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POST CAPTAINS OF 1826.

bier, Dec. 27th, 1816; to the Liffey 50, Commodore Charles Grant, C.B., Nov. 22d, 1821; and to the .Jupiter 60, Captain David Dunn, Jan. 6th, 1824; promoted to the command of the Rifleman sloop, July 17th following; and advanced to the rank of captain, in the Jupiter, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral W. T. Lake, on the Halifax station, Dec. 2d, 1826. The Myrmidon and Liffey were employed in the Mediterranean and East Indies; and the Jupiter was paid off at Portsmouth, in Aug. 1827.

Captain Webb married, Dec. 19th in the latter year, Emily, daughter of the above mentioned flag-officer.

Agent.– John Chippendale, Esq.



TIMOTHY CURTIS, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1826.]

Son of the late Rev. Charles Curtis, of Solihall, co. Warwick. Was made a lieutenant on the 8th of Mar. 1815; promoted to the rank of commander, Sept. 22d, 1821; appointed to the Weazel of 10 guns, Sept. 13th, 1823; and removed to the Medina 20, on the Mediterranean station, June 6th, 1825. His commission as captain bears date Dec; 30th, 1826. He married, Mar. 29th, 1828, Rebecca Mary, youngest daughter of his uncle. Alderman Sir William Curtis, Bart.

Agents.– Messrs. Chard.



CHARLES JAMES HOPE JOHNSTONE, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1826.]

Is a son of Vice-Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope, G.C.B. &c. He was made a lieutenant on the 9th of Sept. 1820; appointed to the Active frigate. Captain Andrew King, Dec. 28th, 1821; and advanced to the rank of commander, Sept. 6th, 1823. His next appointment was, Sept. 20th, 1824, to the Chanticleer 10, fitting out for the Mediterranean station, where he received his commission as captain, dated Dec. 30th, 1826. He married, April 23d, 1827, Eliza,