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with the latter officer and with Capts. John Perkins and Edw. Hawker in the Tartar 32; during which period he witnessed the capture, 25 June, 1803, of the 74-gun ship Duquesne, and schooner Oiseau, and was present at the blockade of Cape François, and the ensuing surrender of a French squadron with the remains of General Rochambeau’s army on board. He also on one occasion, when in charge of a prize, succeeded in suppressing a desperate attempt made by the prisoners to regain their vessel, but not until he had been personally engaged in a deadly struggle of nearly an hour’s duration with the chief of his assailants. So great indeed was the admiration entertained of Mr. Goold’s conduct in this desperate affair, that the Captain, officers, and crew of the Tartar united in presenting him with the sum of a hundred guineas. After serving for some time with Capt. Hawker in the Melampus 36, he was at length appointed Acting-Lieutenant, in 1807, of the Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, on the Halifax station; where, and in the Channel, he commanded the Vesta and Pokget schooners, from March, 1808, to June, 1810 – his promotion being confirmed during that period by commission dated 16 June in the former year. Mr. Goold, who appears to have been employed in the Walcheren expedition, was afterwards attached for four years to the Cadiz flotilla, part of the time as divisional officer. On 1 March, 1811, while in the execution of his duty, he had the misfortune to have one or two of his fingers broken and his hand otherwise fearfully lacerated, but he refused to resign the command of his gun-boat, and altogether conducted himself in such a manner as to draw forth the warm approbation of the present Sir Geo. Cockburn. In 1815-16 Mr. Goold next served on board the Contest and Childers sloops, Capts. Jas. Rattray and Rich. Wales, on the Home and West India stations; and he was subsequently appointed – 16 Dec. 1826, to the Transport service – and, in 1828-9-30, to the Senior-Lieutenancy of the Britannia, St. Vincent, and Caledonia, flagships at Plymouth of Lord Northesk and Sir Manley Dixon. . He attained the rank of Commander 22 July, 1830; and since 27 Aug. 1846 has been officiating as Second-Captain of the Ocean 80, and Victory 104, guard-ships at Sheerness and Portsmouth.
It is right that we should here record the fact that this officer has never been able to procure the slightest compensation for his wound, although he still acutely feels its effects. He married, 1 July, 1819, Harriet, only daughter of Jas. Knight, Esq., of Landport Terrace, Southsea, Portsmouth, by whom he has issue six sons and one daughter. One of the former, Hugh Hamilton, is a First-Lieutenant, R.M. Agent – Frederick Dufaur.
GOOSE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 24; h-p., 19.)
William Goose entered the Navy, 29 April, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vesuvius bomb, Capt. Jas. Lillicrap; as Midshipman of which vessel, and of the Rénomée frigate, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, he appears to have been frequently engaged with the enemy’s flotilla and batteries in the neighbourhood of Boulogne. The Rénomée afterwards, on 4 April, 1806, captured, under Fort Callartes, near Cape de Gata, the Spanish man-of-war brig Vigilante, of 18 guns and 109 men. During the last seven years of the war, Mr. Goose successively served, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, in the Bombay 74, Capt. Wm. Cuming, Perlen 38, Capts. Joseph Swabey Tetley and John Allen, Rodney 74, Capt. Edw. Durnford King, Maes 74, Capt. Henry Raper, Scarborough and Namur 74’s, flagships of Rear-Admirals John Ferrier and Sir Thos. Williams, and Merope 10, Capt. Wm. Benj. Suckling. The Perlen, on 22 Nov. 1811, was pursued, and for several hours endured a close running-fight with a French line-of-battle ship and frigate from Toulon; yet she succeeded in gallantly effecting her escape. Mr. Goose, who attained. his present rank 8 Feb. 1815, was afterwards employed in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, from Dec. to Oct 1828, of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He has been in command, since 23 Jan. 1835, of a station in the Coast Guard.
GORDON. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Alexander Crombie Gordon, born 3 Dec. 1818, is third son of John Gordon, Esq., F.S.A.S., of Cairnbulg, co. Aberdeen, one of the Deputies of the Vice-Admiral of Scotland, and a Director of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland; by Catharine Anne, daughter of the late Sir Wm. Forbes, fifth Baronet of Craigievar, by the Hon. Sarah Sempill, daughter of John, 12th Lord Sempill. One of his brothers, John, is a Lieutenant in the 6th Regt. of Bengal Native Infantry; another, William, is a Lieutenant in the 17th Regt. of Foot; and a third, Charles, is a Lieutenant in the 92nd Highlanders.
This officer entered the Navy 31 May, 1831; passed his examination 3 Jan. 1838; and after serving for some time as Mate, on the North America, West India, and Mediterranean stations, in the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christopher Wyvill, and Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, was promoted to the rank he now holds 17 Sept. 1842. Since 18 of the following month he has been employed on the Station last mentioned in the Inconstant 36, Capts. Fred. Thos. Michell and Chas. Howe Fremantle, of which frigate he is now Second-Lieutenant. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
GORDON. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Alexander Duff Gordon is younger brother of Lieut. D. M. Gordon, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy in 1832; passed his examination 12 Feb. 1840; was employed as Mate, in 1842-3, on board the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; then joined the Illustrious 72, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Adam on the North America and West India station; and, within a few months after the paying-off of that ship, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant – his commission bearing date 6 Dec. 1845. He has been serving, since 12 Jan. 1846, in the Electra 14, commanded, on the same station as was the Illustrious, by Capts. Wm. Heriot Maitland and Wm. Fred. Pleydell Bouverie.
GORDON. (Lieutenant, 1836.)
Augustus Gordon passed his examination in 1830; and obtained his commission 16 Feb. 1836. His appointments have since been – 18 March, 1836, to the Talavera 74, Capts. Thos. Ball Sulivan and Wm. Bowen Mends, on the Mediterranean station – 1 Oct. 1840, after a few months of half-pay, to the Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen Pell, Robt. Smart, and Thos. Forrest, flag-ship for some time of Sir Fras. Mason, also in the Mediterranean, whence he returned home and was paid off in 1843 – and, 30 Oct. 1844, as Senior, to the s[c] surveying-vessel, Capt. Edw. Barnett, with whom he is now serving on the North America and West India station. Agent – Fred. Dufaur.
GORDON, C.B. (Rear-Admiral, of the Blue, 1841. f-p., 19; h-p., 36.)
Charles Gordon (a) is younger brother of Rear-Admiral Henry Gordon.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 19 Dec. 1792; and embarked in June, 1796, as Midshipman, on board the Caesar 80, Capt. Chas. Edm. Nugent, stationed in the Channel. In June, 1799, after having further served on the Baltic and East India stations, in the Impétueux 74, Capt. John Willet Payne, Virginie frigate, Capt. Anthony Hunt, and Suffolk 74, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Peter Rainier, he was appointed Acting-Third-Lieutenant of La Forte 44, Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman; in which ship he was wrecked, in Jedda Harbour, on the Red Sea, in June, 1801. Being confirmed a Lieutenant, 11 March, 1802, in the Diamond frigate, Capt. Edw. Griffith, Mr. Gordon was next, until the receipt of
