RICHARD DEVONSHIRE, Esq.
[Commander.]
Brother of Rear-Admiral J. F. Devonshire[1]. This officer was made a lieutenant on the 11th May, 1804; appointed to l’Aigle 36, Captain George Wolfe, June 2d, 1808; and promoted to his present rank, while serving as first of that frigate, under the command of Captain Sir John Louis, on the Mediterranean station, Aug. 27th, 1814. Some of the services in which he participated are stated in pp. 318, 898, and 409 of Vol. II.; at p. 812 of Vol. I., and p. 118 of Suppl, Part I.
ROBERT OLIVER, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained the rank of lieutenant in Jan. 1806; and commanded the boats of the Espoir sloop. Captain Robert Mitford, in a dashing little affair on the coast of Calabria, April 4th, 1810[2]. He soon afterwards assisted at the capture of an armed ship and three barks, under the castle of Terrecino. We lastly find him serving under the late Sir George Burlton, in the Ville de Paris 110, and Boyne 98, on the Mediterranean station. His promotion to the rank of commander took place Aug. 27th, 1814.
JOHN FRANCIS LASCELLES, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant on the 28th April, 1807; and afterwards successively appointed to the Venerable, Saturn, and Mulgrave, third-rates. He continued in the latter ship, under the command of Captain Thomas J. Maling, on the Mediterranean station, until the end of the war. His promotion to the rank of commander took place Aug. 27th, 1814.
