their mother’s sister was the wife of the Hon. Thomas Parker, brother to Lord Macclesfield.
WILLIAM HOLMAN, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant in Sept. 1799; and commanded a boat belonging to the Regulus 44, Captain (now Sir George) Eyre, at the capture of an armed schooner and several merchant vessels, in Aguada Bay, Porto-Rico, July 11th, 1798. In 1811, he acted for some time as captain of the Hibernia 120, off Toulon. His commission as commander bears date Feb. 20th, 1812.
THOMAS METHVEN, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant early in 1798, and promoted to his present rank on the 21st Feb. 1812; previous to which he had served in the Invincible 74, Captain (now Vice-Admiral) Ross Donnelly; and as first of the Resistance frigate, Captain Philip L. G. Rosenhagen, on the Mediterranean station. He married, in 1829, Janet Grant, youngest daughter of the late David Hunter, of Blackness, Esq.
ROBERT GILES, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant on the 29th April, 1799; and promoted to the command of the Scorpion sloop, on the Leeward Islands station. Mar. 12th, 1812. He died Feb. 6th, 1824, in his 49th year.
