Our officer was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral, April 23, 1804; Vice-Admiral, July 31, 1810; and Admiral, August 12, 1819. On the 20th May, in the following year, he was nominated an extra K.C.B.[1].
EDWARD BOWATER, Esq
Admiral of the Blue.
This officer is a brother of the late Lieutenant-General John Bowater of the Royal Marines. He was made a Post-Captain Jan. 16, 1783; and, at the commencement of the French war in 1793, commanded the Regulus of 44 guns, on the Halifax station. His next appointment was to the Trent frigate, employed in the North Sea; and at the conclusion of the war, we find him serving with the Channel fleet in the Magnificent, 74. He was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral, April 23, 1804; Vice-Admiral, July 31, 1810; and Admiral, Aug. 12, 1819.
Residence.– Hampton Court.
GEORGE PALMER, Esq
Admiral of the Blue.
This officer obtained the rank of Post-Captain, Jan. 18, 1783. At the period of the Russian armament, he was appointed to the Perseus, of 20 guns, and commanded that ship on the home station, and at the Leeward Islands, until about the year 1795, when he was removed to the Lion, of 64 guns, and subsequently the Adventure, 44. His promotions as a Flag-officer took place in the same order as those of Admiral Bowater.
