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COTESWORTH—COTGRAVE.
COTESWORTH. (Commander, 1829. f-p., 16; h-p., 22.)
William Cotesworth is brother of Lieut. Chas. Cotesworth, R.N.; and brother-in-law of Capt. Chas. Bell, R.N., C.B., Lieut. Edmund Scott, R.N., and Jas. Kerr, Esq., Master, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Oct. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Josef 110, Capt. Rich. Bailing Dunn, flag-ship in the Channel and off Cadiz of Sir John Thos. Duckworth; with the former of whom he appears to have been successively transferred to the Hibernia 110, Armide 38, and Dublin 74. Having attained the rating of Midshipman, he next removed, in June, 1813, to the Medusa 32, Capt, Geo. Bell. He cruized for some months afterwards in the Bay of Biscay on board the Andromache 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin; and, sailing then for North America in the Akbar 50, Capt. Archibald Dickson, joined the Saturn 38, Capt. Jas. Nash, off New York. He subsequently obtained a berth on board the Endymion, of 48 guns and 319 men, Capt. Henry Hope, in time to participate, 15 Jan. 1815, in that vessel’s memorable capture, after a close action of two hours and a half; a loss to the British of 11 killed and 14 wounded, and to the enemy of 35 killed and 70 wounded, of the President American frigate, of 56 guns and 465 men. On being paid off in Sept. 1815, Mr. Cotesworth served for 10 months at Portsmouth under the flag of Sir John Duckworth; after which he proceeded to the Mediterranean in the Impregnable 104, flagship of Rear-Admiral David Milne, and was with Lord Exmouth in the Queen Charlotte 100, at the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. He assumed the rank of Lieutenant 16 Sept. following; and was afterwards appointed – 19 Aug. 1818, to the Révolutionnaire 46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, on the Mediterranean station – 17 March and 30 Oct. 1823, to the Thetis and Lively frigates, Capts. Sir John Phillimore and Wm. Elliott – 30 May, 1824, again to the Thetis – and, 13 April, 1827, as First-Lieutenant, to the Herald 10, Capt. Edw. Wm. Corry Astley, employed on particular service. While in the Thetis, Mr. Cotesworth commanded her boats and those of the Swinger gun-brig, during a series of arduous operations against the Ashantees in July, 1824; took part also in various experimental cruizes; and was employed in escorting different diplomatic personages to Naples, Constantinople, and South America. In the Herald we find him accompanying to India S. R. Lushington, Esq., Governor of the Madras Presidency; then returning home with Earl Amherst; and next conveying to Barbadoes and Jamaica Major-General Sir Jas. Lyon and the Earl of Belmore, the newly-appointed Governors. Since his last promotion, 6 April, 1829, Commander Cotesworth has been on half-pay.
He married, 9 March, 1844, Susan Maria, daughter of the late W. Greaves, Esq., of Walthamstow. Agent – J. Hinxman.
COTGRAVE. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 15; h-p., 35.)
Edward Stone Cotgrave is son of the late Capt. Isaac Cotgrave, R.N.; brother of Lieuts. Rich, and Rowland Burdon Cotgrave, R.N.; and brother-in-law of Capt. Sam. Burgess, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Dec. 1797, as Midshipman, on board the Volcano bomb, commanded by his father, with whom he continued to serve, latterly in the Gannet 16, until May, 1802. In June, 1803, he became attached to the Majestic 74, Capts. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, John Lawford, and Robt. Moorsom; and on 20 Dec. 1805 was promoted, from the Iris 32, Capts. Edw. Brace and Thos. Lavie, to be Sub-Lieutenant of the Contest gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Gregory. Having been appointed to a full Lieutenancy in the Belleisle 74, Capt. Wm. Hargood, 22 Jan. 1806, Mr. Cotgrave, who had hitherto served on the Home station, sailed for the West Indies; and, proceeding next to the coast of North America, witnessed, 14 Sept. following, the destruction, off Cape Henry, of the French 74-gun ship L’Impétueux, On his return to the West Indies, he appears to have been successively appointed – 24 June and 12 Oct. 1807, to the Port d’Espagne 18, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart, and Camilla 20, Capt. John Boweu – 20 Feb. 1809, to the Achates 10, Capt. Thos. Pinto – 7 May, 1810, to the Minerva frigate, Capt. Rich. Hawkins – and, 15 April, 1813, to the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland. When in the Port D’Espagne, Mr. Cotgrave commanded her boats, conjointly with Lieut. Hall, at the capture, 12 Sept. 1807, of El Rosario Spanish privateer, of 1 gun and 34 men.[1] He assisted, in the Camilla, at the reduction of Marie Galante, 2 March, 1808; and, in the Achates, was wrecked in Feb. 1810. He obtained the acting-command of the Goree sloop, at Bermuda, 6 April, 1815; was confirmed into the Pylades 13 June following; and since 19 July in the same year, when he was paid off, has been unemployed.
Commander Cotgrave was awarded, 8 Oct. 1808, a pension for the loss of an eye. He married, in Feb. 1824, Alicia Mary, eldest daughter of the late Wm. Scott, Esq., of Camden Place, Bath.
COTGRAVE. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Richard Cotgrave is brother of Commander Edw. Stone Cotgrave, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 30 Oct. 1810; passed his examination in 1819; attained the rank of Lieutenant 28 Feb. 1825; joined, 4 March following, the Cambridge 82, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, on the South American station, where he remained two years; and, since 13 Feb. 1839, has been employed in the Coast Guard.
COTGRAVE. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 22; h-p., 17.)
Rowland Burdon Cotgrave, born 1 March, 1798, is brother of Commander Edw. Stone Cotgrave, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1808, as Midshipman, on board the Pincher gun-brig, commanded by his brother-in-law, Lieut. Sam. Burgess; and in July, 1809, assisted in taking the batteries of Cuxhaven and Gessendorf. Having been discharged from the Pincher in Feb. 1811, we find Mr. Cotgrave, on 1 Oct. 1812, entering the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth; and, on leaving that institution in Sept. 1815, proceeding to the West Indies on board the Tigris 36, Capt. Robt. Henderson. From 5 Dec. 1817, the date of his passing, until June, 1822, he further served, as Admiralty Midshipman, in the Antelope 50, Rear-Admiral John Harvey, Helicon 10, Capt. Wm. Robt. Ashley Pettman, Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, and Iphigenia 36, Commodore Sir Robt. Mends; and during the latter part of that period appears to have been very actively employed in the suppression of smuggling and slavery on the Home and African stations. He then joined the Bann 20, Capt. Chas. Phillips; was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 29 Aug. following; and, after holding command for some time of the San Raphael tender, returned to England in March, 1823. Mr. Cotgrave’s next appointment was, 28 Nov. in the same year, to the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Hugh Patton, fitting at Chatham; from which vessel he removed, 3 March, 1824, to the Ramillies 74, Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch and Hugh Pigot. Until Dec. 1825 he was afterwards very constantly employed either in raising men for the Coast Blockade, or in cruizing for the protection of the Revenue, with the Antelope cutter, tender to the Ramillies, under his orders. He next served in the Coast Guard from 14 May, 1836, until the spring of 1842; and has since been on half-pay. Lieut. Cotgrave married, 19 May, 1831, Emily Henrietta, daughter of R. Ellis, Esq., of Torrington Square, London. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 1747.
