renzo troop-ship, Capt. Hon. Edm. Sexton Pery Knox; and on 4 Sept. 1812, at which period he had been for a few weeks borne as a Supernumerary on the books of the Impétueux 74, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Geo. Martin off Lisbon, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Scorpion, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Chas. Vinicombe Penrose at Gibraltar. He was confirmed 15 Oct. ensuing; and was afterwards appointed – 31 Dec. 1812, to the Onyx 10, Capt. Smith Cobb, also on the Gibraltar station – 2 Feb. 1813, to the Volontaire 39 [errata 1], Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave, with whom he served in the Mediterranean and off Lisbon until obliged, in July, 1814, to invalid – 22 July, 1819, to the Falmouth 20, Capts. Henry Theodosius Browne Collier and Edw. Purcell, employed on the Cork and Leeward Island stations – and, 13 Feb. 1822, as First-Lieutenant, to the Surinam 18, Capt. Wm. M‘Kenzie Godfrey, likewise in the West Indies. On 24 Sept. 1822 he was promoted to the command of the Bustard 10, on the station last named, where he removed, 1 May, 1823, to the Ringdove 16. He returned to England about the commencement of 1826, and has not been since afloat. He attained his present rank 23 Nov. 1841.
Capt. Rich married, 6 July, 1829, Sophia, youngest daughter of Capt. G. F. Angelo, of Hill, Southampton. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
RICH. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Frederick Dampier Rich, born 7 March, 1818, is third son of Sir Chas. Henry Rich, Bart., of Shirley House, co. Hants, by Frances Maria, youngest daughter of Sir John Lethbridge, Bart.; and nephew of Capt. Edwin Ludlow Rich, R.N.
This officer passed his examination 3 Dec. 1840; served as Mate on the East India and North America and West India stations in the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, Ilustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, Electra 18, Capt. Arthur Darley, and Vindictive 50, bearing the flag of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen; obtained his commission 10 Jan. 1846; and was then for a few months employed in the Vesuvius steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Wm. Douglas O’Callaghan, in the West Indies. Since 7 Sept. 1847 he has been serving in the Queen 110, Capt. Henry Wm. Bruce, now in the Mediterranean.
RICH. (Captain, 1823. f-p., 24; h-p., 28.)
George Frederick Rich is son of Admiral Sir Thos. Rich, who died 6 April, 1804, at Sonning, near Reading; and brother of Capt. Chas. Rich, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 March, 1795, as Midshipman, on board the Atlas 98, Capt. Dodd, with whom, until 18 Dec. following, and again from 16 Jan. to 3 May, 1796, he served at Plymouth in the same ship and in the Fame 74. In June and July, 1798, his name was borne on the books of the Northumberland 74, Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen; and he was next, between March, 1800, and June, 1805, employed on the Irish, Channel, Baltic, West India, and Downs stations, chiefly as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Glenmore and Vengeance, both commanded by Capt. Geo. Duff, and Immortalité 36, Capt. E. W. C. R. Owen. In the latter ship, as may be seen by a reference to our Memoir of her Captain, he assisted at the bombardment of Dieppe and St. Valery-en-Caux, and came into frequent contact with the enemy’s flotilla in the neighbourhood of Boulogne. On 30 Dec. 1805, after having acted as Lieutenant in the Valorous, Capts. Harding and Tarker, and performed the duties of Sub-Lieutenant in the Earnest gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders St. Clair and Templar, he was made full Lieutenant into the Rosario sloop, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, whom he accompanied to the West Indies. His next appointments were – 12 April, 1807, to the Venus 32, Capt. Henry Mateon, also in the West Indies – 18 Dec. 1807 and 14 Dec. 1810, to the Clyde 38 and Inconstant 36, both commanded on the Home station by his friend and patron Capt. Owen, who intrusted him with the charge of a division of gun-boats at the evacuation of the Walcheren in Dec. 1809[1] – 16 March, 1812, to the San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Lord Keith in the Channel – and, 30 Nov. 1812 (after six months of half-pay), to the acting-command of the Racehorse 18 at the Cape of Good Hope, where he remained until the ensuing June. His appointments as Commander, a rank to which he was officially advanced 26 Oct. 1813, were – 19 Dec. 1814, 4 June, 1816, and 27 Jan. 1817, to the Zephyr 12, Racoon 16,[2] and Falmouth 20, in which vessels he was employed in the Channel and again at the Cape until paid off in March, 1819 – and, 30 Nov. 1822, to the Ringdove 18, fitting for the West Indies. He was posted, 1 July, 1823, into the Gloucester 74, bearing the broad pendant of his old Commander, then Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, on the station last named; and was afterwards nominated Captain – 24 Oct. 1823, for a short time, of the Hyperion 42, at Jamaica – 30 Sept. 1841 and 21 April, 1844, of the Queen 110 and Formidable 84, each bearing the flag of Sir E. W. C. R. Owen in the Mediterranean, where he continued until the end of 1845 and, 6 Nov. 1847, of the Vanguard 80, now on the same station.
Capt. Rich married, 24 July, 1828, Agnes, second daughter of the late C. H. Fraser, Esq., by whom he has issue. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
RICH. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p., 13; h-p., 33.)
Henry Rich, born in March, 1787, is second son of Robt. Rich, Esq., of Orchardley Park, co. Somerset.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 March, 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diligence sloop, Capts. Rich. Jones and Alex. Robt. Kerr; and in Aug. of the same year was present as Midshipman in Lord Nelson’s attack upon the Boulogne flotilla. He continued in the Diligence, on the Home station, until transferred, in Nov. 1804, to the Defiance 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham. In that ship, in the course of 1805, he fought in Sir Robt. Calder’s action, assisted under Admiral Hon. Wm. Cornwallis in driving the French fleet into Brest, and partook of the glories of Trafalgar. After serving for two years and a half with Capts. Durham and Thos. Alexander in the Renown 74, off Rochefort, L’Orient, and Toulon, he was nominated, 13 July, 1808, Acting-Lieutenant of the Atlas 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis at Gibraltar. On 26 Nov. following he was confirmed into the Grasshopper 18, Capt. Henry Fanshawe, on the Mediterranean station, where he remained until April, 1810. In the ensuing Sept. he joined the St. Albans 64, Capt. Edw. Brace, and, in Feb. 1811, the Druid 32, Capts. Sir Thos. Louis, John Williams, Thos. Searle, and Fras. Stanfell. In both ships he was employed at the defence of Cadiz; and in the Druid, in which he continued until Oct. 1812, he aided also at the defence of Tarifa. His last appointments were – in June, 1814, to the Madagascar 38, Capts. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle and Fras. Stanfell, on the North American station – and, in Oct. 1815, to the Phaeton 38, Capt. F. Stanfell, lying at Sheerness. He was placed on half-pay in Dec. 1815; and invested with his present rank 3 Nov. 1846. Agents – Collier and Snee.
RICHARDS. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 18; h-p., 26.)
Edwin Richards entered the Navy, 28 July, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Phaeton 38, Capt. Geo. Cockburn. In that frigate, after serving off Havre-de-Grace, he accompanied Mr. Merry, the British Minister Plenipotentiary, to the United States, and was for some time employed in blockading the Isle of France, where he frequently came into collision with the enemy’s batteries. On his return to England with Capt. Cookburn in the
