JAMES CHEAPE, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant on the 5th Sept. 1816; and commander Mar. 12th, 1827.
JAMES CREAGH, Esq.
[Commander.]
Passed his examination in June 1816; served as midshipman at the battle of Algiers, and obtained his first commission on the 16th Sept. in the same year. He was made a commander Mar. 31st, 1827.
EDWARD STEPHENS, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant in Mar. 1796; and commander on the 11th April, 1817. He married, in 1815, Miss Jane Comben, of West Cowes, Isle of Wight.
This officer is the author of “A Plan for Renovating the Navy, by removing the Aversion of Seamen, and establishing a System that would insure its future Prosperity,” – published in 1819, pp. 33, price 2s.
CHARLES ENGLISH, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant on the 21st Mar. 1812. He subsequently served under Captains Charles Dashwood, Robert Preston, Robert Tait, and G. H. Guion; in the Cressy 74, Euphrates 36, Larne 20, and Tribune 42. His commission as commander bears date April 17th, 1827.
This officer married, Oct. 11th 1834, Jemima Georgiana, only daughter of the late James Garden, Esq., of Bedford Square, London.
