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approach, and were in every way prepaired for the attack) were either killed or compelled to jump overboard. In the course of the same year Mr. Atkinson was much employed in co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, where he landed with Capt. Bouverie as his aide-de-camp. In June, 1813, he removed to the Rivoli 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, on the Mediterranean station, and there served, part of his time in charge of a watch, until 21 May, 1814. He was soon afterwards appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Blenheim 74, but from ill health was unable to join. His official promotion to the rank he now holds took place 25 Aug. 1814. Unsuccessful in his applications for employment, he has since continued on half-pay.
Lieut. Atkinson married, 10 Sept. 1823, Magdalene, youngest daughter of Jas. Strachan, Esq., of Thornton, and formerly of Lauriston, co. Forfar, N.B., by Mary, youngest daughter and co-heir of the late John Leigh, Esq., of Northoourt, Isle of Wight. He has issue three daughters.
ATKINSON. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 18; h-p., 22.)
Sir Henry Esch Atkinson, born in 1792, is son of the late Henry Wm. Atkinson, Esq., Provost of the Hon. Company of Moneyers; brother of Sir Jasper Atkinson, Kt., of the Royal Mint; and brother-in-law of the late Judge, Sir Wm. Taunton.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Feb. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pandora 18, Capt. Henry Hume Spence; and, after assisting at the capture, under the batteries near Cape Grisnez, of L’Entreprenante French privateer lugger, of 16 guns and 53 men, removed, as Midshipman, in May, 1808, to the Hero 74, Capt. Jas. Newman Newman, part of Lord Gambler’s fleet at the destruction of the enemy’s shipping in Aix Roads, in April, 1808. In the early part of 1810 he proceeded to the West Indies on board the Circe 28, Capt. Edw. Woolloombe, and he subsequently (until promoted, 16 Feb. 1815) served, on the Baltic, Mediterranean, and Irish stations, in the Vigo 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Nicoll Morris, Rivoli 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, and Castilian 18, Capt. David Braimer. His subsequent appointments were – 20 May, 1815, to the Bacchus 16, Capt. Wm. Hill, in the Bay of Biscay – 1 Nov. 1819, to the Brazen 26, Capt. Wm. Shepheard, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope – 11 March, 1823, to the Queen Charlotte 100, flagship at Portsmouth of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed – 7 June, 1824, to the Britomart 10, Capt. Octavius Venables Vernon, on the Jamaica station – 23 Aug. 1825, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – and, 9 March, 1827, to the Weazle 10, Capt. John Burnet Dundas, fitting for sea. He was superseded from the latter vessel on promotion to the rank he now holds, 30 April following; and, from 19 March, 1835, until 1838, was afterwards employed in the Coast Guard. He has since been in the receipt of half-pay.
Sir Henry Esch Atkinson, who was knighted by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1836, is at present Superintendent of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land. He married, in 1819, Sarah, daughter of John Bandall, Esq., of the Isle of Wight, and has issue one son, and four daughters, the eldest of whom is married to Lieut. T. A. Butler, R.N. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
ATKINSON. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 25; h-p., 5.)
Horatio Nelson Atkinson – named after his godfather, the hero of Trafalgar – is eldest son of the late Thos. Atkinson, Esq., Master-Attendant, for the thirty years preceding his death, which took place in June, 1836, of Halifax and Portsmouth Dockyards, an officer of great merit, who served as Master of Nelson’s flag-ships, by whom he was highly prized, at Teneriffe, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar, and was also present, in the Theseus, at the battle of the Nile and the siege of Acre. He is brother of Lieut. R. L. Atkinson, R.N.; and brother-in-law of Lieut. Thos. Carey, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy in Jan. 1817, and passed his examination in 1824. In Jan. 1825, when Mate of the Seringapatam 46, Capt. Sam. Warren, he received three severe gun-shot wounds, and evinced the utmost gallantry, at the capture, in the Negropont Channel, by the boats of that frigate and of the Cambrian, of two piratical Greek vessels, carrying 1 gun and about 30 men each, on which occasion the British sustained a loss in the whole of 6 men killed and 13 wounded.[1] He attained the rank of Lieutenant, 27 Nov. 1827; served afterwards, from 23 Feb. 1831, until July, 1834, in the Alfred 50, Capt. Robt. Mannsell, on the Mediterranean station, where he witnessed the establishment of King Otho on the throne of Greece, and was presented, when off Alexandria, with a sword by Mehemet All; and since 31 March, 1836, for want of ability to procure further occupation afloat, has been employed in the Coast Guard.
He married, 28 Oct. 1830, Rosaria, second daughter of the late Capt. Field, R.N., and niece of the late Admiral Stuart, by whom he has issue two sons. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
ATKINSON. (Lieut., 1837. f-p., 17; h-p., 4.)
Robert Laurie Atkinson, born 5 Jan. 1811, at Portsmouth Dockyard, is next brother of Lieut. H. N. Atkinson, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Jan. 1826, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Philomel 10, Capts. Lord Wm. Paget, Viscount Ingestre, Hon. Wm. Keith, and Edw. Hawes, in which vessel, after serving in the Channel, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where, on being lent to the Asia 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington, he took part in the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827. He then rejoined the Philomel, and during his continuance in that vessel received a very severe injury in the performance of his duty, which confined him for several weeks to his hammock. Between Jan. 1829 and 1832, in which year he passed his examination, Mr. Atkinson served, as Midshipman, on board the Raleigh 18, Capts. Geo. Haye and Wm. Dickson, Isis 50, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, Sylvia cutter, Lient.-Commander Thos. Spark, and Vernon 50, Capt. Sir Fras. Augustus Collier. Until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 6 June, 1837, he was next employed, as Mate, on the West India and Home stations, of the Racer 16, Capt. Jas. Hope, scp 16, Capt. Fred. Wm. Lapidge, and Castor 36, Capt. Edw. Collier. The subject of this memoir, who, in the Ringdove, had been actively occupied off Bilboa during the Carlist operations of 1835-6, was subsequently appointed, on his promotion as above, to the Cornwallis 72, Capt. Sir Rich. Grant – next, in succession, to the Pearl 20, Seringapatam 42, Gannet 16, and Snake 16, all on the West India station, whence a nearly fatal attack of yellow fever compelled him to invalid, in Sept. 1838 – 10 April, 1839, and 24 Sept. 1840, to the Belleisle 72, and Calcutta 84, Capts. John Toup Nicolas and Sir Sam. Roberts, both stationed in the Mediterranean – and, 9 Nov. 1843, as First-Lieutenant, to the Volage 26, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson, from which ship he was superseded, at his own request, 7 Dec. following. He has not since been afloat.
Having lost his first wife, 12 June, 1838, Lieut. Atkinson married, a second time, 22 April, 1843. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
ATKINSON. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 8; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Atkinson is son of the late Thos. Atkinson, Esq., of Salisbury, co. Wilts; and brother of the present Lieut. Geo. Atkinson, R.N., as also of Lieut. John Atkinson (1812), who died in 1819. This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board L’Aimable frigate, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, with whom he afterwards served for upwards of six years, as Midshipman, in the Medusa 32. During that period
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1625, p. 698.
