dated 16 June, 1814. He has since been on half-pay.
MAGIN. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 13; h-p., 34.)
Joseph Magin, born about Christmas 1785, is brother of Wm. Magin, Esq. First-Lieutenant R.M. (1805), who fought in that capacity on board the Tonnant 80, at the battle of Trafalgar; and nephew of Dr. John Magin, Surgeon R.N., who served in the Monarch 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Onslow, in the action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797, and died Head Surgeon of the Royal Marine Infirmary at Stonehouse, Plymouth, in 1812.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 April, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Royal 98, Capt. Thos. Macnamara Russell, of which ship, stationed in the Channel, his uncle was at the time Surgeon. In the course of 1801 he successively joined the Alkmaar, Capt. Rich. Poulden, and Blenheim 74, bearing the flag in the North Sea of Sir Archibald Dickson; and on becoming, in 1803, attached, as Midshipman, to the Seagull 18, Capt. Henry Burke, he took part in a running fight of 12 hours which terminated in the capture, although not without loss, of the Lord Nelson, East Indiaman. Removing, in Dec. 1804, to the Amphion 32, Capts. Sam. Sutton and Wm. Hoste, Mr. Magin was on board that frigate when, in Nov. 1805, she effected the defeat, notwithstanding that she was simultaneously opposed by the fire of an immense battery, of a division of about 30 Spanish gun-boats, which had come out of Algeciras in the hope of capturing a British convoy. On 25 Sept. 1806, a few months after he had passed his examination and been transferred to the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, he witnessed the capture of Le Président French frigate; and in Feb. 1807 we find him present, in the same ship, at the passage of the Dardanells. On the occasion of the attack made upon the Turkish squadron at Point Pesquies, Mr. Magin volunteered and proceeded with two boats under the orders of Lieut. Kidd for the purpose of setting fire to the Admiral’s ship. During the stay of the party between decks, the boats, owing to the blaze which had speedily resulted from their exertions, were under the necessity of putting off; in consequence whereof, the Lieutenant and his companions were compelled to jump overboard, and were picked up when the ship exploded. On his arrival home Mr. Magin, in consideration of a wound he had received in the operations, was presented by the Patriotic Society with a gratuity of 30l. He was promoted (while serving in the Atlas 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis, off Cadiz) to a Lieutenancy, 4 Jan. 1808, in the Gazi Musrett 36, Capt. Geo. M. Honey, one of the prizes recently taken at Alexandria. His succeeding appointments were – 6 Oct. 1808, as Senior, to the Apelles sloop, Capt.;Thos. Oliver, under whom he accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren, and commanded the boats at the cutting-out of a vessel from under a very severe fire of the enemy’s batteries at Etaples – 13 Jan. 1810, to the Scipion 74, flag-ship of Hon. Robt. Stopford, in which he co-operated in the reduction of Java – and, 24 Nov. 1812, again as First-Lieutenant (after six months of half-pay) to the Griffon sloop, Capt. Geo. Barne Trollope, stationed in the Downs, where he cruized until Dec. 1813. He accepted his present rank 13 Sept. 1844.
Commander Magin married, 6 April, 1815, Elizabeth, daughter of Rich. Magin, Esq., of Greenhill House, co. Down, by whom he has issue five children. Agent – J. Hinxman.
MAGUIRE. (Lieutenant, 1840)
Rochfort Maguire entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College) 12 Nov. 1830; passed his examination in 1835; and in consideration of his services as Mate of the Wasp 16, Capt. Geo. Mansel, during the operations on the coast of Syria, where he was severely wounded at the capture of Sidon, and behaved most gallantly,[1] was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 28 Sept. 1840. His appointments have since been – 23 Jan. 1841, to the Vernon 50, Capt. Wm. Walpole, stationed in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in the early part of 1844 – 30 Nov. in the latter year, as Additional, to the Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane in the East Indies – and 10 Feb. 1845, as Senior, to the Herald 26, Capt. Henry Kellett, now employed on Surveying-service in the Pacific. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
MAINGAY. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 19; h-p., 28.)
Henry Maingay was born 26 Oct. 1785, in Guernsey, and died 22 Aug. 1846, at Stoke, Devonport. He was first son of the late John Maingy, Esq., of the island of Guernsey, and cousin of the present Commander Peter Maingay, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in the summer of 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caesar 80, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, under whom he fought in the actions of 6 and 12 July, 1801, off Algeciras and in the Gut of Gibraltar. The Caesar being paid off in Aug. 1802, he next, between the following Oct. and Feb. 1806, served as Midshipman, in the Mediterranean and Channel, on board the Révolutionnaire and Décade frigates, Capts. Walter Locke and Wm. Geo. Rutherford, Speedwell, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Robertson, and Charwell, Capt. Dnmaresq. He was confirmed a Lieutenant (after having acted for some months as such in the Cerberus, Tourterelle, and Squirrel, Capts. Selby, Marshall, and Shortland, on the West India and Halifax stations) 17 Sept. 1806; and was subsequently appointed – in the course of 1807, to the Mermaid 32, Capts. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, and, as First-Lieutenant, to the Primrose and Racehorse sloops, Capts. Jas. Mein and Wm. Fisher – 28 March, 1808, to the Victory 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Baltic – 15 Jan. and 9 June, 1813, again as Senior, to the Fylla 20 and Eridanus 36, Capts. Henry Prescott and Wm. Paterson, with whom he served in the Channel until paid off in Oct. 1815 – 8 March, 1816, in a similar capacity, to the Spencer 76, which ship, commanded at Plymouth by Capt. Wm. Robert Broughton, was put out of commission 31 Aug. 1818 – and, 5 July, 1821, still as First-Lieutenant, to the Royal George yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget. On 14 of the ensuing Dec. Mr. Maingay, after having accompanied Geo. IV,. on his visits to Ireland and Hanover, was promoted to the rank of Commander. He did not again go afloat.
He married, 26 Oct. 1818, Harriet, fourth daughter of the Rev. W. Smith, formerly Rector of Meavy, Devon.
MAINGAY. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 33.)
Peter Maingay, born 16 Dec. 1784, at Newton Bushel, co. Devon, is son of Peter Maingy, Esq., of the island of Guernsey; and first-cousin of the late Commander Jas. Maingay, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1800, as Midshipman, on board L’Impétueux 74, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, in which ship he accompanied an expedition to Vigo, and was employed off Brest and Rochefort until April, 1802; during the latter months of which year we find him serving in the Channel with Capt. Edw. Bass, of the Gannet sloop. In March, 1803, he rejoined Sir E. Pellew on board the Tonnant 80, and in the following year, after having been engaged in the blockade of Ferrol, he sailed with him in the Culloden 74 for the East Indies, whence in 1805 he returned to England in the Trident 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Peter Rainier. He then became attached in succession to the San Josef 110, bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Chas. Cotton, Audacious 74, Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin (under whom he
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2604.
