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wounded. He also assisted in landing the army; was otherwise very responsibly employed; and, for his conduct in particular at the storming of the line of forts along the left bank of the Mississippi, was appointed by Sir P. Malcolm to a Lieutenancy in the Borer sloop, Capt. Wm. Rawlins. Mr. Carr, whose promotion was confirmed by the Admiralty, 8 Feb. 1815, returned to England in the Bulwark 74, and was placed on half-pay in May following. He subsequently obtained an appointment in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, 6 July, 1825; and, on 16 March, 1831, was transferred to the Coast Guard, in which service he has been ever since very effectively employed.
He married Sarah, daughter of Thos. Bradley, Esq., of Granville, in the island of Jersey, and by that lady has issue six sons and one daughter.
CARR. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 23; h-p., 13.)
Washington Carr entered the Navy, 26 March, 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aquilon 32, Capt. Hon. Wm. Pakenham; attained the rating of Midshipman 11 Jan. 1812; and continued to serve in the same ship, under Capts. Wm. Bowles, Jas. Boxer, Thos. Burton, and Rich. Budd Vincent, until April, 1816. During that period he assisted at the destruction, in face of 1500 French soldiers, of seven large merchantmen, aground near Stralsund, and was employed in South America, as also in the Mediterranean, whither he escorted General Don and the outward-bound trade in 1814. Mr. Carr next joined the Malta 84, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, both lying at Plymouth; became Admiralty Midshipman, in Nov. 1818, of the Severn 50, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, stationed in the Downs for the purposes of the Coast Blockade; and, on 12 Sept. 1821, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His next appointments were – 7 Jan. 1824, again to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch – 3 May, 1830, to the Caledonia 120, Capts. Rich. Curry, Edw. Curzon, and Jas. Hillyar, employed on various particular services – 7 March, 1835, to the Excellent, Capt. Thos. Hastings, gunnery-ship at Portsmouth – 26 Sept. 1836, and 1 July, 1838, to the Téméraire 104, and Ocean 80, Capts. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy and Sir John Hill, guardships at Sheerness – 24 April, 1839, and 9 Oct. 1841, as First-Lieutenant, to the Belleisle 72 and Vindictive 50, both commanded by Capt. John Toup Nicolas, on the Mediterranean and Home stations – and, 30 May, 1843, to the command, in the West Indies, of the Hermes steam-sloop. He has been on half-pay since the attainment of his present rank, 9 Nov. 1846. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
CARRE, formerly Riddell. (Captain, 1819. f-p., 20; h-p., 31.)
Robert Riddell Carre, born 27 Feb. 1782, in Edinburgh, is third son of Wm. Riddell, Esq., one of an old Scottish family, by Elizabeth, only daughter of John Carre, Esq., of Cavers-Carre. He acquired his present surname in 1817, on inheriting the estates of his maternal uncle, the late Alex. Carre, Esq., of Cavers-Carre.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 June, 1796, as Midshipman, on board the Albatross 18, Capt. Geo. Scott, on the Home station, where he assisted in capturing, 8 Sept. and 14 Nov. 1797, the privateers De Braave, of 5 guns, 8 swivels, and 25 men, and L’Emouchette, of 8 guns, 6 swivels, and 55 men. He next, in succession, joined the Kite 18, Capts. Wm. Brown and Chas. Lydiard, and Veteran 64, Capt. Archibald Collingwood Dickson; and, in the latter ship, was present at the surrender of the Dutch Rear-Admiral Storey’s fleet in the Texel, 30 Aug. 1799, and at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. After an attachment of some months during the peace to one of the Plymouth guardships, Mr. Carre, in April, 1803, rejoined Capt. Dickson, as a passed Midshipman, in the Sceptre 64, of which ship, on proceeding to the East Indies, he was appointed an Acting-Lieutenant in 1804, and a confirmed one, 5 Oct. 1805. He returned home, in consequence of ill health, in April, 1807; was next, in July following, appointed to the Orion 74, commanded also by Capt. Dickson; and continued to serve in that ship, latterly as First-Lieutenant, on the North Sea and Baltic stations – attending, in the mean while, the expedition to Flushing – until advanced to the rank of Commander, 1 Feb. 1812. Capt. Carre’s last appointment afloat was, on 8 Dec. in the same year, to the Britomart 10, in which we find him serving off the Scheldt and Texel, on the Irish and Portsmouth stations, and eventually at the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. He was placed on half-pay 15 Nov. following; and attained Post-rank 12 Aug. 1819. His acceptance of the Retirement took place 1 Oct. 1846.
CARROLL. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
Andrew De la Cour Carroll entered the Navy 18 June, 1812; passed his examination in 1818; obtained his commission 28 Oct. 1829; joined the Talbot 28, Capt. Follett Walrond Pennell, on the South American station, 6 June, 1834; and, since 3 April, 1837, has been serving in the Coast Guard.
He married, 21 Jan. 1841, Mary, daughter of John Wright, Esq., of Springfield, co. Wicklow.
CARROLL. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
John Fitzgerald Carroll died in 1846. He was youngest son of the late Lieut.-Col. John Carroll.
This oflcer entered the Navy 1 May, 1823; passed his examination in 1829; served for some time, as Mate, on board the Columbine steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Benj. Aplin, on the Falmouth station; and obtained his commission 10 Jan. 1837. His subsequent appointments were – 23 Feb. in the same year, to the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe, employed off Lisbon and in the Mediterranean – 15 Sept. 1840, as First-Lieutenant, to the Hecate steam-vessel, Capt. Jas. Hamilton Ward, on the latter station – and, 11 June, 1845, and 3 March, 1846, in a similar capacity, to the Styx steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Windham Hornby, and Actaeon 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel, in which vessels he successively served until the period of his death. Agent – J. Hinxman.
CARROLL. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
William Dacres Carroll, son of Capt. W. F. Carroll, R.N., C.B., was killed, in 1846, while temporarily on board the President 50, in Simon’s Bay.
This officer entered the Navy 1 Sept. 1832; passed his examination 25 Oct. 1838; and was promoted from the Royal George yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, 7 March, 1842. From 21 April, 1842, until the period of his death, he served in the Winchester 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Hon. Josceline Percy. Agent – J. Hinxman.
CARROLL, C.B. (Captain, 1813. f-p., 26; h-p., 26.)
William Fairbrother Carroll, born 28 Jan. 1784, at Glencarrig, co. Wicklow, is son of Daniel Carroll, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, of Uskane, co. Tipperary; brother of Lieut.-Colonel Carroll, of the 6th Portuguese Regt., who died from fatigue at the battle of Toulouse, in 1814, and of Lieut. Carroll, R.M.A., who was aide-de-camp to Lieut.-General Doyle, and lost his life at the siege of Cadiz; and brother-in-law of Lieut.-General Nelson, Colonel Stirke, and Lieut.-Colonel Milling.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Dec. 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diamond 38, Capt. Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, with whom, after contributing to the destruction of a convoy at Herqui, he was taken prisoner in the river Seine 18 April, 1796. On his release from captivity, in Aug. 1797, he
