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BAGOT—BAGUE—BAIKIE—BAILEY.
on half-pay) has filled the office of Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard.
He married, in May, 1825, Miss Amelia Bowden, of Plymouth, and by that lady has issue a son and daughter.
BAGOT. (Lieutenant, 1824.)
Christopher Bagot died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy 16 Dec. 1816, and was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 28 June, 1824, in the Superb 78, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, on the West India station, where, with a few intervals, he continued to serve – in the Espiègle 18, Capts. Rich. Augustus Yates and Williams Sandom, Fairy 10, Capt. Fras. Blair, Icarus 10, Capt. Dawson Mayne, Sparrowhawk 18; Capts. D. Mayne and Henry Griffith Colpoys, and, as Lieut.-Commander, in the Pickle schooner – until 1834. He was not afterwards employed. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.
BAGOT. (Captain, 1845. f-p., 15; h-p., 9.)
Henry Bagot, born 12 July, 1810, is second son of the Right Rev. and Hon. Rich. Bagot, D.D., Lord Bishop of Oxford, by Harriet, youngest daughter of the fourth Earl of Jersey; brother of Capt. Edw. Bagot, an officer in the Army, and of Lady Harriet Thynne; nephew of Lord Bagot, and Sir Chas. Bagot, G.C.B.; and first cousin of the Countesses of Uxbridge and Winchelsea.
This officer entered the Navy 13 May, 1823, and served part of his time as Midshipman on board the Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, with whom he was present at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827. He passed his examination in 1829; obtained his first commission 15 Feb. 1832; was appointed, 14 April following, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings; served, from 24 June, 1833, until paid off in 1837, on board the Caledonia 120, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Josias Rowley; and on 28 June, 1838, was promoted to the rank of Commander. His next appointment was to the Wasp 16, in which sloop he served, on the North America and West India station, from 14 July, 1843, until the summer of 1844. He attained his present rank, while officiating as Commander of the Excellent, 10 Dec. 1845, and has since been on half-pay.
For some time prior to March, 1843, Capt. Bagot acted as Secretary to his uncle, Sir C. Bagot, at that time Governor-General of Canada. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.
BAGUE. (Retired Commander, 1837. f-p., 20; h-p., 29.)
George Bague entered the Navy, 15 June, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Haerlem armée en flûte, Capt. Geo. Burlton, and afterwards assisted, as Midshipman, in cutting out the Prima galley from the Mole of Genoa, and in various operations on the coast of Egypt. Between March, 1801, and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 8 March, 1805, he next served in the African and Success, both likewise commanded by Capt. Burlton, in the Mediterranean, Galatea and Aigle frigates, Capt. Geo. Wolfe, on the Home station, and, as Master’s Mate, in the Ville de Paris 110, flag-ship in the Channel of the Hon. Wm. Cornwallis. He then joined the Colossus 74, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, and subsequently to the blockade of Cadiz was present and slightly wounded in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. His appointments were afterwards – 12 Nov. 1805, to the Bittern 18, Capts. John Louis and Edw. Augustus Down, while commanding the boats of which vessel during a series of very active operations in the Mediterranean, he was again wounded – 2 March, 1808, as First Lieutenant, to the Delight 16, Capt. John Brett Purvis, cruising between Malta and Gibraltar – 15 Dec. 1809, in the same capacity, to the Leonidas 38, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, under whom, after contributing to the reduction of Santa Maura in April, 1810, and commanding a division of gun-boats at the defence of Scylla, he proceeded to the East Indies – 1 March, l&ll, and 13 Nov. 1812, also as Senior, to the Actaeon brig, Capt. Bertie Cornelius Cator, and Iphigenia 36, Capts. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew and Andrew King, on the latter and Mediterranean stations – 24 Sept. 1813, to the Repulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, off Toulon – 23 Jan. 1814, to the Boyne 98, Capt. Geo. Burlton, with whom he was present in a severe and gallant action with the French 74-gun ship Romulus, under the batteries of Cape Brun and Cape Sepet, 13 Feb. following, and, as Senior Lieutenant, at the ensuing fall of Genoa – 14 Nov. 1814, again as First, to the Cornwallis 74, bearing the flag of his friend Sir Geo. Burlton, in the East Indies, whence he returned to England and was paid off, 26 Nov. 1816 – and, lastly, 15 Jan. 1819, to the Active 38, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, on the Halifax and Mediterranean stations. Having been on half-pay since 1821, he at length accepted the rank he now holds 13 July, 1837.
Commander Bague is a Magistrate for the co. of Middlesex. He married, 2 Dec. 1821, Miss Yarrow. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
BAIKIE. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 14; h-p., 33.)
John Baikie entered the Navy, 31 Oct. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Lynx sloop, Capts. Alex. Skene and John Willoughby Marshall, stationed in the North Sea; and, from Feb. 1803, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 Feb. 1807, officiated as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, on the Newfoundland and Home stations, of the Lapwing 18, Barfleur 98, and Camilla and Aimable frigates, Capts. A. Skene, Fras. Wm. Fane, Geo. Martin, Sir Robt. Barlow, Joseph Sydney Yorke, John Tower, and Clotworthy Upton. His subsequent appointments were – 7 Feb. 1807, to the Majestic 74, bearing the flag in the North Sea of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell – 8 May, 1810, to the Dictator 64, Capt. Robt. Williams, in which ship we find him employed in the arduous duty of affording protection to the different convoys passing through the Great Belt, and, on 5th July, 1811, contributing to the repulse of a Danish flotilla consisting of 17 gun-vessels and 10 heavy row-boats – and, 25 March, 1812, to the Gloucester 74, bearing the flag at first of Rear-Admiral John Ferrier in the North Sea, and afterwards engaged, under Capt. Williams, in escorting a fleet to the Leeward Islands, the 90th regiment to Quebec, and the trade from Barbadoes. Lieut. Baikie, who was paid off in Oct. 1814, has not since been employed.
BAILEY. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
John Crawshay Bailey, born 22 May, 1818, is third son of Joseph Bailey, Esq., of Glanusk Park, co. Brecon (Representative of Worcester in the three last parliaments, and Deputy-Lieutenant for the co. of Monmouth, a gentleman of considerable landed property and well known for his extensive iron-works at Nant-y-Glo), by his first wife, Maria, fourth daughter of Joseph Latham, Esq.; a younger brother of Joseph Bailey, Esq., of Easton Park, co. Hereford, M.P. for that shire; and grandnephew of the late Rich. Crawshay, Esq., of Cyfartha Iron-works, Glamorganshire.
This officer entered the Navy in 1834; passed his examination 14 Dec. 1840; and, after an intermediate attachment, as Mate, to the Seringapatam 46, Capt. John Leith, in North America and the West Indies, and Agincourt 72, bearing the fiag in the East Indies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, was promoted to his present rank, 27 Aug. 1844. He continued to serve in the Agincourt until 1 April, 1845, and since that period has been employed in the Wolverene 16, Capt. Wm. John Cavendish Clifford, also on the East India station.
BAILEY. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p. 46; h-p., 9.)
John William Bailey was born 3 January, 1781.
