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JOSEPH MAYNARD, Esq.
[Commander.]

Obtained the rank of lieutenant on the 4th Mar. 1815; and subsequently served in the Brisk sloop and Andromache frigate, the latter bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Joseph Nourse, on the Cape of Good Hope station. His commission as commander bears date Oct. 4th, 1825. He married, in 1828, Harriet, eldest daughter of Clark Hillyard, Esq. of Thorplands, Northamptonshire.



WILLIAM MUDGE, Esq.
Fellow of the Antiquarian Society.
[Commander.]

A son of the late Major General William Mudge, royal artillery, LL.D., F.R.S., F.A.S., a commissioner of the board of longitude, &c. &c. &c.

This officer was made a lieutenant on the 19th Sept. 1815; and afterwards employed for many years as a maritime surveyor, on the coasts of Africa and Ireland. He obtained the rank of commander in Oct. 1825; and is now serving as supernumerary on board the San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir William Hargood, G.C.B., in Hamoaze. He married, Oct. 11th, 1827, Mary Marinda, only child of William Rae, Esq. of Blackheath.



SIR GEORGE YOUNG, Bart.
[Commander.]

Eldest son of the late Sir Samuel Young, Bart, of Formosa Place, co. Berks, F.R.S. and F.A.S.[1], by Emily, daughter of Charles Baring, Esq. of Exmouth, co. Devon. This officer was born on the 10th Aug. 1797; and entered

  1. Son of Admiral Sir George Young, Knt. who first went to sea with the celebrated Boscawen, and greatly distinguished himself at the sieges of Louisbourg, Quebec, Havannah, and Pondicherry. See Nav. Chron. v. 31, p. 177. et seq.