This officer entered the Navy, 7 Jan. 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Formidable 98, Capts. Geo. Murray, Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, Robt. Williams, John Irwin, Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, Edw. Thornbrough, and Rich. Grindall: in which ship, bearing for some time the flags of Sir Roger Curtis and Sir Chas. Thompson, he continued employed as Midshipman, in the Channel, North Sea, Mediterranean, and West Indies, until Sept. 1802. In the course of 1803 he became attached in succession to the Minerve and Helder frigates, Capts. Jahleel Brenton and Edw. Hawkins, and, as Master’s Mate, to the Prince 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall. In Jan. 1805, he removed to the Weymouth 42, Capt. John Draper, attached to the force in the East Indies; and, on 4 Sept. 1805, he was ordered to act as a Lieutenant in that ship. Between July, 1806, and Dec. 1803 he served, on the Home station, as Lieutenant, in the Ardent 64, Capt. Geo. Eyre, Inconstant 36, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, and Peruvian 18, Capt. Fras. Douglas. While Senior of the latter vessel he was employed in watching the Boulogne flotilla and in landing secret papers on the coast of France. On 30 Dec. 1809 he was dismissed the service by sentence of court-martial for a breach of discipline in having, upon complaint from the officers, punished the gnn-room cook. Being however strongly recommended to the court by his Captain, who on the occasion produced a letter of thanks highly laudatory of the conduct he had displayed on the secret service above alluded to, he was restored by the Admiralty 3 Feb. 1810, and appointed to the Monmouth 64, Capt. Michael Dodd, stationed in the Downs. He afterwards, from May, 1812, until March, 1814, served in the Channel on board the Tigre 80, Capt. John Halliday. He has since been on half-pay.
The Lieutenant married, 10 May, 1815, Miss Eleanor Rose, a lady by whom he has had issue 20 children, 15 of whom are yet living.
RORIE. (Retired Commander, 1847. f-p., 14; h-p., 38.)
George Rorie died 8 Dec. 1847 at Plymouth, aged 60.
This officer entered the Navy 2 Nov. 1795, as A.B., on board the Standard 64, Capts. Joseph Ellison, Wm. Lukin, Geo. Burlton, and Thos. Parr on the books of which ship, employed on the coast of France, off St. Helena, and in the North Sea, he continued until Jan. 1797. In Jan. 1799 he joined, for nearly four months, the Europa, Lieut.-Commander John Gardiner, lying at Plymouth; he served next, between March, 1801, and July, 1802, as Midshipman, in the Zealous 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, in the Baltic, off Cadiz, and in the West Indies; and from April, 1803, until June, 1807, he was employed, chiefly on the Home Station, in the Salvador del Mundo, Capts. Henry Lane and John Dilkes, Fisgard and Alcmène frigates, Capts. Lord Mark Robt. Kerr, John Stiles, and Jas. Brisbane, Salvador del Mundo again, Capt. John Loring, and, as Master’s Mate (a rating he had held in the Alcmène), in the Alceste 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell. He was then nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Rebuff gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders John Whiston and Chas. J. Leaver, with whom he served on the coast of France until advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 25 March, 1809. His last appointments were – 25 May, 1809, to the Leyden 64, Capt. Thos. Usher, lying at Sheerness – 13 June following, to the Royalist sloop, Capts. John Maxwell and Geo. Downie, stationed in the Downs, where his health obliged him, in Oct. 1810, to invalid – 10 April, 1811, to .the Gibraltar 80, Capts. Robt. Plampin and Geo. Scott, attached to the Channel fleet – and, 3 Feb. 1812, to the Ocean 98, Capt. Robt. Plampin, with whom he served in the Mediterranean until July, 1814. He accepted the rank of Commander on the Retired List 9 April, 1847. Agent – J. Hinxman.
RORIE. (Retired Commander, 1842. f-p., 19; h-p., 38.)
John James Rorie entered the Navy, 28 June, 1790, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Echo sloop, and, after serving in that capacity in the Scout, was received, about 1793, on board the Druid 32, Capt. Joseph Ellison, with whom and with Capts. Wm. Lukin, Geo. Burlton, Thos. Revell Shivers, and Thos. Parr, he was employed as Midshipman, from 1795 until 1798, in the Standard 64. In the Druid he assisted at the capture of several of the enemy’s vessels, and was frequently engaged with the batteries along the French coast: in the Standard he fought in Lord Bridport’s action 23 June, 1795, and accompanied Sir John Borlase Warren in the expedition to Quiberon. After cruizing for a short time in the Channel in the Ambuscade 32, Capt. Henry Jenkins, he was made Lieutenant, 4 Dec. 1798, into the Echo 18, Capts. Robt. Philpot, John Serrell, and Edm. Boger, on the West India station; where he removed, as First, in Sept. 1803, to the Shark sloop, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth – obtained command, in Dec. of the same year, of the Papillon 10 – again, in Nov. 1804, joined the Shark – and from Jan. 1805 to Jan. 1809 commanded the Morne Fortunée 10. While attached to the Echo, of which sloop he was for a long period First-Lieutenant, Mr. Rorie contributed to the capture of many French and Spanish vessels, and served in the boats in several cutting-out affairs on the coasts of Puerto Rico and St. Domingo. On one occasion, 15 Oct. 1799, he had charge of the jolly-boat, and aided, in company with the pinnace under Lieut. Chas. Fred. Napier, in taking, in Lagnadille Bay, a Spanish brig, laden with cocoa and indigo, and mounting 2 4-pounders, with 20 men.[1] At another time the bow of the boat he commanded was carried away by a round shot. In the Papillon he made prize of a smuggler; and during his command of the Morne Fortunée he took, among a variety of vessels, consisting in all of 23 sail, the French and Spanish privateers Le Luni of 2 guns and 47 men, L’Aimable Jeannette of 2 guns and 20 men, the Babillon of 2 guns and 45 men, and the Santo Christo of 1 gun and 15 men. He bore an active part too in the operations connected with the memorable reduction of Curaçoa in 1807. In the preceding year he had been contused by the bursting of a gun in an attack upon an enemy’s battery and vessels at Puerto Rico. He became a Retired Commander upon the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830; and upon the Senior 2 July, 1842.
Commander Rorie is married, and has issue four sons and one daughter. Agent – J. Hinxman.
ROSCOW. (Retired Commander, 1847. f-p., 15; h-p., 32.)
Samuel Roscow (b) entered the Navy, in June, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spencer 74, Capt. Henry d’Esterre Darby; and in July of the following year was present, as Midshipman, in Sir Jas. Saumarez’ actions off Algeciras and Cadiz. The Spencer being paid off on her return from a voyage to the West Indies, in Sept. 1802, he next, in Feb. 1803, joined the Caroline 36, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page; in which ship, employed for nearly two years in the East Indies, he contributed to the capture, among other vessels, of the De Haasje Batavian brig-of-war, and French privateers Les Frères Unis of 16 guns (mounting 8) and 134 men, and Le Général de Caen of 22 guns and 200 men. On his arrival home with Capt. Page, and a large convoy, in the Trident 64, he was received, in Oct. 1805, on board the Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse; under whom in 1806 he witnessed the defence of Gaeta and the capture of Capri. He continued employed with Capt. Wodehouse in the Mediterranean on board the Cumberland 74, until transferred, in Aug. 1808, to the Montagu 74, Capts. Rich. Hussey Moubray and John Halliday. Being invested, 23 March, 1809, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, Mr. Roscow, on 4 May in the same
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 45.
