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BOTELER—BOTT—BOULDERSON.
brother of Commander J. H. Boteler, R.N. – of the late Commander Thos. Boteler, R.N., who died, 28 Nov. 1829, while commanding the Hecla surveying-vessel on the coast of Africa – of the late Lieut.-Col. Rich. Boteler, R.E., an officer who served throughout the whole of the Peninsular war – and of Capt. Robt. Boteler, R.E.; nephew of the late Admiral Sir John Harvey, K.C.B., the late Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Harvey, K.C.B., and the present Capt. Edw. Harvey, R.N.; and cousin of Commanders Henry, John, and Thomas Harvey, R.N. His half-brother, Wm. Fuller Boteler, Esq., Q.C., is a Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn, Recorder of the City of Canterbury the towns and ports of Sandwich, Hythe, and New Romney, and the borough of Deal, and Steward of the town of Fordwich.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Oct. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, commanded by his uncle, Capt. John Harvey, with whom he was present, as Midshipman, in Sir Robt. Calder’s action, 22 July, 1805. He continued to be employed under the same officer (with the exception of a period of 17 months, from Jan. 1808, to June, 1809, when he appears to have been doing duty on board the Orion 74, Capt. Archibald Collingwood Dickson, on the Baltic station) in the Canada and Leviathan 74’s, and as Master’s Mate, in the Royal Sovereign 100, in the West Indies and Mediterranean. On the latter station, in the Leviathan, one of a squadron under Sir Geo. Martin, he witnessed the destruction, 26 Oct. 1809, of the French line-of-battle ships Robuste and Lion; and, in the Royal Sovereign, he assisted at the blockade of Toulon in 1811. Mr. Boteler, who next joined the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, received a commission appointing him to that ship, 18 Sept. 1812. He subsequently became attached, 22 Oct. following, to the Scout 18, Capts. Alex. Renton Sharpe and Benj. Crispin, on the Mediterranean station – 6 Sept. 1813, as First-Lieutenant, to the Nautilus 18, Capt. Thos. Dench, similarly employed – in Dec. of the same year, to the Eclair 18, Capt. John Bellamy, on the Irish station – and, 22 Aug. 1815, as Senior, to the Antelope 50, from which ship, after serving for three years in the Leeward Islands under the flag of his relative, Rear Admiral J. Harvey, he was paid off in April, 1819. Commander Boteler, who was promoted to the rank he now holds 12 Aug. ensuing, was afterwards employed for three years, from 20 June, 1833, until 1836, in the Coast-Guard. He also held, as Additional-Commander of the Tmraire and Ocean guard-ships at Sheerness, the Superintendence of the Packet Establishment at Dover, from 16 Sept. 1837, until the summer of 1841; and from 17 Aug. in that year until the close of 1846, he was again occupied as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard.
He married, 1 Dec. 1829, Henrietta, daughter of the late Allan Bellingham, Esq., and niece of the late Sir Wm. Bellingham, Bart., of Castle Bellingham, by whom he has issue a daughter.
BOTELER. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 19; h-p., 20.)
John Harvey Boteler, born at Eastry, co. Kent, 11 Feb. 1796, is next brother of Commander H. Boteler, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 May, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rochester prison-ship, Lieut.-Commander Matthew Bowles Alt, lying in the river Medway, where he successively joined the Irresistible 74, Commodore Geo. Fowke, and the Majestic 74, commanded by his relative, Capt. Thos. Harvey. In Feb. 1810, he became Midshipman of the Ruby 64, bearing the flag in the Baltic of Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon; and, while afterwards serving on the same station, in the Dictator 64, Capt. Robt. Williams, we find him engaged in several boat affairs with the enemy. During the three years and a half immediately preceding his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 19 Sept. 1815, Mr. Boteler appears to have been further employed, principally in the North Sea and West Indies, on board the Sceptre and Zealous 74's, Capts. Thos. Harvey and Thos. Boys, and Orontes 36, Capt. Nath. Day Cochrane. His succeeding appointments were – 3 Oct. 1815, to the Antelope 60, flag-ship in the Leeward Islands of his uncle, Rear-Admiral John Harvey – 7 Feb. 1820, to the Northumberland 74, Capts. T. Harvey and Thos. Jas. Maling, guard-ship at Sheerness, whence he was detached for nine months in 1821-2, in command of the Seagull tender, to cruize in the North Sea, and was afterwards lent to the Royal Sovereign yacht – 3 Dec. 1822, as First Lieutenant, to the Ringdove 18, Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, whom he accompanied to the West Indies – 1 May, 1823, to the Gloucester 74, Capts. G. F. Rich and Jas. Lillicrap, on the latter station, whence, after commanding for three months the Ringdove schooner, ill health obliged him to invalid in the following September – 30 Aug. 1825, to the Albion 74, Capt. John Acworth Ommanney, by whom, subsequently to the battle of Navarin, he was employed, in charge of the Lyra 10, off Lisbon – and, in Sept. 1828, to the Royal George yacht, Capts. Sir Michael Seymour, Sir Wm. Hoste, and Geo. Mundy, lying at Portsmouth, whence he was sent, again in command of a tender, the Onyx 10, to Gibraltar, the Brazils, and West Indies. Since 14 Jan. 1830, the date of his last promotion, Commander Boteler has been on half-pay.
He married, 15 Aug. 1832, Helen Agnes, fifth daughter of the late Jas. West, Esq., of Bryanstone Square, London, and by that lady has issue a son and four daughters. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
BOTT. (Lieutenant, 1832.)
George Bott entered the Navy 2 Dec. 1823; passed his examination in 1830; and obtained his commission 15 Oct. 1832. He afterwards joined – 7 Nov. 1832, the Excellent 76, gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings – 1 March, 1834, the Canopos 84, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, in the Mediterranean – 5 July, 1837, and 18 Oct. 1840, the Donegal 78, and Britannia 120, flag-ships, on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, of Sir John Acworth Ommanney. He went on half-pay towards the close of 1841.
Lieut. Bott is at present employed as Superintendent of Convicts at Norfolk Island, New South Wales. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
BOULDERSON. (Retired Commander, 1836. f-p., 15; h-p., 36.)
Leslie Boulderson entered the Navy, 10 Sept. 1796, as A.B., on board the Bellerophon 74, Capt Henry D’Esterre Darby; under whom, in the following month, he attained the rating of Midshipman, and was present, 1 Aug. 1798, at the battle of the Nile. He next served with the same officer, from May, 1800, to Sept. 1802 (in the course of which year he passed his examination), on board the Spencer 74; and on 3 Sept. 1803, was made Lieutenant from the Leviathan 74, flag-ship in the West Indies of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, into the Delft 64, Capt. Volant Vashon Ballard. His ensuing appointments were – in 1803 and 4, to the Shark sloop, Capt. Herring, again to the Leviathan, and to the Goliath 74, Capt. Chas. Brisbane – 15 Feb. 1805, to the Charwell 16, Capts. Phillp Dumaresq, Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, and Robt. Lisle Coulson, from which ship, after attending, we believe, the expedition to the Rio de la Plata, he invalided 10 March, 1808 – 1 Dec. following, to the Vulture sloop, Capt. Martin White, on the Jersey station – 22 Nov. 1811 (after two years of half-pay), to the Volcano bomb, Capts. John Griffith and Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, employed at the defence of Cadiz – 25 March, 1813, to the command of the Mary Ann hired transport, on the Mediterranean station, which he retained until 25 Sept. 1814 – and lastly 29 May, 1815, to the Erebus 16, Capts. David Ewen Bartholomew and Fras. Le Hunte lying in the Downs. He was paid off from the
