64, Capt. Ferrier, Guerrière of 48 guns and 244 men, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, Belvidera 36, Capt. Rich. Byron, Merope 10, Capt. Wm. Benj. Suckling, and Wasp sloop, Capts. Peter Fisher and Wm. Woolridge. He was on board the Horatio at the capture, 21 Feb. 1810, after a long chase and a running fight of one hour, of La Nécessité, pierced for 40 guns, but not mounting more than 28, with a complement of 186 men; and, as Midshipman, on board the Guerrière, when taken, 19 Aug. 1812, notwithstanding a struggle of nearly an hour and three-quarters, attended with a loss of 15 killed and 63 wounded, by the United States ship Constitution, of 56 guns and 460 men, 7 of whom at least were killed and as many wounded. While attached to the Belvidera he was afforded an opportunity of seeing much boat-service. He remained in the Wasp, on the Mediterranean station, latterly in the capacity of Acting-Master, until the summer of 1818; and between that period and his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 July, 1825, was employed in the Coast Blockade as Midshipman and Mate of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch. He left the latter service, after having been further borne on the books of the Ramillies and Talavera 74’s, Capts. M‘Culloch and Hugh Pigot, in April, 1831; and was subsequently appointed – 15 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard – 30 June, 1834, to the command of the Nimble Revenue-vessel – 27 June, 1837, again to the Coast Guard – and 22 Dec. 1841, to the command of the Adelaide, another Revenue-cruizer. He acquired the rank he now holds 16 Jan. 1845, and has since been on half-pay. He married in 1821, and has issue five children. Agent – J. Hinxman.
MARSHALL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 15; h-p., 33.)
William Marshall (a) entered the Navy, in 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Wrangler gun-brig, commanded in succession by two Lieutenants, under whom he was for three years employed on the Leith station. In 1802 he proceeded to the West Indies in the Reynard sloop, Capt. Peter Spicer; and he was next, between 1803 and 1807, employed on the St. Helena and Home stations, chiefly we believe in the capacity of Second Master, in the Egyptienne frigate and Revenge 74, both commanded by Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming; assisting, in the Egyptienne, at the capture of L’Epervier of 16 guns and 90 men, L’Actéon of 16 guns and 126 men, and La Chiffonette privateer of 14 guns and 80 men; and sharing, in the same ship, in Sir Robert Calder’s action 22 July, 1805. In June, 1807, he removed to the Edgar 74, Capts. Jas. Macnamara and Stephen Poyntz; in which ship, it appears, he served off Rochefort, in the Baltic, and off Flushing, until Dec. 1810. During his stay in the Baltic we find him witnessing the embarkation, from Nyeborg, of the Spanish General the Marquis de la Romana, and his patriot troops. On leaving the Edgar he joined the Tremendous 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell. With that officer he continued to serve, again in the Baltic, and also in the Mediterranean, until May, 1815. He then took up a commission dated on 10 of the previous Feb., and has since been on half-pay. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
MARSHALL. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Willoughby Charles Marshall passed his examination 30 Aug. 1837; and for several years prior to his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 1 Sept. 1845, was employed on the South American station, as Mate, in the Actaeon 26, .Capt. Robt. Russell, Crescent receiving-ship, Lieut.-Commander Malachi Donellan, and Gorgon steam-sloop, Capt. Chas. Hotham. He was on board the latter vessel when she was driven on shore in a hurricane at Colonia, and was concerned in the long and arduous operations which preceded her being got off. For several months of 1846 Lieut. Marshall was employed in the East Indies on board the Dido 18, Capt. John Balfour Maxwell.
MARSHAM. (Captain, 1833. f-p., 20; h-p., 20.)
Henry Shovell Marsham entered the Navy, 17 May, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb 74, Capts. Donald M‘Leod and Sam. Jackson, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Rich. Goodwin Keats. In that ship he went to the Mediterranean in pursuit of a French squadron which had effected its escape from Rochefort, witnessed the embarkation from Nyeborg of the Spanish troops under the Marquis de la Romana, and, previously to accompanying the expedition to the Walcheren, was in her when she was frozen up at Gottenborg and only extricated by a canal being cut through four miles of ice. After a servitude of three months at Spithead in the Puissant 74, Capt. Robt. Hall, he became Midshipman, in March, 1810, of the Defiance 74, commanded by Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, with whom he continued employed in the Northumberland 74 until Jan. 1813; being in consequence afforded an opportunity, in the latter ship, of assisting, 22 May, 1812, when in company with the Growler gun-brig, at the gallant destruction, at the entrance of L’Orient, of the French 40-gun frigates L’Arienne and L’Andromaque, and 16-gun-brig Mamelouck, whose united fire, conjointly with that of a destructive battery, killed 5 of the Northumberland’s people and wounded 28. He obtained his first commission while serving with Sir John Borlase Warren on the coast of North America in the San Domingo of 74 guns, 30 June, 1813; and was subsequently appointed – 1 July, 1813, to the Ramillies 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, engaged in the blockade of New London – 2 Sept. 1814, again to the Superb, bearing the flag of Hon. H. Hotham on the coasts of America and France – 26 Aug. 1818 (two years and seven months after he had left the Superb), to the Rochfort 80, Capts. Andrew Pellet Green and Chas. Marsh Schomberg, to which ship, bearing the flags in the Mediterranean of Sir Thos. Fras. Fremantle and Sir Graham Moore, he continued attached for upwards of five years and a half – and 6 July, 1824, as senior, to the Cambrian 46, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, on the same station, where, in command, in the Negropont Channel, of the boats of his own ship and the Seringapatam, he contrived to board and carry, in the most gallant manner, notwithstanding a desperate resistance, two piratical vessels, each with 1 gun and about 30 men, 31 Jan. 1825.[1] The terms of high commendation in which his conduct on the occasion was reported procured him a Commander’s commission dated 21 of the following April. His next appointments were – 10 Sept. 1829 and 25 Feb. 1831, to the Britannia 120, Capt. Geo. Burdet, and St. Vincent 120, Capt. Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, stationed in the Mediterranean, where, at the period of his official advancement to the rank of Captain, 24 Dec. 1833, he was acting as such in the Malabar 74. Since the paying off of the Malabar in July, 1834, he has been on half-pay.
Capt. Marsham married, in 1838, Maria, daughter of W. Jones, Esq., of Ballinamore, co. Leitrim, and Hayle Place, co. Kent. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
MARSINGALL. (Retired Commander, 1843. f-p., 13; h-p., 36.)
Samuel Marsingall entered the Navy, 20 Jan. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Lutine, Capt. John Monckton; whom he followed as Midshipman, in April, 1799, into the Mars 74, bearing the flag in the Channel of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley. In Jan. 1801 he removed to the St. Fiorenzo of 42 guns and 253 men, Capts. C. W. Paterson and Joseph Bingham; and in June, 18O3, on his arrival in the East Indies, he joined the Wilhelmina armée en flûte, Capt. Henry Lambert, carrying 21 guns and 134 men. In that ship it appears
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1825, p. 698.
