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duction of the batteries at Amoy in Aug. 1841, he joined (having been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 8 of the previous June) the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier. On 10 March, 1842, he commanded the boats of that frigate, in conjunction with those of the Hyacinth under Capt. Geo. Goldsmith, at the destruction of 10 fire-vessels off Chinghae. He served afterwards on shore with a division of seamen in the hostilities against Tse-Kee[1] – was employed at the taking of Chapoo and Woosung – succeeded Lieut. Crouch, who had been wounded, in command of the boats at Chin-Kiang-Foo – and finally, when commanding the Algerine, received the thanks of Sir Wm. Parker for his assistance in finishing the survey of the Tang-tse-Kiang. Since 26 Aug. 1844, Mr. Dolling has been employed as an Acting Agent for Mails.
He married, 7 Jan. 1845, Mary, daughter of Commander John Whipple, R.N. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
DONELLAN. (Commander, 1844. f-p., 19; h-p., 28.)
Malachi Donellan entered the Navy, 30 Oct. 1800, as Midshipman, on board the Leyden 64, Capt. Wm. Bedford; and was present, in Aug. 1801, in an attack made by Lord Nelson on the Boulogne flotilla. On next joining the Maidstone 32, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, he sailed for the Mediterranean with despatches relative to the ratification of the treaty of Amiens; and, while on that station, he witnessed the capture, soon after the renewal of hostilities, of L’Arab national brig, of 8 guns. In Aug. 1803, he accompanied Capt. Moubray into the Active 38, in which frigate, after cruizing for some time on the Irish station, he passed the Dardanells with Sir John Duckworth in Feb. 1807, and commanded a boat at the destruction of one of the enemy’s largest frigates. Being promoted, while in the Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood, to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 Feb. 1808, Mr. Donellan next joined the Revenge 74, Capts. Sir John Gore, Hon. Chas. Paget, and Alex. Robt. Kerr; under whom he appears to have been actively employed at the blockade of Cadiz, and at the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads, 12 April, 1809. On 12 May in the latter year he removed to the Sarpedon 10, Capt. Jas. Green; as First-Lieutenant of which vessel we find him frequently commanding the boats at the capture of the enemy’s vessels under the batteries on the coast of France; and, on 15 Nov. 1810, assisting in an attack made by Capt. Grant, of the Diana, on the two French frigates Amazone and Eliza, protected by the fire of several formidable batteries near Cherbourg. Until paid off in Oct. 1815, he afterwards served in the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Robt. Rolles, on the Mediterranean station, and for three years, as First-Lieutenant, in the Childers brig, Capts. John Bedford and John Brand Umfreville. On 15 Sept. 1814, he took part in an unsuccessful attack on Fort Bowyer, Mobile Point, where the Hermes, one of the British squadron, was destroyed; and he subsequently commanded the boats at the reduction of several forts at the entrance of Pensacola Bay. His next appointment was to the command, 29 Nov. 1839, of the Crescent receiving-ship for liberated Africans, at Rio de Janeiro, where he continued upwards of four years. Since his promotion to his present rank, 14 June, 1844, Commander Donellan has been on half-pay. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
DONLEVY. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 18; h-p., 19.)
George Marlay Donlevy is connected, paternally and maternally, with families of high distinction, being allied, among others, to those of Lord Kilmaine, Sir Rich. Annesley O’Donnell, Bart., and Sir Henry Cunningham Montgomery, Bart.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 April, 1810 (under the patronage of the late Sir H. C. Montgomery, Bart.), as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Norge 74, Capts. John Sprat Rainier, Wm. Waller, and Chas. Dashwood; with whom he successively served, on the North Sea, Mediterranean, and West India stations, part of the time as Midshipman, until Aug. 1815. On 14 Dec. 1814, he appears to have been officially reported for his distinguished conduct in the boats at the capture, on Lake Borgne, near New Orleans, of five American gun-vessels under Commodore Jones, which did not surrender until after a stern conflict, in which the British lost 17 men killed and 77 wounded. Mr. Donlevy – who next returned to the Mediterranean, on board the Erne 20, Capt. Rich. Spencer – passed his examination 18 April, 1816; between which period and the date of his promotion, 18 May, 1827, we find him employed on various stations, chiefly as Admiralty-Midshipman and Mate, in the Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Fred. Wm. Burgoyne, Florida 24, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, Wye 24, Capt. W. Willis, Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, Genoa 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, Prince Regent yacht, Capt. Sir Mich. Seymour, Nimrod 20, Capt. Wm. Rochfort, and Victory 100, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Martin. In 1824 he threw up a Mate’s rations on board the latter ship, for the purpose of accompanying, as a Volunteer, the expedition then preparing against Algiers, whither he proceeded in the Goodwill, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Thome. On rejoining the Victory, we find him effecting the very creditable capture, in a boat belonging to one of that ship’s tenders, of a deeply-laden smuggler, having on board a crew of 15 men. He was promoted by Sir Geo. Martin, as above, to a hauling-down vacancy; and was subsequently employed for a year in the Coast Guard. In consequence of total, and, we believe, incurable deafness, he has been unable, since April, 1833, to procure further employment.
Lieut. Donlevy is married, and has issue an only daughter.
DONOVAN. (Retired Commander, 1841. f-p., 14; h-p., 36.)
Alexander Donovan entered the Navy, 10 Aug. 1797, as A. B., on board the Neptune 98, Capts. Sir Erasmus Gower and Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, on the Home station; where, from July, 1798, to April, 1802, he served, as Midshipman, on board the Achille 74, Capts. Geo. Murray and Edw. Buller. Between Aug. 1803, and his official promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 Nov. 1806, we find him employed in the Majestic 74, Capts. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Robt. Moorsom, and Joseph Hanwell – Monarch and Edgar, 74’s, flagships of Lord Keith – and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Railleur sloop, Capt. Valentine Collard, all engaged on home service. He then joined the Barfleur 98, Capt. Joseph Sydney Yorke; and he, lastly, from July, 1808, to April, 1813, had charge of a Signal station. His assumption of the rank he now holds took place 3 Dec. 1841. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
DOOLEY. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 37; h-p., 0.)
David Dooley entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1810, as Midshipman, on board the Africa 64, bearing the flag in North America of Vice-Admiral Herbert Sawyer; and, in 1813-14, was successively transferred to the Scarborough 74, flag-ship off the Texel of Rear-Admiral John Ferrier, and Maeander 38, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. John Bastard. He passed his examination 1 Jan. 1817; and subsequently joined – in Oct. 1818, the Dauntless 26, Capt. Hon. Valentine Gardner, on the East India station – in Oct. 1823, the Isis 50, flag-ship in the West Indies of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted – and, in Nov. 1827, the Asia 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington in the Mediterranean. On 11 June, 1828, Mr. Dooley was at length promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Camelion 10, Capt. Sir Thos. Pasley; and, on 25 Aug. 1829, he joined, as First-Lieutenant, the Musquito 10, Capt. Chas. Bentham. Since 9 Nov. 1831, with the exception
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 2388, 2391.
