pointments were, July 13th, 1813, to the Blenheim 74, Captain Samuel Warren, under whom he served us second lieutenant in the North Sea and Mediterranean, for upwards of twelve months:– Aug. 27th, 1814, to the Namur 74, flag-ship of Sir Thomas Williams, at the Great Nore:– Oct. 29th, 1814, to he first of the Comus 22, Captain John Tailour, fitting out for the African station, where he assisted in capturing, after a determined resistance, seven Spanish and Portuguese slavers:– lastly, Sept. 14th, 1818, to the Severn frigate, Captain William M‘Culloch, under whom he was actively employed in the suppression of smuggling, on the Kentish coast, until May 1825; when he was sent to the King’s bench prison, for four calendar months, by judgment of the Court, for offering a challenge to Robert Earl of Harborough: during his confinement, the Lords of the Admiralty were pleased to honor him with promotion to the rank of commander, by commission dated July 29th, 1825. Some time previous thereto, a smuggler, named Alexander John Spence, was executed at Dover, for attempting to shoot him while in the execution of his duty. 1830, the Royal Institution for Preserving Lives from Shipwreck, transmitted him their gold medallion for his gallant and humane exertions in rescuing the master and part of the crew of the brig Mountaineer, wrecked near Deal, on her voyage from the Cape to London, when a pilot and three other persons were unfortunately drowned.
Commander Graham’s only brother, Fortescue, is a first lieutenant in the royal marines, and adjutant of the Plymouth division.
THOMAS BEER, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was born at Stoke, near Plymouth, on the 18th Aug. 1787; and entered the navy, as midshipman on board the Royal Sovereign first rate, bearing the flag of Sir Alan (afterwards Lord) Gardner, on the Channel station, in Aug. 1796. He was made a lieutenant on the 4th May, 1810;
