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leon Buonaparte, we find him, for a short time, commanding the Erebus sloop, of 16 guns.



ROSE HENRY FULLER, Esq.
[Commander.]

Youngest son of the late John Trayton Fuller, of Brightling, co. Sussex, Esq., by Anne, daughter of the first Baron Heathfield, and a collateral descendant of the renowned Sir Francis Drake.

This officer obtained his first commission on the 21st March, 1812, and was severely wounded, while serving as lieutenant of the Swiftsure 74, Captain Edward Stirling Dickson, at the capture, by boarding, of le Charlemagne French privateer schooner, of 8 guns and 93 men, near Corsica, Nov. 26th, 1813. He was promoted to his present rank on the 15th June, 1814 ; and granted a pension, the present amount of which is 150l. per annum, Feb. 28th, 1815.

Commander Fuller married, Nov. 28th, 1831, Margaretta Jane, second daughter of the late Rev. Sir Robert Sheffield, Bart. His eldest brother was created a baronet in July, 1821.[1]



JAMES TOWNSEND, Esq.
[Commander.]

Was made a lieutenant on the 19th Dec. 1800; and promoted to the rank of commander, while serving as first of the Queen 74, Captain Lord Colville, June 27th, 1814. He married about the close of the same year, the eldest daughter of the Rev. T. Biddulph, of Ledbury, co. Hereford, late vicar of Padstow, in Cornwall.



THOMAS WILLIAMS, Esq.
[Commander.]

Was made a lieutenant on the 25th Dec. 1800; and promoted, while serving as first of the Ville de Paris 110, Cap-