married, April 23d, 1816, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Henry Wise Harvey, Esq. and grand-daughter of the heroic Captain John Harvey, who fell, while most gallantly asserting the honor of his country, on the ever memorable 1st of June, 1794. This officer became a widower on the 25th Feb. 1819.
CURRY WILLIAM HILLIER, Esq.
[Commander.]
Is the son of a superannuated warrant officer, who died at Devonport, Mar. 13th, 1829, aged 89 years. He was made a lieutenant on the 8th Oct. 1801; appointed to the command of the Defiance prison ship, Dec. 30th, 1813; and promoted to his present rank June 7th, 1814.
THOMAS ARSCOTT, Esq.
[Commander.]
Son of Thomas Arscott, M.D., of Teignmouth, co. Devon; and was born at that place Aug. 24th, 1779. He entered the royal navy in June, 1796, as midshipman on board the Mercury 28, commanded by the late Viscount Torrington, and then about to sail for Newfoundland, where he did duty on shore with the garrison, during the blockade of St. John’s harbour, by a French squadron under Rear-Admiral Richery[1]. He next served in the Camilla 24, Captain (now Vice-Admiral) Poyntz; and subsequently in the Galatea 32, Captain Byng; the Royal George first rate, bearing the flag of Lord Bridport; and the Leviathan 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Duckworth, at the reduction of the Swedish and Danish islands, in the West Indies, Mar. 1801[2].
After the occupation of the said colonies, Mr. Arscott was appointed acting lieutenant of the Fairy 18, in which sloop he continued, under Captain Frederick Warren and his successors, until superseded by order of the Admiralty, and
