Royal Dockyard at Plymouth; and, secondly, 22 July, 1843, Eliza, relict of Capt. John Weaver, R.M. (1826). By his first wife he had issue three sons and two daughters. Of the former, the eldest, William, is a Commander, and the second, Crauford, a Lieutenant, in the R.N. The youngest son, George Magrath Ley Pasco, was a Second Lieutenant, R.M. (1841). One of the Rear-Admiral’s daughters is married to Capt. J. B. B. M‘Hardy, R.N.; the other to Lieut. H. M. Kinsman, R.N. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
PASCO. (Commander, 1846.)
William Montagu Isaacson George Pasco is eldest son of Rear-Admiral Pasco.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Feb. 1820; passed his examination in 1826; and obtained his first commission 8 Jan. 1830. His succeeding appointments were – 5 May, 1831, to the Dublin 50, Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend, fitting for South America, whence he returned in the summer of 1834 – 5 Feb. 1835, to the Rover 18, Capt. Chas. Eden, under whom he was employed for a further period of three years in South America, part of the time as First Lieutenant – 8 Oct. 1838, to the Coast Guard – 18 May, 1842, to the command of the Kite steamer, equipping for the coast of Africa, whence he returned to England and was paid off in 1843 – and 7 April, 1845, to that of the Jackal, another steamer, stationed in the Mediterranean. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.
PASCOE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
John Eyre Pascoe entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1805, as Midshipman, on board the Warrior 74, Capts. Sam. Hood Linzee, Michael Seymour, and John Wm. Spranger, attached to the Channel fleet. He removed, in Dec. 1807, to the Indefatigable 46, Capts. John Tremayne Rodd, Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, and John Broughton, stationed off the coast of France; and he was next, between Aug. 1810 and Sept. 1815, employed, off Lisbon, at Portsmouth, on the north coast of Spain, and in the Mediterranean, on board the Dreadnought 98, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, Plover sloop, Capt. Colin Campbell, Hannibal 74, Capt. King, Union 98, Capt. Geo. Burgoyne Salt, Vesuvius bomb, Capt. Wm. Hext, and Clorinde 40, Capt. Sam. Geo. Pechell. He then took up a commission bearing date 7 March, 1815; and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Pascoe married, at Plymouth, in 1839, Sarah, third daughter of S. Kerswell, Esq.
PASLEY. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p., 18; h-p., 35.)
James Pasley entered the Navy, 17 June, 1794, as Ordinary, on board the Spitfire sloop, Capt. Clements, attached to the force in the Channel, where he joined, in the following Sept., the Minotaur 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Macbride, and, in July, 1795, the Rattler sloop, Capts. Willoughby Thos. Lake, John Cochet, J. Hall, W. Duncombe, John Hayes, and John Wentworth Loring. After assisting, as Midshipman, at the capture, in May, 1796, of the French privateer Le Pichegru of 10 guns and 34 men, he sailed for the West Indies; on which station he witnessed the evacuation of the Cayemites Islands, near St. Domingo, and in Sept. 1799 accompanied Capt. Loring, as Acting-Lieutenant, into the Lark 18, commanded subsequently by Capts. Caton, Tippet, New, and Jas. Johnstone. While in that vessel he appears to have been most actively employed, and to have contributed to the capture of a large number of armed and other vessels.[1] On 13 Sept. 1801, in particular, with two of her boats under his orders, each carrying 16 men, he attacked, in face of a heavy fire, boarded, and gallantly took, within the Portillo reefs, in the island of Cuba, the Spanish privateer-schooner Esperanza of 1 long 8 and 2 4-pounders and 45 men, 21 of whom were killed and 6 wounded, with a loss to the British of 1 man killed and 13 wounded.[2] He had previously, we are informed, while serving, pro tem., on board the Beaulieu 38, Capt. Steph. Poyntz, assisted in the boats of that ship and of the Doris and Uranie frigates, commanded by Lieut. Keith Maxwell, at the cutting-out, on the night of 21 July, 1801, of La Chevrette corvette of 20 long 9-pounders and 350 men, under the batteries in Camaret Bay, a position deemed almost impregnable, after a deadly conflict, in which the enemy lost their Captain, 6 other officers, and 85 men killed, and 1 Lieutenant, 4 Midshipmen, and 57 men wounded, and the British 1 Lieutenant R.M., 1 Midshipman, and 9 men slain, and 2 Lieutenants, 1 Master’s-Mate, 3 Midshipmen, and 51 men wounded.[3] In June, 1802, he rejoined Capt. Caton on board the Trent 36, in which ship he continued for about 12 months on the West India station. His subsequent appointments were – 5 April, 1804, to the Sea Fencibles in Ireland – 8 June, 1805 (having left the latter service in the preceding Peb.), to the Argus sloop, Capts. Edw. Kittoe and Jas. Stewart, off Cork – and, 19 June, 1807, to the command, which he retained until 28 May, 1813, of the Enchantress, at Bristol. He became a Retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830; and on the Senior 17 Feb. 1845. Agents – Burnett and Holmes.
