27th, 1811; as lieutenant of the same, April 24th, 1813; and as lieutenant of the Swallow sloop, Sept. 9th, 1813. He obtained his first commission on the 9th April, 1814; and subsequently served in the Tay and Raleigh sloops. We next find him appointed, June 27th, 1822, to the Superb 78, Captain Adam M‘Kenzie, stationed as a guard-ship at Plymouth. He commanded the Leveret brig, employed on various services, from Dec. 1831 until advanced to his present rank, Oct. 2d, 1833; and is now commander of the Ringdove sloop, on the Plymouth station.
This officer married, in 1817, a sister of Captain William Elliot, R.N., C.B.
HON. EDWARD ALFRED JOHN HARRIS.
[Commander.]
Second son of the Earl of Malmesbury, by Harriet Susan, daughter of Francis Dashwood, Esq., of West Vale, co. Lincoln. He was born on the 20th May, 1807; made a lieutenant in Feb. 1828; appointed to the Stag frigate. Captain Nicholas Lockyer, C.B., Sept. 24th, 1832; and advanced to the rank of commander on the 21st Nov. 1833.
JOHN WILLIAMS ALDRIDGE, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was a midshipman on board the Rippon 74, Captain Sir Christopher Cole, at the capture of the French frigate Weser, Oct. 21st, 1813[1]. He passed his examination, at Plymouth, Nov. 3d, following; obtained his first commission on the 4th Feb. 1815; and subsequently served in the Tonnant 80, and Bulwark 76, flag-ships of the late Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew, at Cork and in the river Medway. His subsequent appointments were, – Oct. 3d, 1821, to the Genoa 74, Captain Sir Thomas Livingston, stationed at Sheerness; – Dec. 9th, 1822, to the Prince Regent 120, then on the stocks at Chatham, intended for the flag of Sir Benjamin Hallowell; – and
