ROBERT ROCHFORT, Esq.
[Commander.]
Passed his examination in Jan. 1810; obtained his first commission on the 26th April, 1811; and commanded the Lapwing, revenue cruiser, in 1819 and the two following years. He was advanced to his present rank on the 10th Mar. 1828.
ROBERT SMART, Esq.
Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order.
[Commander.]
This officer entered the royal navy in 1810; and was made lieutenant into the Scout sloop. Captain William Ramsden, on the Mediterranean station, Sept. 11th, 1820. He obtained his present rank, while serving on board the Cambrian frigate. Captain G. W. Hamilton, April 21st, 1828; and is now commander of the Satellite sloop, on the South American station, where he has recently captured a Portuguese brig, with .577 slaves on board. In 1832, he was nominated a knight of the above order, and, we believe, received from the King of Prussia the order of the Red Eagle (third class), in consequence of his having been selected to accompany a miniature frigate, presented to that monarch by King William IV., from the river Thames to Germany.
JOSEPH RICHARD RAGGETT WEBB, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained his first commission on the 17th Mar. 1806; and served, during the last four years of the war with France, in the Franchise frigate, the greater part of the time under Captain Richard Buck. He was appointed to the Portsmouth Ordinary in 1816; and subsequently commanded the Hind revenue cruiser. He was advanced to his present rank on the 1st May, 1828.
