and was not able to obtain any further employment until 1819, when we find him appointed to assist in superintending the Ordinary at Sheerness.
THOMAS SWINNERTON DYER, Esq.
[Commander.]
Brother to the late Colonel Sir John Swinnerton Dyer, Bart., a groom of the bedchamber to his late Majesty King George IV. when Prince of Wales.
This officer was made a lieutenant in 1793; and advanced to his present rank in Jan. 1810; previous to which he had commanded the Ready gun-brig. One of his daughters is married to J. S. Williams, Esq., late of the Bengal native cavalry; and another to the Rev. Richard William Kerly.
JOSEPH SIMMONDS, Esq.
[Commander.]
Commission as commander dated Mar. 7th, 1810.
GEORGE BROWN, Esq.
[Commander.]
Commissions as lieutenant and commander dated Oct. 18th, 1804, and Mar. 7th, 1810
JAMES ROBERT DALTON, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained the rank of lieutenant in Nov. 1806, and a commander’s commission on the 30th April, 1810.
WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant in Dec. 1799; and promoted to the command of the Demerara sloop, on the West India station, May 2d, 1810. He died at Essequibo, of yellow fever, Mar. 9th, 1826, aged 41 years.
