RICHARD EDWARDS, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained his first commission on the 4th July, 1812; and subsequently served under Captain Hyde Parker, in the Tenedos frigate, on the North American station. He was advanced to his present rank on the 26th Aug. 1828. This officer married, Oct. 16th, 1834, Emily, daughter of William Taylor, Esq., of Parkfield House, Purbrook, co. Hants.
RICHARD KEANE, Esq.
[Commander.]
Passed his examination, at Plymouth, in Nov. 1811; obtained his first commission on the 6th July, 1814; and was advanced to his present rank, Aug. 26th, 1828. He subsequently commanded the Victor sloop, on the Jamaica station, from whence he returned home, April 28th, 1831.
RICHARD HENRY KING, Esq.
[Commander.]
Passed for lieutenant in May or June 1811; obtained his first commission on the 12th July, 1813; and subsequently served under Captains Joseph G. Garland and Thomas J. Cochrane, in the Alert sloop and Forte frigate, the latter employed for some time on the West India and Halifax stations. He was advanced to his present rank on the 27th Aug. 1828.
This officer married, May 4th, 1830, Mary, daughter of the late Samuel Twyford, Esq., of Trotton, co. Sussex.
HENRY NAZER, Esq.
[Commander.]
Is a nephew to Admiral John Ferrier, under whose flag he was serving at the close of the war with France, in 1814, as lieutenant of the Scarborough 74, on the North Sea station. His first commission bears date May 2d, 1808.
