only three monthis after his return home, to the Brisk 10, Captain (now Lord Adolphus) Fitz Clarence; and – in Mar. 1824, to the Redwing 18, commanded by the same officer, in which latter sloop he remained, on the North Sea station, until paid off, at Chatham, in 1825.
Lieutenant Jervois attended the public funeral of his old friend and patron, Vice-Admiral Pickmore, at St. John’s, Newfoundland, Mar. 3d, 1818. In the Dauntless, of which ship he was first lieutenant for nearly five years, he visited Madras, Ceylon, Manilla, Singapore, China, New South Wales, New Zealand, the various ports of Chili and Peru, the Marquesas Islands, Otaheite, and the Society Islands; returned through Torres Straits to Calcutta; and touched at the Isle of France, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena. His promotion to the rank of commander took place on the 27th April, 1827.
ALFRED LUCKRAFT, Esq.
Knight of the French Legion of Honour.
[Commander.]
We first find this officer serving as midshipman on board the Mars 74, Captain George Duff, at the battle of Trafalgar, on which memorable occasion he was wounded. He was afterwards sub-lieutenant of the Steady gun-brig, and promoted from that vessel into the Hyacinth sloop, Sept. 3d, 1810. During the latter part of the war with France, he served under the flag of HearAdmiral John Ferrier, in the Scarborough 74, on the North Sea station; and subsequently under Captains John Parish and Thomas Warrand, in the Foxhound sloop.
In Jan. 1828, Lieutenant Luckraft was appointed first of the Blonde frigate. Captain Edmund Lyons, under whom he greatly distinguished himself at the reduction of the “Château de Morée,” in Oct. 1828, as will be seen by the following extracts and copies of official letters relative to that service:–
