11th, 1820. Me was first of the Brisk sloop, Captain the Hon. William Anson, at the battle of Navarin. His commission as commander bears date Oct. 22d, 1827.
HON. WILLIAM EDWARDES.
[Commander.]
Second son of Lord Kensington, by Dorothy, daughter of John Thomas, Esq.; and grandson of William Edwardes, who, having inherited, at the demise of his first cousin, Edward Henry, seventh Earl of Warwick, in 1721, the estates of the Rich family, was elevated to the Irish peerage in July 1776, by the title of Baron Kensington.
This officer was born on the 3d Feb. 1801; made a lieutenant, Aug. 2d, 1823; and promoted to the rank of commander, Oct. 22d, 1827.
ROBERT SINCLAIR HAY, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained his first commission on the 4th Oct. 1823; and was slightly wounded while serving as senior lieutenant of the Talbot 28, Captain the Hon. Frederick Spencer, at the battle of Navarin. He takes rank as commander from Oct. 22d, 1827; and is now employed in the coast guard service.
RICHARD STEPHENS TOMKINS, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant in Jan. 1824; and served as first of the Philomel sloop, Captain Viscount Ingestrie, at the battle of Navarin. His commission as commander bears date 22d Oct. 1827.
EDWARD TAYLOR WEALE, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant in the beginning of Jan. 1806. At the close of the war with France, in 1814, we find him
