JOHN BANKS, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant on the 23th Feb. 1806; and served as first of the Northumberland 74, Captain (now Sir Henry) Hotham, at the destruction of two French frigates and a national brig, near l’Orient, May 22d, 1812[1]; for which service he was promoted to his present rank on the 29th of the same month. This officer married. Mar. lOth, 1815, Miss Elizabeth Banks, of Bath.
JOHN KEENAN, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was a midshipman of the Queen 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral (afterwards Lord) Gardner, at the great battle of June 1st, 1794; on which occasion that ship sustained a loss of 36 officers and men slain, and 67> including her captain (John Hutt) mortally wounded.
In Dec. 1795, Mr. Keenan was promoted to the rank of lieutenant; – in 1801 , he commanded the Sheerness tender; – in 1807, we find him serving as first of the Hibernia 110, bearing the flag of Lord Gardner; – in 1811, he obtained the command of the Resolute gun-brig; – and on the 29th of April, 1812, he displayed great bravery in a desperate attack made by Captain (now Sir Thomas) Ussher on several French privateers lying under the batteries of Malaga[2]. For his good conduct on this occasion he was made a commander, June 1st following.
WILLIAM BUCHANNAN, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained the rank of lieutenant in Dec. 1805; and served as such under Captain (afterwards Rear-Admiral) Donald Campbell, in the Audacious 74, on the Baltic and North Sea stations. He was next appointed first of the Dicta-
