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POST-CAPTAINS OF 1802.
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of Post-Captain, April 29, 1802; and subsequently held an appointment in the Sea Fencible service, between Dungeness and Sandgate. He was afterwards appointed in succession to the Cornelia frigate, and Cornwallis of 74 guns: the former ship assisted at the capture of the Isles of France and Java, in the years 1810 and 1811.

Agent.– Harry Cook, Esq.



CORNELIUS QUINTON, Esq
[Post-Captain of 1802.]

This officer was a Lieutenant of the Leviathan 74, commanded by the late Lord Hugh Seymour, in Earl Howe’s battle, June 1, 1794[1]. He obtained post-rank, April 29, 1802.

Agent.– Hugh Stanger, Esq.



SIR JAMES DUNBAR, Bart.
[Post-Captain of 1802.]

This officer was made a Lieutenant in 1790; and a Post-Captain April 29, 1802. He received the honor of knighthood in 1809; and was created a Baronet of Great Britain, July 30, 1814. His lady is a daughter of James Coull, of Ashgrove, in Elginshire, Esq.; a niece to Sir Archibald Dunbar, Bart., of Northfield, in the same county; and a cousin of Viscount Arbuthnot, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire.

Agent.– Thomas Stilwell, Esq.



WILLIAM BUTTERFIELD, Esq
[Post-Captain of 1802.]

This officer is related by his mother’s side to the late William Masterman, of Restormel Park, near Lostwithiel, Cornwall, Esq. M.P. for the borough of Bodmin, in the same county; under whose patronage he entered the naval service as a Midshipman on board the Buffalo of 60 guns, commanded by Captain William Truscott, in Mar. 1781. He afterwards