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CLAYTON—CLEAVELAND—CLEMENTS—CLEPHAN.
and, after serving for some time on board the Laurel 38, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, in which we believe he was wrecked on the Govivas Rock, in the Teigneuse Passage, 31 .Jan. 1812, was promoted, 21 March following, to the rank of Lieutenant. Between Aug. 1812, and May, 1815, he was next employed, in the Apelles 14, Capt. Alex. M‘Vicar, and Archer 12, Capt. Wm. Slaughter, on the Home and Bermuda stations; after which he served on the Coast Blockade, from 31 May, 1823, to 1827, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch, Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and Hugh Pigot. Since 14 May, 1828 (excepting from 26 March, 1836, to 26 March, 1839, when he held charge of the Sylvia Revenue-cutter), Mr. Clayton has been in command of a Coast Guard station. While in the Laurel,, he plunged overboard and saved the life of a seaman.
He married Jane, eldest daughter of Wm. Cornish, Esq., of Merazion, a Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Cornwall, grand-niece, maternally, of the late Capt. Sir Christopher Cole, R.N., K.C.B., and sister-in-law of Lieut. Geo. Gahan, R.N., by whom he has issue.
CLAYTON. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., 7; h-p., 30.)
John Lloyd Clayton, born in Aug. 1796, is third son of the late Sir Wm. Clayton, Bart., of Harleyford, Bucks, by Mary, only daughter of Sir Wm. East, Bart., of Hall Place, Berks; and brother of the present Sir Wm. Robt. Clayton, Bart., as also of Sir East Geo. Clayton East, Bart., LL.D.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 April, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Poictiers 74, Capt. Sir John Poo Beresford, under whom he attained the rating of Midshipman 19 May, 1811, and served, on the Home and American stations, until Feb. 1814. He then successively joined the Tonnant 80, Capt. Lord Cochrane, and Devonshire 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly; was in the Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir J. P. Beresford, when she conveyed Louis XVII. to Calais; and, on his return from Quebec, whither he had gone in the Liffey 50, Capt. John Hancock, became attached, in Feb. 1815, to the Ajax 74, Capt. Geo. Mundy, on the Mediterranean station; where, having removed to the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth, he appears to have taken part in the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, and to have received, on the quarter-deck, the thanks of his Chief for his gallantry in sinking a burning vessel which had been rapidly approaching the flag-ship. After an interval of 16 months Mr. Clayton, in Feb. 1818, rejoined Lord Exmouth in the Impregnable 104, at Plymouth; subsequently to which we find him appointed to the Royal Sovereign and Royal George yachts, Capts. Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen and Hon. Chas. Paget – under the former of whom, in the Royal Sovereign, he escorted to this country the present Queen Dowager, the Dukes and Duchesses of Kent, Cumberland, Cambridge, and Hesse Homburg, and the Grand Duke Michael of Russia. Since 9 Nov. 1818, the date of his promotion, he has not been afloat.
Lieut. Clayton is a magistrate for co. Middlesex and the liberties of Westminster. He married, in April, 1832, Louisa Sophia, only daughter of Chas. Littledale, Esq., of Portland Place, and by that lady, who died in March, 1841, has one son. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
CLEAVELAND. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 14; h-p., 1.)
George Cleaveland, born 9 Sept. 1818, is nephew of Capt. Sir Robt. Oliver, R.N., K.H.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 June, 1832, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dee steam-vessel, commanded by his uncle, Capt. Robt. Oliver, in the North Sea; became Midshipman, 27 June, 1834, of the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, in the Mediterranean; and, until July, 1841, continued to serve, on the latter station, on board the Medea steamer, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin, Malabar 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Aug. Montagu, and, the last three years as Mate, on board the Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Stopford, under whom he shared, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, in the various operations of the Syrian campaign. He then joined, at Portsmouth, the Queen 110, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen; and, on 7 Feb. 1842, obtained his commission. His appointments have since been – 18 March, 1842, to the Styx steam-vessel, Capt. Alex. Thos. Emeric Vidal, employed in surveying the Azores – 8 Feb. 1843, and 28 March, 1844, to the Tartarus and Hecate steam surveying-vessels, commanded on the coast of Ireland by Capts. Fred. Bullock and Jas. Paterson Bower – and, 4 March, 1845, to the Hibernia 104, now flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
CLEMENTS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 33.)
Hanbury Clements entered the Navy, 21 Aug. 1806, as Clerk, on board the Morne Fortunée 12, Lieut.-Commander John Jas. Rorie, on the Jamaica station, where he attained the rating of Midshipman, 1 Jan. 1807, and assisted at the capture of the Babillon Spanish privateer of 2 guns and 45 men. On removing, next, to the Polyphemus 64, Capt. Wm. Pryce Cumby, he witnessed, 6 July, 1809, the surrender of the city of St. Domingo; subsequently to which he came home in the Favourite sloop, Capt. Benj. Clement, experiencing en route the effects of a fearful hurricane. After an intermediate servitude on board the Neptune and Swiftsure, he joined the Laurel 38, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, in which he was wrecked on the Govivas Rock, in the Teigneuse Passage, 31 Jan. 1812. From that period Mr. Clements remained a prisoner of war in France until May, 1814. He was advanced to his present rank, on his return home, 15 March, 1815; but has not since been afloat.
CLEPHAN. (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p., 20; h-p., 33.)
James Clephan was born in Fifeshire, N.B. This officer entered the Navy (through the hands of a press-gang, after having served his time as an apprentice in the merchant-service), 23 July, 1794, as A.B., on board the Sibyl 28, Capt. Hon. Chas. Jones, afterwards Viscount Ranelagh, with whom he joined, 7 Oct. 1795, as Master’s Mate, the Doris 36, in which frigate he continued to serve, in the North Sea and on the Irish station, latterly under Capts. John Halliday and Chas. Brisbane, until July, 1801. On the night of 21 of the latter month we find him assisting, in the boats of the Doris and of the Beaulieu and Uranie frigates, all commanded by Lieut. Keith Maxwell, at the cutting-out of La Chevrette corvette, of 20 long nine-pounders and 350 men, under the batteries in Camaret Bay, near Brest, a position deemed almost impregnable, after a deadly conflict, in which the enemy lost their Captain, 6 other officers, and 85 men killed, and 1 Lieutenant, 4 Midshipmen, and 57 men wounded – and the British 1 Lieutenant, R.M., 1 Midshipman, and 9 men slain, and 2 Lieutenants, 1 Master’s Mate, 3 Midshipmen, and 51 men wounded. For his distinguished gallantry on that memorable occasion, when, although knocked overboard while ascending her side, he was the first to gain the enemy’s deck, and there received several slight wounds, Mr. Clephan was promoted, on 31 of the same month, to a well-earned Lieutenancy in the Namur 98, Capt. Hon. Michael De Courcy. While belonging next, from 11 March, 1803, to Dec. 1809, to the Spartiate 74, Capts. Geo. Murray, John Manley, and Sir Fras. Laforey, he visited the Mediterranean, took part in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and was for four years employed as her First-Lieutenant in the West Indies. Having been promoted to the rank of Commander, from the Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir F. Laforey, 20 April, 1811, the subject of this notice was, on 15 June following, appointed to the Cha-
