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Bennett, off Cadiz; and on 11 June, 1809, removed to the Spartan frigate, Capt. Jahleel Brenton. In Oct. of the latter year he assisted at the reduction of Zante, Cephalonia, and Cerigo; and on 3 May, 1810, he signalized himself by his exemplary conduct and gallantry, as Junior Lieutenant of the Spartan, whose force amounted to 46 guns and 258 men, in a brilliant and single-handed victory gained by that ship, in the Bay of Naples (after a contest of more than two hours, in which the British sustained a loss of 10 men killed and 22 wounded), over a Franco-Neapolitan squadron, carrying altogether 95 guns and about 1400 men.[1] Mr. Bourne was subsequently employed with Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, who succeeded to the command of the Spartan, on the coast of North America, where he aided in the capture of numerous privateers and other vessels, until promoted to the command of the Rattler sloop, of 16 guns. He was superseded from that vessel 24 Jan. 1814, and, with the exception of a few months in 1829-30, when he served at Sheerness as Second-Captain of the Donegal 78, Capt. Sir Jahleel Brenton, has held no further appointment.
BOURNE. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 13; h-p., 47.)
Richard Bourne entered the Navy, 30 Sept. 1787, as Captain’s Servant, on board the Druid 32, Capt. Joseph Ellison, on the Channel station; became Midshipman, in 1789, of the Carnatic 74, commanded by Hon. Capt. Bertie; and, having joined the Crescent, of 42 guns and 257 men, Capt. Jas. Saumarez, was, we believe, present at the capture, 20 Oct. 1793, after a close action of two hours, of the French frigate La Réunion, of 36 guns and 320 men, 120 of whom were either killed or wounded, without any casualty whatever to the British.[2] He next served in the Musquito and Sandfly gun-vessels, Lieut.-Commanders W. M‘Carthy and John Chilcott, and Diamond frigate, Capt. Sir Wm. Sidney Smith; was then appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Syren 32, Capt. Graham Moore; and, on rejoining the Diamond, was placed in command, 12 Feb. 1796, of the Sandfly, while in which vessel he was confirmed a Lieutenant, 4 Aug. 1797. On 26 Feb. 1798, we find Mr. Bourne capturing, in company with the Badger gun-vessel, La Souris chasse-marée, of 16 guns; and, at the successful defence, 7 May following, of the small island of St. Marcouf, in the Channel, against the attack of a considerable division of the French flotilla, commanding most effectively the fort on the eastern island.[3] On 24 March, 1804, after five years of half-pay, he obtained command of the Felix schooner, of 12 guns. In that vessel Mr. Bourne, in Jan. 1805, conveyed to Sir Thos. Graves the intelligence, which he was the first to acquire, of the escape of the squadron under M. Missiessy from Aix Road. He subsequently fought an action of great gallantry with a privateer of far superior force; and, in 1806, was severely wounded in an attack on the town of Hea, on the coast of Spain. For the latter service the Patriotic Society appears to have voted him rewards both honorary and pecuniary. He was, however, placed on half-pay on 14 Oct. in the same year; and, unable afterwards to procure employment, accepted, 10 Dec. 1840, the rank of Retired Commander under order in Council of 1816.
Commander Bourne has a daughter, Louisa Blake, who married, 7 Dec. 1841, M. H. Mahon, Esq., of the 86th Regt.
BOUVERIE. (Commander, 1842.)
Frederick William Pleydell Bouverie, born 18 April, 1816, is eldest son of the Hon. and Rev. Frederick Pleydell Bouverie, Canon of Salisbury, by Elizabeth, third daughter of the late Sir Rich. Joseph Sullivan, Bart.; nephew of Rear-Admiral Bouverie, and of the present Sir Chas. Sullivan, Bart., Capt. R.N.; and first-cousin of the Earl of Radnor.
This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College) 12 Oct. 1831; passed his examination in 1836; and obtained his first commission 10 May, 1839. He was afterwards appointed – 15 July following, to the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, one of the ships employed during the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria – 1 Dec. in the latter year, to the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn, also on the Mediterranean station – and, 8 Sept. 1841, to the Victory 104, as Flag-Lieutenant, at Portsmouth, to his uncle Rear-Admiral Bouverie. He was advanced to his present rank 7 March, 1842; but has since been on half-pay. Agent – J. Chippendale.
He married, in 1845, a daughter of the late J. Alexander, Esq.
BOUVERIE. (Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 1846. f-p., 28; h-p., 26.)
The Honourable Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, born 28 June, 1780, is second son of the late Earl of Radnor, by Hon. Anne Duncombe, daughter and co-heir of Anthony Lord Feversham; brother of the present Earl of Radnor; brother-in-law of the Hon. Mrs. P. P. Bouverie, sister of Capt. Edw. Henry A’Court, R.N., M.P.; and uncle of Commander Fred. Wm. P. Bouverie, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy at Portsmouth 9 Jan. 1793; embarked, 24 April, 1795, as a Volunteer, on board the Nassau 64, Capt. Herbert Sawyer; and served, as Midshipman, from 18 of the following month until within a few days of the receipt of his first commission, 16 Feb. 1799, in the Latona and Cambrian frigates, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, on the Home station. He then joined Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Curtis in the Prince 98, and, accompanying him soon afterwards, in the Lancaster 64, to the Cape of Good Hope, continued there to serve, in the same ship and the Adamant 50, latterly as Flag-Lieutenant, until 26 Aug. 1801, when he assumed command of the Penguin sloop, by virtue of a commission dated back to 14 of the preceding Feb. On 2 April, 1802, Capt. Bouverie was made Post into the Braave, of 40 guns; but, leaving that ship in the ensuing Aug., he was subsequently appointed – 1 April, 1803, to the Mercury 28, employed, first, as a floating battery off Guernsey, next in convoying the outward-bound trade to the Mediterranean, and (after capturing, 4 Feb. 1805, a Spanish national vessel, El Fuerte de Gibraltar, of 4 guns and 59 men) in cruizing in the West Indies – 10 Aug. 1805, to L’Aimable 32, in which ship he was chased by a French squadron under M. Richery, when proceeding to join Lord Nelson’s fleet off Cadiz – and, 20 Feb. 1806, to the Medusa 32. During the more than seven years of his continuance in the latter frigate, Capt. Bouverie participated in all the operations in the Rio de la Plata, from Oct. 1806, until his return to England with Lieut.-General Whitelocke, in Sept. 1807, including the capture of Maldonado and the island of Gorriti.[4] He also took, 4 April, 1808, L’Actif, French privateer, of 14 guns; united with Capt. Thos. Manby, of the Thalia 36, in a supposed pursuit of two French frigates to the coast of Labrador, whence he returned after experiencing for three months the greatest privations; captured, 6 and 14 Jan. 1810, while cruizing in the British Channel and Bay of Biscay, the privateers L’Aventure, of 14 guns and 82 men, and L’Hirondelle, of 14 guns and 75 men; and, in the summer of 1812, was repeatedly noticed in the despatches of Sir Geo. Ralph Collier for his efficacious support of the patriot cause on the north coast of Spain, where he particularly contributed to the reduction of Lequeytio and Guetaria.[5] He afterwards commanded, from 15 May, 1828, until 1831, the Windsor Castle 76, on the Medi-
