June 6th, 1831, to be first of the Rattlesnake 28, Captain Charles Graham, fitting out for the South American station. He was made a commander on the 18th Nov. 1833; and presented with the honorary medallion of the Royal Humane Society, for rescuing a fellow-creature from a watery grave, Jan. 8th, 1894.
JOHN GARRETT, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant into the Euryalus frigate. Captain (now Sir Augustus) Clifford, on the Mediterranean station, Mar. 26th, 1822; and advanced to his present rank on the 19th Nov. 1833.
REGINALD YORKE, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained his first commission on the 2d Aug. 1826; and was appointed to the Donegal 78, Captain John Dick, May 25th, 1831 . He continued in that ship, under the flag of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, on the North Sea station, during the blockade of the Dutch ports; and in May 1833, became flag-lieutenant to Sir William Hargood, commander-in-chief at Plymouth. His promotion to the rank of commander took place on the 20th Nov. following.
WILLIAM PRESTON, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant in Mar. 1823; and commander on the 28th Dec. 1833.
RIGHT HON. LORD FREDERICK C. P. BEAUCLERK.
[Commander.]
Second son of the late Duke of St. Albans, by Maria Janetta, only daughter of John Nelthorpe, Esq., of Little Grimsby House, co. Lincoln.
This officer was born on the 28th June, 1808; and first went to sea, from the Royal Naval College, in the Victor sloop,
