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HILLYAR. (Lieutenant, 1842.)

Charles Farrell Hillyar is son of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Jas. Hillyar, K.C.B., K.C.H.;^[1] brother of Lieut. H. S. Hillyar, R.N.; and nephew of Capt. Wm. Hillyar, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy 18 March, 1831; passed his examination 17 March, 1837; served for some time in South America as Mate of the President 50, Capt. Wm. Broughton; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 24 March, 1842. He was then employed for several months at Portsmouth on board the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne; and from 12 May, 1843, until paid off at the commencement of 1847, he officiated as a Lieutenant of the Tyne 26, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock, on the Mediterranean station. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.

↑ Sir James Hillyar was created a Lieutenant 8 March, 1794, and a Commander 16 April, 1800. He soon afterwards distinguished himself, when in command of the Niger troop-ship, by his gallantry, in cutting out, with the boats of that vessel and the Minotaur 74, two Spanish corvettes, lying in the road of Barcelona; and in 1801 he bore a conspicuous part in the operations of the Egyptian campaign. On the recommendation of Lord Nelson, and in consideration of his services, he was advanced to Post-rank 29 Feb. 1804. When subsequently in command of the Phoebe frigate, he contributed to the reduction of the Isle of France in Dec. 1810; participated, off Madagascar, in an action fought 20 May, 1811, between a British squadron under Commodore Charles Marsh Schomberg, and a French force under Commodore François Roquebert; co-operated next in the capture of the island of Java; and on 28 May, 1814, succeeded, in company with the Cherub sloop, in making prize of the American frigate Essex, of 46 guns and 265 men. In acknowledgment ot the importance of his professional career Capt. Hillyar was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1816; a K.C.H. 1 Jan. 1834; and a K.C.B. 4 July, 1840. He acquired Flag rank 10 Jan. 1837; and died a Rear-Admiral of the White, at Tor House. Torpoint, 10 July, 1843, aged 73.

[1] Sir James Hillyar was created a Lieutenant 8 March, 1794, and a Commander 16 April, 1800. He soon afterwards distinguished himself, when in command of the Niger troop-ship, by his gallantry, in cutting out, with the boats of that vessel and the Minotaur 74, two Spanish corvettes, lying in the road of Barcelona; and in 1801 he bore a conspicuous part in the operations of the Egyptian campaign. On the recommendation of Lord Nelson, and in consideration of his services, he was advanced to Post-rank 29 Feb. 1804. When subsequently in command of the Phoebe frigate, he contributed to the reduction of the Isle of France in Dec. 1810; participated, off Madagascar, in an action fought 20 May, 1811, between a British squadron under Commodore Charles Marsh Schomberg, and a French force under Commodore François Roquebert; co-operated next in the capture of the island of Java; and on 28 May, 1814, succeeded, in company with the Cherub sloop, in making prize of the American frigate Essex, of 46 guns and 265 men. In acknowledgment ot the importance of his professional career Capt. Hillyar was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1816; a K.C.H. 1 Jan. 1834; and a K.C.B. 4 July, 1840. He acquired Flag rank 10 Jan. 1837; and died a Rear-Admiral of the White, at Tor House. Torpoint, 10 July, 1843, aged 73.

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