PASLEY, Bart. (Capt., 1831. f-p., 15; h-p., 15.)
Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, born 26 Dec. 1804, is only son of the late Major John Sabine, of the Grenadier Guards, by Maria, eldest daughter of the late Admiral Sir Thos. Pasley, Bart.;[4] in pursuance of whose will he assumed, in 1809, the surname and arms of Pasley, instead of those of his paternal family, Sabine. One of the Baronet’s maternal grand-aunts was the mother of the present Vice-Admiral Sir Chas. Malcolm, Kt., and another of Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Briggs, G.C.M.G.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College, 7 Aug. 1817; and embarked, 20 Dec. 1818, as a Volunteer, on board the Rochfort 80, Capts. Andrew
- ↑ On 14 March, 1800, the boats, under Lieut. Lane, who was killed, having been repulsed in an endeavour to obtain possession of a privateer lying under the protection of two heights at the entrance of a bay in the island of Cuba, Mr. Pasley landed with a party of men at a place ten miles distant, and advanced on the enemy’s rear with so much expedition, and judgment, that, on the arrival of Capt, Loring in the boats to renew the attack, he found nothing left for him to do than to witness, and bestow his commendation on, the successful issue of the steady and good conduct which had been displayed. – Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 825.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1802, p. 115.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1801, p. 919.
- ↑ Sir Thos. Pasley was born 2 March, 1734. After having served his time as Midshipman in various parts of the globe under Capts. Willett, Cockburn, Webber, and Digby, he was invested with, the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, and sent with Capt. Digby on the unfortunate expedition against Rochefort. Being confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant on his return to England, he was next, until 1762, employed in that capacity on board the Roman Emperor fire-ship, and Hussar and Aeolus frigates. In the latter vessel he distinguished himself at the capture, 19 March, 1759, of La Mignonne of 20 guns; and also, when, in company with the Brilliant and Pallas of 36 guns each, at the taknig, 28 Feb. 1760, after a fierce contest, of the French frigates Belleisle, Blonde, and Terpsichore. On leaving the Aeolus, as above, he was advancea to the rank of Commander; and in 1771, after having had command of the Albany and Weasel sloops, he attained Post-rank. He subsequently served in the Seahorse 20, Glasgow, Sibylle 28, Jupiter 50, and Bellerophon 74. In the Jupiter he was present, in 1781, in the encounter between Commodore Johnstone and M. de Suffrein in Porto Praya Bay. From 1788 until his appointment to the Bellerophon in 1793, Capt. Pasley held the chief command, with the rank of Commodore, of the ships lying in the river Medway. Being advanced, in April, 1794, to the rank of Rear-Admiral, and appointed to a command in Lord Howe’s fleet, he enacted, with his flag in the Bellerophon 74, a very signal and important part in the famous actions of 28 and 29 May and 1 June. On the latter occasion he lost a leg. He had the satisfaction, however, of being raised for his services to the dignity of a Baronet, and of receiving, with the thanks of Parliament, a pension of 1000l. a-year; he was also presented, by the Patriotic Societv, with a pair of goblets valued at 500l. He became a Vice-Admiral 1 June, 17!t5; was afterwards, in 1798 and 1799, appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Medway, and Port- Admiral at Plymouth; and died an Admiral of the White 29 Nov. 1808.
