whom he served for a period of nearly three years – and 2 April, 1840, in a similar capacity, to the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn, on the Mediterranean station. Obtaining a second promotal commission 23 Nov. 1841, he was appointed, 3 March, 1842, to the Second-Captaincy of the Agincourt 72, fitting for the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies. On 10 Aug. 1845 [errata 1], being at the time Acting-Captain of that ship, he assumed charge, as second in command under Capt. Chas. Talbot, of the boats of a squadron carrying altogether 530 officers, seamen, and marines, and by his valorous conduct materially contributed to the destruction of the piratical settlement of Malloodoo, on the north end of the island of Borneo, where the British, owing to a desperate opposition, experienced a loss of 6 men killed and 15 wounded. During the operations he was for upwards of an hour undauntedly engaged, under a well-sustained fire from 11 of the enemy’s guns, not 200 yards distant, in endeavouring to effect an opening through a remarkably well-constructed boom which had been placed across the river to obstruct the progress of the British; and in which he ultimately succeeded. He was in consequence confirmed in his present rank by a commission dated back to 30 of the previous June. He returned home in 1846, and has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Lyster married, in April, 1831, at Wexford, Elizabeth, second daughter of the late General Hatton.
LYSTER. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
William Durham Lyster passed his examination 4 May, 1836; and after having been for some time employed on the Mediterranean and East India stations, as Mate, in the Geyser steam-vessel, Capt. Edw. John Carpenter, Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, and Iris 26, Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy, was promoted, 13 Dec. 1845, to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed Additional of the Agincourt 72, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane. He continued attached to the latter ship until her return home from the East Indies in 1847.
M.
M‘CLEVERTY. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 17; h-p., 7.)
James Johnstone M‘Cleverty, born 21 June, 1810, is third and youngest son of Major-General Sir Robt. M‘Cleverty, Kt., C.B., K.C.H., formerly Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Marines at Woolwich, who died in 1838, by Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Daniel Maude, Esq., of Wakefield, co. York, and first-cousin of the present John Maude, Esq., of Moor House, near Wakefield. The Commander’s two brothers, William Anson and Robert, are both in the Army, the one a Major in the 48th, the other a Captain in the 79th Regt. His paternal grandfather, Wm. M‘Cleverty, was a Captain in the R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 July, 1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hussar 46, Capt. Geo. Harris, employed at first on the Home, and then on the West India station, where, it appears, he shared, as Midshipman, in the capture of numerous piratical vessels. Becoming attached in Nov. 1826, to the Asia 84, successive flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Edw. Codrington and Sir Pulteney Malcolm, he was afforded an opportunity of sharing, under the former Admiral, in the action fought at Navarin 20 Oct. 1827. He continued with Sir Pulteney Malcolm in the Britannia 120, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 Nov. 1831; and was next appointed – 2 May, 1832, to the Castor 86, Capts. Sir Rich. Grant and Lord John Hay, with whom he served at home and off the coast of Portugal until Sept. 1834 – and 4 Oct. 1835, as First, to the Aetna 6, Capt. Alex. Thos, Emeric Vidal, employed as a surveying vessel on the coast of Africa, whence he returned to England and was paid off in Nov. 1838. In Aug. 1841 Lieut. M‘Cleverty obtained command of the Hon.E.I.Co.’s war-steamer Phlegethon of 2 guns; his services in which vessel, as they led to his advancement to the rank he now holds, we shall here state:– On 26, then, of the month last-mentioned, he presents himself to our notice as assisting at the capture of Amoy.[1] He contributed, next, to the reduction of Chusan, 1 Oct. following; and on 10 of the same month we find him lauded in the despatches of Sir Wm. Parker for the spirit of enterprise and zeal he displayed at the taking of Chinghae.[2] He subsequently, 10 March, 1842, obtained the thanks of Capt. Rundle Purges Watson of the Modeste, the senior officer present, for the valuable assistance he afforded on the occasion of a night attack made by the Chinese upon the British at Ningpo.[3] In the previous Jan. he had conjoined with the Nemesis steamer in effecting the destruction of the government buildings belonging to the town of Fungwah. Preparatory to the attack made in the ensuing May upon the enemy’s fortifications at Chapoo, he was employed with the same vessel in making a very satisfactory reconnoissance of that city.[4] During the celebrated operations against Woosung, the Phlegethon, having first towed the Columbine to her proper position abreast of the Chinese batteries, again united with the Nemesis, and had the fortune to prove instrumental to the annihilation of 13 wax-junks, each mounting 3 guns.[5] The activity of her Commander on the occasion was exhibited as in all his other performances. He afterwards beheld the fall of Chin-Kiang-Foo; and, prior to the pacification of Nanking, at which he was also present, he was concerned in enforcing (in company with the Starling sloop and Medusa steamer) the silence of a 12-gun battery in the Yang-tse-Kiang river.[6] As a reward for the above and other services, Mr. M‘Cleverty, as already intimated, was rewarded with a Commander’s commission dated 23 Dec. 1842.[7] Subsequently to his return to England he was permitted by the Admiralty to study at the R.N. College. He has been in command, since 23 April, 1846, of the Polyphemus steam-sloop, and is now on the coast of Portugal.
Commander M‘Cleverty married, 2 June, 1846, Sophia, relict of Commander R. F. Cleveland, R.N., and fifth daughter of the Rev. Hubert Oakeley, D.D., of Oakeley, Shropshire.
M‘CLINTOCK. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Francis Leopold M‘Clintock is second son of the late Henry M‘Clintock, Esq., formerly in the 3rd Dragoon Guards, Collector of Dundalk, by Elizabeth Melisina, daughter of the late Venerable Geo. Fleury, D.D., Archdeacon of Waterford; first cousin of Commander W. B. M‘Clintock Bunbury, R.N., whose memoir immediately follows; and brother-in-law of the late Capt. Chas. Henry Paget, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy in 1831; passed his examination 23 Oct. 1838; and after having been for several years employed as Mate in the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and Gorgon steamer, commanded on the south-east coast of America by Capt. Chas. Hotham, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 29 July, 1845. Being appointed, 16 Aug. following, to the Frolic 16, Capt. Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton, he continued to serve in that vessel in the Pacific until 1847, in the course of which year he returned home and was paid off.
M‘CLINTOCK, M.P., now Bunbury. (Commander, 1835.)
William Bunbury M‘Clintock, born in 1800, is second son of John M‘Clintock, Esq., of Drumcar, co. Louth, Chief Serjeant-at-Arms for Ireland since a period antecedent to the legislative
