July, 1805, to the Kent 74, Royal Sovereign 100, and Queen 98, flag-ships of Sir Rich. Bickerton in the Mediterranean. In the Tremendous he witnessed the capture of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay 17 Aug. 1796; in the Trusty he accompanied the expedition to the Helder in 1799; and in the Kent he assisted, in 1801, in expelling the French from Egypt; where he acquired the “most unequivocal praise of Sir Ralph Abercromby” for his exertions while serving with the army on the memorable 8 March, and was highly commended by Sir Wm. Sidney Smith for his zealous and gallant conduct in the battles of the 13th and 21st. In acknowledgment of his efforts during the campaign he was presented with a gold medal by the Turkish Government. While with Sir H. C. Christian in the Tremendous Mr. Stoddart filled the post of First-Lieutenant, as he also did for a considerable time under Sir R. Bickerton. He left the Queen 30 Sept. 1805; and on 22 Jan. 1806 he was made Commander into the Cruizer 18. In that vessel he made prize, 6 and 26 Jan. 1807, of Le Jena and Le Brave privateers, of 16 guns each; retook two merchant- brigs; and liberated the crews of three other vessels which had fallen into the hands of the enemy. He also united in the attack upon Copenhagen; during the siege of which place he was stationed on shore, was several times engaged with the Danes, and on one occasion in particular, 22 Aug. 1807, obtained, in common with the others employed, the praise of Admiral Gambier for the bravery and energy he displayed in a long and heavy contest with a powerful flotilla. He attained Post-rank 13 Oct. 1807; was appointed, 22 Sept. 1810, to the command pro tem., which he retained for seven weeks, of the Pallas frigate on the coast of Norway (where he captured with his boats two Danish privateers, one mounting 6, the other 5 guns); and on 23 Nov. 1841 was advanced to Flag-rank.
Rear-Admiral Stoddart married, 20 Nov. 1807, Miss Frances Sprot, niece of Mark Sprot, Esq., of King’s Road, Bedford Row; by whom he has left issue seven children. His third son, James, is a Commander R.N.
STOKES. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Henry Stokes entered the Navy 15 Feb. 1828; passed his examination 6 Dec. 1834; and on the paying off of the Daphne 18, Capt. John Windham Dalling, in which vessel he had been serving in the Mediterranean, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 21 June, 1842. His appointments have since been – 14 Oct. 1842, to the Stromboli steamer, Capt. Wm. Louis, again in the Mediterranean – 12 July, 1843, for six months, to the Penelope steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Jones, employed on particular service – 11 July, 1844, to the Tartarus steam surveying-vessel, Capt. Jas. Wolfe, stationed on the coast of Ireland, where he remained until the following Dec. – and, 26 May, 1845, to the command, which he still holds, of a station in the Coast Guard. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
STOKES. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 19; h-p., 4.)
John Lort Stokes entered the Navy, 20 Sept. 1824, as Fst.-el. Vol., on board the Prince Regent 120, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Moorsom at Sheerness. From Oct. 1825 until Nov. 1830 he aided, as Midshipman of the Beagle 10, Capt. Robt. FitzRoy, in surveying the Straits of Magellan; and from June, 1831, until Nov. 1836, he was employed as Mate and Assistant-Surveyor in the same vessel, under Capt. FitzRoy, in examining and defining the coast of South America. He obtained his first commission 10 Jan. 1837; and on being re-appointed, 25 Feb. following, to the Beagle, then commanded by Capt. John Clements Wickham, he sailed on a voyage of discovery to Australia, whence he returned to England and was paid off 14 Oct. 1843. In Dec. 1840 he was severely wounded in an affray with the natives. In March, 1841, Capt. Wickham’s health obliging him to invalid, he succeeded to the command of the Beagle; and on 16 Aug. following his appointment was confirmed. He attained his present rank 4 July, 1846; and since 14 Oct. 1847 has been in command of the Acheron steam surveying-vessel in the East Indies.
Capt. Stokes married, in Jan. 1841, at Port Phillip, Fanny Jane, daughter of the late Major Marlay. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
STOKES. (Lieut., 1830. f-p., 20; h-p., 15.)
Shovel Brenton Stokes entered the Navy, 24 Feb. 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bacchante 38, Capts. Wm. Hoste and Fras. Stanfell; in which ship and her boats he saw much service in the Mediterranean, and assisted at the reduction of the towns of Rovigno, Karlebago, Fiumé, Ragusa, and Cattaro. On proceeding subsequently to the coast of North America, we find him, in the capacity of Midshipman, accompanying an expedition to Penobscot Bay, and contributing to the capture of the town of Machias. In July, 1815, he was received, as a Supernumerary, on board the Prince, Capt. Edm. Boger, lying at Spithead; and he was subsequently employed – from 5 Oct. 1815 until Nov. 1818, in the Bann 20 and Cherub 26, Capts. Wm. Fisher and Geo. Wickens Willes, on the coast of Africa – from 10 Nov. 1818 until 1821, as Mate, in the Wye 26, Capts. G. W. Willes and Peter Fisher, in the North Sea – from 1821 until 24 Aug. 1824, as Admiralty-Mate, Acting-Lieutenant, and Admiralty-Mate, in his former ship the Bann, Capts. Chas. Phillips Jones, Geo. Woollcombe, and Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, and Driver sloop, Capt. Chas. Bowen, both on the coast of Africa – and, from 14 Sept. 1824, until advanced to his present rank 22 July, 1830, chiefly as Admiralty-Mate, in the Albion 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, Brazen 26, Capt. G. W. Willes, Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Moorsom, Aetna bomb, Capt. Thos. Edw. Hoste, Racer tender, Asia 84, Capts. Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone and Geo. Burdett, and St. Vincent 120, Capt. Hyde Parker, on the Home, African, and Mediterranean stations. His next and last appointment was, 4 July, 1836, to the Salamander steamer, Capt. Sidney Colpoys Dacres, under whom he was employed on the north coast of Spain until superseded in Feb. 1838. While serving on the coast of Africa he assisted in capturing a great variety of slave-vessels.
STOLL. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 17; h-p., 6.)
John Luke Richard Stoll is son of the Hon. J. W. Stoll, Treasurer and Accountant-General at the Cape of Good Hope, and a Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of that colony.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1824, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Andromache frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Joseph Nourse at the Cape of Good Hope. In Feb. 1825 he was discharged; and in the following May he entered the Royal Naval College. He joined next, in the course of 1827, the Acorn and Satellite sloops, Capts. Alex. Ellice and John Milligen Laws (each forming part of an experimental squadron), and Maidstone 42, bearing the broad pendants of Commodores Wm. Skipsey and Chas. Marsh Sohomberg at the Cape of Good Hope; where he removed, in Aug. 1830, to the Espoir 10, Capt. Henry Fras. Greville. On that vessel being paid off he was received, in Jan. 1831, on board the Winchester 52, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, Commander-in-Chief on the North America and West India station. He attained the rank of Lieutenant 6 Oct. 1832; and was in that capacity appojnted – 29 Oct. 1832, to the Fly 18, Capt. Peter M‘Quhae, in the West Indies, where he remained until Feb. 1835 – 4 Feb. 1836, as a Supernumerary, to the Thalia 42, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Patrick Campbell at the Cape of Good Hope – in April, 1837, and March, 1838, to the command of the Buzzard and Bonetta of 3 guns each, on the coast of Africa, , whence he returned to England and was paid off in June, 1840 – and in Nov. 1841, as Senior, to his for-
