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POST-CAPTAINS OF 1806.


RICHARD TURNER HANCOCK, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1806.]

Was made a Lieutenant in 1789, promoted to the rank of Commander in 1800, and posted Sept. 25, 1806. He subsequently served as flag-captain to Rear-Admiral the Hon. Michael De Courcy, on the South American station.




JAMES MURRAY NORTHEY, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1806.]

This officer received his first commission April 23, 1783; and he was senior Lieutenant of the Salisbury 50, Captain William Mitchell, when that ship was wrecked on the Isle de Vache, St. Domingo, May 13, 1706[1]. His promotion to tlio rank of Commander took place in the year 1800.

Captain Northey was subsequently appointed to the Lutine, prison-ship, and Curlew sloop of war; the former employed on the Mediterranean station, the latter in the North Sea. In 1807, we find him regulating the Impress service at Limerick. He obtained post rank Sept. 25, 1806; and the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital July 31, 1822.

Agents.– Messrs. Clementson.



CHARLES PHILIP BUTLER BATEMAN, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1806.]

Was promoted to a Lieutenancy in 1705, made a Commander in 1802, and advanced to post rank Sept. 25, 1806. During the late war he commanded the Bonetta of 14 guns, Gannet 16, Scipion 74, Revenge 74, and Stately 64.

Agents.– Messrs. Cooke and Halfords.



MAURITIUS ADOLPHUS NEWTON DE STARCK, Esq.
Equerry to His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex.
[Post-Captain of 1806.]

Is a son of the late Charles Sigismond, Baron de Starck (an officer in the Imperial Austrian army, previous to his settling

  1. The officers and crew of the Salisbury were saved by a French man of war, and detained as prisoners for a considerable period.