 8th, 1828.
WILLIAM HOBSON, Esq.
[Captain of 1828.]
Passed his examination in Nov. 1811; and was promoted into the Peruvian sloop, Captain George Kippen, Nov. 11th, 1813. His subsequent appointments were, – Feb. 3d, 1818, to the Spey 20, Captain the Hon. Frederick Noel, fitting out for the Mediterranean station, where he greatly distinguished himself by the capture of an English piratical vessel; – Aug. 16th, 1821, to the Tyne 26, Captain James Kearney White, then in the West Indies: – and, Jan. 30th, 1823, to the command of the Lion schooner, employed in the suppression of piracy on the coast of Cuba. He obtained the rank of commander, Mar. 18th, 1824; and we afterwards find him in the Ferret and Scylla sloops, on the Jamaica station. His commission as captain bears date July 9th, 1828.
Agents.– Messrs. Atkins & Son.
- ↑ See pp. 33 and 35.
