HENRY ELLIS, Esq.
[Commander.]
Entered as midshipman on board the Galatea frigate, Captain George Byng (afterwards Viscount Torrington); served for a short time as sub-lieutenant of the Growler gun-brig, Lieutenant James Rose; and obtained his first commission in March 1805: during the last three years of the war with France, he was senior lieutenant of the Egmont 74; Captain Joseph Bingham; and subsequently of the Rivoli and Ramillies, third rates. His promotion to the rank of commander took place on the 19th July 1821; since which he has been employed in the coast guard service.
HENRY PRYCE, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant in April 1805; and served as first of the Nymphen frigate. Captains Keith Maxwell and John Hancock, from the beginning of the year 1809 until Sept. 1813. His subsequent appointments were, to the Centaur, Spencer, and Windsor Castle, third rates. His promotion to the rank of commander took place on the 19th July 1821.
EDWARD THOMAS CROUCH, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained his first commission in May 1805; and was highly spoken of by Captain (afterwards Sir Michael) Seymour, for his gallant conduct and “admirable exertions” as junior lieutenant of the Amethyst frigate, at the capture of la Thetis, a French ship of superior force, in the night of Nov. 10th, 1808. He subsequently served as first of the Hannibal 74, commanded by the same distinguished officer, who, in an official letter reporting the capture of la Sultane frigate, Mar. 26th, 1814, informed his Admiral, that he had “given charge of the prize to Lieutenant Crouch, an able officer who had served many years with him.” The rank of commander, however, was not bestowed upon Lieutenant Crouch until
