HENRY GOSSETT, Esq.
[Captain of 1829.]
Passed his examination at Plymouth, in the summer of 1815; obtained his first commission on the 30th Dec. 1816; and subsequently served as lieutenant of the Harlequin 18, Captain Charles C. Parker; Hussar 46, Captain George Harris; and Pylades 18, Captain George V. Jackson, on the Cork and Jamaica stations. In 1828, he successively commanded the Espiegle and Slaney sloops, employed in the West Indies. His promotion to the rank of captain took plaice Jan. 1st, 1829.
ABRAHAM CRAWFORD, Esq.
[Captain of 1829.]
Was made a lieutenant Nov. 25th, 1807; commander Mar. 23d, 1815; appointed to the Grasshopper sloop, fitting out for the Jamaica station, Dec. 8th, 1827; and promoted to the rank of captain, in the Magnificent, receiving ship, at Port Royal, Jan. 5th, 1829. He returned home from the West Indies, in the Herald yacht, April 3d, 1829; and married, in Jan. 1831, Sophia, daughter of the Rev. J. Mockter, of Rockville.
Agent.– J Copland, Esq.
HON. WILLIAM WELLESLEY.
[Captain of 1829.]
Son of Lord Cowley, H.M. late ambassador at the court of Vienna, by Lady Charlotte, second daughter of Charles, first Earl of Cadogan. He was made a lieutenant into the Weazle sloop, Commander Richard Beaumont, on the Mediterranean station, Oct. 3d, 1825; appointed to the Cambrian frigate, Captain Gawen W. Hamilton, C.B., Jan. 13th, 1820; to act as commander of the Rose sloop, shortly after the battle of Navarin, at which he appears to have had a trifling share; promoted to the command of the Weazle,
