Cape Horn. He then joined the Utrecht 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Philip Patton in the Downs; and, on 13 May, 1807, after he had been for a period of more than three years engaged in the Eurydice 24, Capts. J. Nicholas, Wm. Hoste, and Sir Wm. Bolton, in protecting the trade to various places, he was made Sub-Lieutenant into the Sharpshooter, Lieut.-Commander John Goldie. He was promoted, 2 June, 1808, to a full Lieutenancy in the Stately 64, Capts. Wm. Cumberland and Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, flag-ship for some time of Rear-Admiral Thos. Bertie in the Baltic; and was subsequently appointed~28 March, 1810, to the Port Mahon brig, Capt. Villiers Fras. Halton, in which vessel, until he invalided in April, 1812, he was employed in the Channel, in escorting the trade to Lisbon, and in cruizing off the north coast of Spain – 3 Aug. 1812, for seven months, to the Rover sloop, Capts. Justice Finley and Fras. Erskine Loch, stationed in the Bay of Biscay – and, 4 Sept. 1813, to the Sparrow 16, also commanded by Capt. Loch, under whom he was actively employed off St. Jean de Luz and on the north coast of Spain. He went on half-pay 18 May, 1814; and accepted the rank he now holds 1 Nov. 1845.
RULE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.)
William Rule was born 15 June, 1787.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 March, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, attached to the Channel fleet. After assisting at the capture of the French 36-gun frigate La Franchise and several other vessels he was, in June of the same year, discharged. Re-embarking, in July, 1804, on board the Polyphemus 64, Capts. John Lawford, Robt. Redmill, Joseph Ore Masefield, John Broughton, and Wm. Pryce Cumby, he contributed, during a cruize off Cape St. Mary, to the capture, 7 Dec. following, of the Santa Gertruyda Spanish frigate of 36 guns, laden, besides a cargo of the most costly merchandize, with 1,215,000 dollars in specie. He fought also, as Midshipman, at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805; witnessed the surrender of four heavy French frigates from Rochefort to a squadron under the orders of Sir Sam. Hood, 25 Sept. 1806; took part under Rear-Admiral Robt. Murray in the unsuccessful attack made upon Buenos Ayres in July, 1807; and served in the boats at the blockade and reduction of the city of St. Domingo in 1809. From Oct. in the latter year until Oct. 1810 we find him employed in the West Indies and off Deptford in the Firefly 10, Lieut.-Commander David Boyd, and Hyaena store-ship, Master-Commanders Geo. Andrews and John Foxton. He next, in Dec. 1810, joined the Bedford 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, stationed at first off Flushing, and afterwards on the coast of North America; where he aided in the boats at the capture, despite a fierce resistance, of a powerful flotilla, proved instrumental to the destruction of other vessels, and was engaged in landing troops and ammunition during the attack upon New Orleans. He took up in June, 1815, a commission dated 4 of the preceding Feb.; and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Rule married, 8 July, 1817, Ann, daughter of the late Geo. Hawkins, Esq., of Lewisham, co. Kent, formerly of the Custom-House, London, and has an only daughter.
RUMLEY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 34.)
James Rumley entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Brilliant 28, Capts. Fras. Vesey, Robt. Barrie, Rich. Budd Vincent, and Thos. Smyth; in which ship he continued employed on the coast of Ireland and in the Channel, part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman, until Oct. 1809. From that period until 1813 he served at the Cape of Good Hope and on the coast of Africa in the Inconstant 36, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, as Master’s Mate in the Amelia 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, as Acting-Lieutenant in the Tigress, a second time as Master’s Mate in the Amelia, and again as Acting-Lieutenant in the Kangaroo sloop, Capt. Lloyd. He was officially promoted 23 Feb. 1815; and has not been since afloat.
RUNDLE. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
Joseph Sparkhall Rundle was born 5 Aug. 1815 in co. Norfolk.
This officer entered the Navy 21 Oct. 1 829; passed his examination 12 Oct. 1836, while serving on board the Fairy 10, Capt. Wm. Hewett; and for his gallant conduct as Mate of the Volage 26, Capt. Henry Smith, at the capture of Aden (on which occasion he had the honour of planting the first British flag, and aided in taking possession of the island of Seerah), was strongly recommended by his Captain, and was promoted to the rank ot Lieutenant 1 May, 1839. Continuing in the Volage until the return of that ship with Rear-Admiral Elliot to England in 1841, he commanded her pinnace in an attack upon some Chinese war-junks in Cowloon Bay 4 Sept. 1839, and assisted in another made upon a fleet of them off Chuenpee 4 Nov. following. His next appointment was, 28 July, 1841, to the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, on the Mediterranean station, whence, in March, 1843, he invalided from the effects of fever generated at Xanthus while employed in embarking the valuable collection of marbles made by Mr. Fellowes, now in the British Museum. Since 19 Oct. 1843 he has been serving, again in the East Indies, as Second and First Lieutenant in the Fox 42, Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood.
RUSHBROOKE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Henry Rushbrooke is second son of the late Robt. Rushbrooke, Esq., of Rushbrooke Park, co. Suffolk, J.P., Deputy-Lieutenant, and M.P. for the western division of Suffolk, by Frances, daughter of Sir Chas. Davies, Bart.; brother (with Chas. Davies Rushbrooke, Esq., an officer in the Army, who was drowned accidentally, in 1841, in the dockyard at Portsmouth) of the present Robt. Fred. Brownlow Rushbrooke, Esq., of Rushbrooke Park, Captain in the Fusilier Guards; and brother-in-law of Lieut.-Colonel Eyres, of the Grenadier Guards, and of Thos. Duffleld, Esq., of Marcham Park, late M.P. for Abingdon (see the Berkshire part of Mr. R. H. O’Byrne’s ‘Representative History of Great Britain and Ireland’), and of Lieut.-Colonel Eden, of the 56th Regt.
This officer entered the Navy 8 March, 1829; passed his examination 24 March, 1835; and, while serving in the Mediterranean as Mate of the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 Nov. 1841. His appointments have since been – 13 Nov. 1841, to the Calcutta 84, Capts. Sir Sam. Roberts and Geo. Fred. Rich, on the station last named – 20 Dec. 1842, to the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, lying at Plymouth – 22 May, 1843, and 14 May, 1846, to the Inconstant 36 and Orestes 18, Capts. Chas. Howe Fremantle and Edw. St. Leger Cannon, both in the Mediterranean – and, 8 Dec. 1846, to the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle and Sir Chas. Napier, now engaged on particular service. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
RUSSELL. (Captain, 1833.)
The Right Honourable Lord Edward Russell, born in 1805, is second son of the late Duke of Bedford, by his second wife, Georgiana, daughter of Alexander, fourth Duke of Gordon; and half-brother of the present Duke of Bedford, of Major-General Lord Geo. Wm. Russell, G.C.B., A.D.C. to the Queen (some time Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Berlin), and of Lord John Russell, M.P., First Lord of the Treasury.[1] Of his own brothers, one, Charles James Fox, is a Major in the Army, and another, Francis John, a Commander R.N.; a third, Henry, also a
- ↑ An elaborate history of the house of Russell is given in the Bedfordshire part of the ‘Representative History of Great Britain and Ireland,’ by Robt. H. O’Byrne, Esq.
