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captains of 1828.
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injunction the St. John family assumed the additional surname of Mildmay.

This officer was made a lieutenant on tbe 19th of May, 1812; and subsequently appointed as follows: – Dec. 17th, 1813, to the Leander 60, Captain Sir George Collier, in which ship he continued during the remainder of the war with America; – Sept. 18th, 1815, to the Euphrates 42, Captain Robert Preston, fitting out for the Mediterranean station; – Nov. 24th, 1818, to the Wasp sloop, Captain Thomas Wren Carter, with whom he proceeded to Jamaica; – and, July 2d, 1821, to the Iphigenia 42, equipping for the broad pendant of Sir Robert Mends, commodore of the African squadron. He obtained the rank of commander in Aug. 1822; commissioned the Cordelia sloop, at Chatham, in Nov. 1826; and continued to command that vessel until made a captain, Aug. 16th, 1828.

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WILLIAM JONES, Esq.
[Captain of 1828.]

Was made a lieutenant in July 1811; appointed to the Cossack 22, Captain Francis Stanfell, Feb. 12th, 1813; and to be first of the Hind sloop, commanded by Sir Charles Burrard, Sept. 12th, 1819. He subsequently served under Captain Sir Murray Maxwell, in the Bulwark 76, and Gloucester, 74, successively bearing the flag of Sir Benjamin Hallowell, in the river Medway; and was promoted to the command of the Orestes 18, oh the Halifax station. May 1st, 1826. His commission as captain bears date Aug. 18th, 1828.

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HON. WILLIAM KEITH,
[Captain of 1828.]

Was made a lieutenant into the Egeria 20, Captain Robert Rowley, at Newfoundland, Nov. 10th, 1819; appointed to the Blonde 46, Captain Lord Byron, fitting out for a voyage