fleet, but was obliged to cut her adrift in the fatal gale which succeeded that unparalleled victory, and she was finally destroyed by the Britannia[1], as was the Argonauta, a Spanish 80, by the Ajax.
Passing over the intermediate step of rank, the subject of this sketch was made a Post-Captain, Dec. 25, 1805; and soon after presented with a gold medal for his services on the above occasion. In April, 1808, our late Monarch was graciously pleased to grant him an honorable augmentation to his family arms; and he obtained the insignia of a C.B. at the first establishment of that order in June 1815.
Captain Pilfold married, June 20, 1803, Mary Anne Horner, daughter of the late Thomas South, of Donhead, co. Wilts, Esq., and niece of the late Thomas Homer, of Mells Park, in Somersetshire, Esq., by whom he has issue two daughters. One of his sisters is the lady of Sir Timothy Shelley, Bart., another is married to Thomas Grove, of Fern, Esq., and a third is the widow of the Rev. Gilbert Jackson, D.D.
Agent.– Harry Cook, Esq.
WILLIAM HENNAH, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1806.]
This officer is the son of a clergyman, formerly resident at St. Austle, in Cornwall. He received his first commission in 1793; had the good fortune to be senior Lieutenant of the Mars 74, in the glorious battle off Cape Trafalgar; and having succeeded to the command of that ship on the death of Captain George Duff, who fell during the conflict[2], was promoted to post rank on the first day of the following year (1806). He is married, and has a large family.
Agents.– Messrs. Stilwell.
WILLIAM PRYCE CUMBY, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1806.]
This officer is the only surviving son of the late Captain David Pryce Cumby, R.N., by his first wife, Eleanor, second
