assist in the defence of Dantzic, where he arrived about May 13, 1807. His gallant attempt to relieve the besieged garrison, and the capture of the Dauntless, by the French troops on the banks of the Vistula, have been related at p. 232 of Suppl. Part I.
Captain Strachey obtained post rank June 28, 1814; and permission to accept and wear the insignia of the above Order (conferred upon him for his services before Dantzic), Mar. 20, 1820.
Agent.– J. Copland, Esq.
CHARLES SHAW, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1814.]
Second son of Sir John Gregory Shaw, Bart, by Theodosia Margaret, third daughter of John, second Lord Monson.
This officer was born Aug. 18, 1785; and promoted to the command of the Philomel brig, on the Mediterranean station, Sept. 26, 1811. In Aug. 1812, he ran a French privateer polacre on shore, near Valencia, where she was burnt by her crew to prevent him getting possession of her. His post commission bears date July 1, 1814.
Captain Shaw returned home in the Termagant 28, and was subsequently employed for a short time on the East Indian station. He married, April 13, 1822, Frances Ann, fourth daughter of Sir Henry Hawley, Bart.; and died at Pembury, co. Kent, May 2, 1829.
JAMES WEMYSS, Esq.
M.P. for Fifeshire.
[Post-Captain of 1814.]
This officer is the eldest son of the late General Wemyss, of Wemyss, M.P. by a daughter of the first General Sir William Erskine, who served in America, and subsequently on the continent with H.R.H. the Duke of York. His cousin, we believe, is the present Duchess of Gordon.
Mr. Wemyss was born in 1789; and he entered the navy, as a midshipman on board the Unicorn frigate, Captain Charles
