ALEXANDER MILNE, Esq.
[Commander.]
Son of Vice-Admiral Sir David Milne, K.C.B.; was made a lieutenant into the Cadmus sloop, Commander Charles Gordon, on the South American station, Sept. 8th, 1827; and advanced to his present rank Nov. 25th, 1830.
FRANCIS HART, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained his first commission on the 20th Jan. 1818; and subsequently served under the flag of Lord Colville, in the Semiramis frigate, at Cork. He was made a commander on the 26th Nov. 1830.
JOHN BUNCHE BONNEMAISON M‘HARDY, Esq.
[Commander.]
Entered the royal navy in May 1812; was made a lieutenant, Aug. 19th, 1824, for his services against pirates on the coast of Cuba; and advanced to his present rank, Dec. 20th, 1830, for his exertions in suppressing the slave trade, but particularly for the capture of a formidable armed slave vessel, the Bolodoro, while in command of the Pickle schooner, on the Jamaica station. On the 8th Mar. 1831, he was appointed an inspecting commander of the coast guard; and, in 1834, on his quitting that service, the lieutenants employed in the district under his superintendence gave him a farewell dinner at Wells, in Norfolk, “in testimony of their esteem for so active and enterprising an officer.”
WILLIAM SAVAGE, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant on the 17th Sept. 1806; granted a pension of five shillings per diem for wounds, July 1st, 1815; and advanced to the rank of commander Dec. 31st, 1830.
