advanced to post rank, and presented by order of his sovereign with a gold chain and medal, and by the Patriotic Society at Lloyd’s with a sword value 100l. Lieutenant Clements was made a commander and received a sword value 60l. Lieutenant Pearl was presented with one of similar value, but, unfortunately, he had not served sufficient time as a commissioned officer to render him eligible for promotion[1].
In the ensuing summer. Lieutenant Pearl was appointed to the Harpy sloop, Captain George William Blamey (formerly commander of the Mediator), under whom he served in that vessel and the Comet 20, at the reduction of Walcheren, and on various foreign stations for upwards of five years. He obtained his present rank on the 29th Sept. 1827.
DAVID JOHN DICKSON, Esq.
[Commander.]
A son of the late Admiral William Dickson, and nephew to the late Admiral Sir Archibald Dickson, Bart., both of whom died in the year 1803.
This officer was born at Sydenham House, near Kelso, N.B., Oct. 24th, 1790; and entered the navy as midshipman on board the Sceptre 74, commanded by his half-brother, the late Rear-Admiral Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, Bart, under orders for the East Indies, April 4th, 1803. In the following year he was removed to the Albion 74, Captain (now Admiral) John Farrier; and subsequently into the St. Fiorenzo frigate and Culloden 74, the latter ship bearing the flag of Sir Edward Pellew[2], commander-in-chief on that station. We next find him in the Orion, Captain Sir A. C. Dickson, at the reduction of Walcheren; and shortly afterwards (Nov. 1809) receiving a commission appointing him lieutenant of that ship, in which he continued, principally on
- ↑ See Suppl. Part II. note at p. 275.
- ↑ Afterwards Viscount Exmouth.
