appointment to the Grasshopper 18, Capt. Henry Fanshawe, in which vessel he continued until, in order to avoid being lost, as was her consort the Hero 74, she surrendered to the Dutch fleet in the Texel 24 Dec. 1811. The peace of 1814 restoring him to liberty, he once more, in the course of the same year, joined, on board the Tonnant 80, his friend and patron Sir A. Cochrane, who, in Jan. 1815, invested him with the command of the Calliope 10. He was officially promoted to the rank he now holds 8 Sept. in the same year, and has since been on half-pay.
Commander Maoonochie was nominated a K.H. 4 May, 1836. He was formerly Secretary to the London Geographical Society, and is now Secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen’s Land.[1] He is married, and has issue.
M‘QUHAE. (Captain, 1835. f-p., 18; h-p., 26.)
Peter M‘Quhae entered the Navy, 22 Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent 74, Capt. Frank Sotheron. In that ship, in which he soon attained the rating of Midshipman, he served for nearly three years in the Mediterranean, where he took part in the defence of the Bay of Naples. He was next, from Aug. 1806 until Nov. 1808, employed, chiefly on the Home station; in the Phoebe 36, Capt. Jas. Oswald; after which, becoming Master’s Mate of the Lavinia 40, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, he assisted, previously to the fall of Flushing, in forcing a passage between the batteries of that place and Cadsand. In Jan. 1810, having attained the rank of Lieutenant 7 Oct. 1809, and been for a short time attached to the Apelles sloop, Capt. Thos. Oliver, he joined the Pyramus frigate, Capts. Chas. Dashwood and Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, under whom he served with activity in the Baltic and Mediterranean, among the Western Islands, and along the coast of France, until within a short time of his advancement to the rank of Commander, 15 June, 1814. From the latter date Capt. M‘Quhae did not again go afloat until Sept. 1831; on 17 of which month we find him appointed to the Fly 18, fitting for the West Indies, whence he returned home and was paid off in Oct. 1835. He was advanced to the rank he now holds 10 Dec. following; and since 11 Oct. 1844 has been in command of the Daedalus 20, in the East Indies. Capt. M‘Quhae married (a second time), 19 Oct. 1831, Caroline, relict of S. Bloss Copping, Esq., of Harleston, co. Norfolk, by whom he has issue. Agents – Hailett and Robinson.
MADDEN. (Commander, 1829. f-p., 20; h-p., 16.)
Charles Madden is fifth son of the late Capt. Wm. John Madden, R.M. (1780), Agent for the Royal Marines at Portsmouth; brother of Sir Fred. Madden, Kt., Keeper of MSS. in the British Museum; nephew of the late Major-General Sir Geo. Madden, Kt., C.B., K.T.S.; and brother-in-law of the late Rear-Admiral Sam. Jackson, C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1811, as Thr’d-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, Capts. Sir Home Popham, Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, and David Milne; under the first-named of whom he assisted at the blockade of Brest, L’Orient, and Cherbourg, and was actively employed in co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, where, it appears, he witnessed, as Midshipman, the reduction of Lequeytio and Castro, the attacks upon Puerta Galetta, Guetaria, and Santander, and the destruction of the fortifications of Bermeo, Plencia, Galea, Algorta, Begona, El Campillo las Quersas, and Xebiles. Rejoining Sir Home Popham in Feb. 1813 in the Stirling Castle 74, he sailed soon afterwards with the Earl of Moira for Calcutta; on his return whence in the summer of 1814 he removed to the Magnificent 74, Capt. Willoughby Thos. Lake, and proceeded to the West Indies. On that ship being paid off in Aug. 1815 Mr. Madden became in succession attached to the Lacedaemonian and Niger frigates, in the latter of which (they were both commanded by Capt. Sam, Jackson) he escorted Hon. Chas. Bagot as Ambassador to the United States, and Sir John Sherbrooke, Governor of Canada, from Halifax to Quebec. In Sept. 1818, after he had been for a period of 17 months on shore, and had passed his examination, he joined the Tartar 42, fitting for the broad pendant of Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, Commander-in-Chief on the coast of Africa. On his return home in June, 1819, he was transferred to the Sybille frigate, bearing the flag at Jamaica of his early friend Sir Home Popham, who promoted him, 23 Sept. following, to a death-vacancy in the Wasp 18, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter. That sloop being paid off in Aug. 1820, Mr. Madden’s next appointments were, again on the West India station – 3 Dec. 1822, to the Ringdove 18, Capts. Geo. Frederick, and Edwin Ludlow, Rich, in which vessel he was present at Demarara during an insurrection of the negroes in Aug. 1823 – 8 June, 1826, to the Valorous 26, Capt. the Earl of Huntingdon – 29 Jan. 1828, to the Magnificent 74, receiving-ship, Capts. Wm. Robt. Ashley Pettman, Henry Gosset, Williams Sandom, and Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay – in Nov. 1828, to the temporary command of the Victor 18 – 14 Jan. 1829, to the Mersey 26, Capt. G. W. C. Courtenay – and 1 June and 13 July following, to the acting command of the Speedwell schooner and Harlequin 18. He came home in the ensuing Sept. on board a transport, and on his arrival was confirmed in his present rank by a commission bearing date 30 March, 1829. His last appointment was, 13 Nov. 1840, to the Coast Guard; in which service he remained, as an Inspecting Commander, until 5 Jan. 1846.
MADGE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 31.)
Robert Pepperel Madge entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Adamant 50, Capt. Geo. Burlton, lying in the Downs; and from 27 of the same month until Nov. 1810, served in the Bay of Biscay and Mediterranean, the greater part of the time as Midshipman, in the Fame 74, Capts. Graham Moore, Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, Phipps Hornby, and Abel Ferris. After a prolonged servitude on the same station in the Salsette 36, Capt. John Hollinworth, and Volage 22, Capt. P. Hornby, he proceeded in the latter vessel, under Capt. Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, to the East Indies, where, from Sept. 1812 until 1815, he performed the duties of Master’s Mate and Acting-Master in the Malacca 36, Capts. Mackay and Geo. Henderson. In Aug. 1815, at which period he was officiating at Spithead as a Supernumerary of the Prince 98, Capt. Edm. Boger, we find him presented with a commission dated 21 Feb. in that year. He last appointment was, 16 Dec. 1817, to the Florida 24, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, with whom he served on the Home station until paid off in Dec. 1818. Agents – Burnett and Holmes.
MAGAN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 7; h-p., 33.)
Arthur Magan entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pearl, Lieut.-Commander Woodriff, lying at Spithead; cruized, from May 1808 to July 1809, in the North Sea and Channel, in the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood; and, between the latter date and Sept. 1814, served with Capt. Geo. Burlton, chiefly in the capacities of Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Resolution and Rodney 74’s, Ville de Paris 110, and Boyne 98, on the Home and Mediterranean stations. The Resolution formed part of the force employed at the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads and at the siege of Flushing in 1809; and the Boyne, of the armament under Sir Edw. Pellew in his partial actions of 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814 with the Toulon fleet. On leaving that ship Mr. Magan took up a commission
- ↑ In 1818 he published a work entitled ‘A Summary View of the Statistics and existing Commerce of the Principal Shores of the Pacific Ocean,’ &c.
