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VICE-ADMIRALS OF THE RED.

In the month of June, 1813, Rear-Admiral Bertie received the honor of knighthood, and the royal license and permission to accept and wear the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Order of the Sword, which the late King of Sweden had been pleased to confer upon him, in testimony of his merits and services. He was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral, Dec. 4th, in the same year.




ISAAC GEORGE MANLEY, Esq
Vice-Admiral of the Red; and Doctor of the Civil Law.


This officer obtained post rank, Nov. 22, 1790. In 1796, he commanded the Apollo, a new frigate of 38 guns, stationed on the Irish coast, where, in company with the Doris, he captured la Legere, French corvette, of 22 guns. He was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral, Oct. 25, 1809. In the following year, the University of Oxford conferred upon him the degree of D.C.L.; and on the 4th June, 1814, he was made a Vice-Admiral.

His eldest son, John Shaw Manley, Esq. married July 16, 1821, a daughter of Sir William Clayton, Bart, of Harleyford, co. Bucks.

Residence.– Braziers, Oxfordshire.




EDMUND CRAWLEY, Esq
Vice-Admiral of the Red.


This officer commanded the Savage, of 14 guns on the American station, at the close of the war with the colonies; and during the Spanish armament, the Wasp sloop, employed in the Channel. He was promoted to the rank of Post-Captain, Nov. 22, 1790; and about the latter end of the year 1795, appointed to the Lion, of 64 guns, in which ship he went to the West Indies. On his return from thence, he was stationed in the North Sea. His commission as Rear-Admiral, bears date Oct. 25, 1809. On the 4th June, 1814, he was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral.