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NISBET GLEN, Esq.
[Commander.]

Was badly wounded while serving as midshipman on board the Leviathan 74, Captain Lord Hugh Seymour, at the battle of June 1st, 1794, He obtained the rank of lieutenant in April, 1799; a commander’s commission on the 4th Dec. 1813; and died (after long labouring under insanity, caused by his wounds) in 1824.



ROBERT LOWTHIAN, Esq.
[Commander.]

Was made a lieutenant on the 2d Nov. 1799; and promoted to his present rank Dec. 4th, 1813.



JOHN CAMPBELL (b), Esq.
[Commander.]

Entered the navy in Aug. 1795; and served the whole of his time as midshipman under Captain John Oakes Hardy, in the Thisbe 28, Assistance 50, and St. Albans 64, on the Halifax station, where he witnessed the capture of l’Elisabeth French frigate, by the squadron under Vice-Admiral George Murray, Aug. 28th, 1796. His first commission bears date Oct. 6th, 1801, on which day he was appointed to the Sophie sloop, Captain George Burdett, employed in the British Channel.

We next find Mr. Campbell in the Courageux 74, Captain J. O. Hardy, at the reduction of St. Lucia, June 22d, 1803[1]. He afterwards served under Captain (now Sir Charles) Dashwood, in the Bacchante 24, a most active and successful cruiser, on the Jamaica station[2]; from whence he returned home first lieutenant of the Diana 38, Captain Thomas James Maling, in 1806. From that frigate he was appointed to the Edgar 74, then bearing the flag of Lord Keith, but subsequently a private ship, commanded by Captain James Macnamara, with whom he removed into the