April 28, 1808; and on the 12th Aug. 1812, he was made a Vice-Admiral.
Our officer married, 1804, a daughter of the late Admiral Epworth, father of the present Captain of that name, a notice of whom will appear in our next volume.
SIR THOMAS FOLEY,
Vice-Admiral of the Red; and Knight Grand Cross of the most honourable Military Order of the Bath.
This officer is a native of Pembrokeshire, and, we believe, related to the noble house of Foley. He served as a Lieutenant of the Prince George of 98 guns, the flag ship of the late Admiral Digby, at the time H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence was a Midshipman in that ship; and in 1782, was made a Commander into the Britannia armed ship, at New York. He subsequently commanded the Atalanta of 14 guns, on the same station.
Captain Foley was promoted to post rank, Sept. 21, 1790; and at the commencement of the war in J793 obtained the command of the St. George, a second rate, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Gell, whom he accompanied to the Mediterranean, and on his passage thither had the good fortune to assist at the recapture of the St. Iago, a Spanish register ship laden with specie. The ships in company with the St. George on this fortunate occasion were the Edgar, Egmont, and Ganges, 74’s, and Phaeton frigate[1].
Towards the conclusion of the same year, Lord Hood detached Rear-Admiral Gell with a division of his fleet to Genoa. La Modeste, a French frigate of 36 guns, was then lying in the harbour, and had broken the neutrality of the port on various occasions, in direct opposition to the remonstrances of the Senate and Government. The British Commander being made acquainted with these circumstances, on his arrival ordered the Bedford of 74 guns, to anchor alongside the enemy’s ship, and to demand her to surrender. The French Captain at first refused to comply with this requisition;
