CHARLES DU CANE, Esq.
[Commander.]
Served as master’s-mate on board the Mercury 28, Captain (now Sir James A.) Gordon; and was employed in her boats at the capture of seven Spanish tartans, under the batteries of Rota, April 4th, 1808[1]. He passed his examination in July 1809; obtained the rank of lieutenant in Dec. following, on which occasion, we believe, he was appointed to the Egeria sloop, Captain Lewis Hole; and subsequently served under Captains Joseph Bingham and Richard Raggett, in the Egmont and Spencer 74’s. He was advanced to his present rank on the 30th Aug. 1815; and has since been employed as inspecting commander of the coast-guard, viz. at Harwich, in 1824; and at Ryde, Isle of Wight, in 1825.
This officer married, in 1823, Frances, second daughter of the Rev. C. Prideaux Brune, of Prideaux Place, co. Cornwall.
PATRICK DUFF HENRY HAY, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant on the 31st July, 1812; appointed to the Ramillies 74, Captain (now Sir Thomas M.) Hardy, Oct. 3d following; and advanced to the rank of commander Aug. 31 St, 1815. He commissioned the Redpole sloop in Nov. 1820; and was removed from that vessel to the Medina, on the Mediterranean station, Dec. 13th, 1821.
WILLIAM ROBERT DAWKINS, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant on the 2d July, 1810; promoted to the rank of commander on the 1st September, 1815; and appointed to the Helicon sloop, fitting out for the West India station, May 18th, 1821. He died September 1st 1824.
