JOHN LEITH, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1825.]
Was made a lieutenant, Oct, 10th, 1809; advanced to the rank of commander, June 13th, 1815; appointed to the Bellette sloop, Sept. 9th, 1822; removed to the Pylades, June 28th, 1825; and promoted to the command of the Rattlesnake 28, on the Jamaica station, Nov. 11th following. He returned home, accompanied by his Grace the Duke of Manchester and suite, Aug. 12th, 1827; and was soon afterwards put out of commission.
Agents.– Messrs. Maude and Co.
HENRY PARKYNS HOPPNER, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1825.]
Is a son of the late celebrated artist, and brother to Richard Belgrave Hoppner, Esq. formerly H.M. Consul-General at Venice.
This officer received his first commission in Sept. 1815; and served as junior lieutenant of the Alceste frigate, Captain (now Sir Murray) Maxwell, during Lord Amherst’s embassy to China, in 1816. After the loss of that ship in the Straits of Caspar, he was selected to conduct his lordship and suite, in two boats, from Pulo-Leat to Batavia[1]. His next appointment was, Jan. 14th, 1818, to the Alexander brig, commanded by Lieutenant (now Sir William Edward) Parry, and fitting out for the purpose of accompanying Captain John Ross in an expedition to the arctic regions. The manner in which he was employed, from that period until he lost the Fury sloop, in lat. 72° 42' 30" N., long. 91° 50' 6" W., Aug. 1826, will be seen on reference to pp. 318–364 of Suppl. Part IV[2]. The details of this disaster we now find would occupy too large a portion of our remaining pages,
- ↑ See Vol. II. Part II. pp. 805–816.
- ↑ Erratum, Suppl. Part IV. p. 350, line 12 from the bottom, for carried, read carried from the Atlantic.
