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commanders.


WILLIAM HENVEY, Esq.
[Commander.]

Passed his examination in Jan. 1813; obtained his first commission on the 3d Mar. 1815; and was promoted to the rank of commander Nov. 17th, 1826.



WILLIAM DANIELL, Esq.
[Commander.]

Passed his examination in April 1813 ; obtained his first commission on the 16th Sept. following; and was appointed to the Crocus sloop. Captain Arden Adderley, in Jan. 1814. He subsequently served under the flag of Lord Exmouth, in the Boyne and Queen Charlotte, of which latter ship he was sixth lieutenant at the battle of Algiers. His promotion to the rank of commander took place on the 22d Nov. 1826.



JOHN CORNWALL, Esq.
[Commander.]

Eldest son of the late John Cornwall, Esq., of Hendon, co. Middlesex; and grandson of the first Viscount Gardner. He was born on the 22d Jan. 1795; made a lieutenant in April 1815; and promoted to the rank of commander, Nov. 22d, 1826. He married, Dec. 5th, 1822, Charlotte Susan, daughter of Sir John Gregory Shaw Turner; and his youngest sister, Sophia, has since been united to the Rev. Robert William Shaw, son of the same baronet.



ROBERT SHARPE, Esq.
Knight of the Royal Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword.
[Commander.]

Obtained his first commission on the 13th Mar. 1815; and was a lieutenant of the Windsor Castle 74, Captain (now Sir Charles) Dashwood, when King John of Portugal took