Captain Hawkins continued to command la Minerve till 1814, but does not appear to have had any opportunity of distinguishing himself whilst in her. He has ever since been on half-pay.
Agent.– J. Copland, Esq.
THOMAS COWAN, Esq
[Post-Captain of 1802.]
This officer was first Lieutenant of the Swiftsure 74, commanded by the present Vice-Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell, K.C.B. in the battle of Aug. 1, 1798; and, if we mistake not, he received the Turkish gold medal for his subsequent services in Egypt. He obtained post rank, April 29, 1802.
WILLIAM HENRY DANIEL, Esq
[Post-Captain of 1802.]
This officer is the eldest son of the late Captain William Daniel, R.N. by Miss M. Dawson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and a brother of Lieutenant Robert Savage Daniel, who was mortally wounded on board the Bellerophon 74, in the battle off the Nile, Aug. 1, 1798[1].
He was born in London in 1763; and his name first entered on a ship’s books Dec. 20, 1766; but his actual entry into the naval service did not take place till 1773, when he joined the Dublin 74 at Plymouth. On the 31st March, in the following year, he was received into the Royal Academy at Portsmouth, where he continued upwards of four years. Whilst there he was frequently employed to drill the other scholars at small arms; and on one of those occasions was twice stabbed with a sword by a lad named Marmaduke Price, who insisted on having the command. One of the wounds was at first considered mortal; but fortunately the sword had
- ↑ Mr. R. S. Daniel was first Lieutenant of the Bellerophon, and fought her with great bravery, after Captain Darby was wounded, till one of his legs was carried off by a cannon ball. On his way to the cockpit, a grapeshot passed through the body of the man who was carrying him down, and grazed his own back; but this latter wound, although it caused his death, was not discovered by the Surgeon until after he had expired.
