Royal Naval Biography/Devonshire, Richard

by John Marshall

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RICHARD DEVONSHIRE, Esq.
[Commander.]

Brother of Rear-Admiral J. F. Devonshire^[1]. This officer was made a lieutenant on the 11th May, 1804; appointed to l’Aigle 36, Captain George Wolfe, June 2d, 1808; and promoted to his present rank, while serving as first of that frigate, under the command of Captain Sir John Louis, on the Mediterranean station, Aug. 27th, 1814. Some of the services in which he participated are stated in pp. 318, 898, and 409 of Vol. II.; at p. 812 of Vol. I., and p. 118 of Suppl, Part I.

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1. See Vol. II. Part I. p. 411 et seq.; and Vol. III. Part II. p. 180 et seq.