JOHN WICKEY, Esq
Admiral of the White.
This officer was promoted to the rank of Post-Captain, Aug. 22, 1781; Rear-Admiral, Jan. 1, 1801; Vice-Admiral, Nov. 9, 1805; and Admiral, Dec. 4, 1813. Towards the close of the American war, he commanded the Rotterdam, of 50 guns; and during a part of the war with the French republic, the Cambridge an 80-gun ship, bearing the flag of the Port Admiral at Plymouth.
JOHN FISH, Esq
Admiral of the White.
This officer was made a Post-Captain, Aug. 23, 1781; Rear-Admiral, Jan. 1, 1801; Vice-Admiral, Nov. 9. 1805; and Admiral, Dec. 4, 1813.
SIR JOHN KNIGHT,
Admiral of the White; Knight Commander of the most honourable Military Order of the Bath.
This officer embarked with his father, the late Rear-Admiral Knight, at a very early period of life, and served in the Tartar frigate on the expeditions against Cancalle[1], Cher-
- ↑ On the 1st June, 1758, the Tartar sailed from Spithead, in company with a squadron of ships of war, and a large fleet of transports, &c., under the orders of the Hon. Commodore Howe, having on board a considerable train of artillery, and several thousand troops, commanded by the Duke of Marlborough, on an expedition against the coast of France. On the morning of the 5th, the armament entered Cancalle Bay, where a body of troops were disembarked under cover of some of the small vessels of war. On the 6th, the remainder were landed; and on the following day, the
