is a commander. Three others lost their lives in the naval service, viz., Thomas Vernon, died in 1809, from a cold caught when lieutenant of the Isis; – William, purser of the Delight sloop, perished with all his shipmates, off the Isle of France, in Feb. 1824; and Charles Reynolds, midshipman of the Redwing sloop, shared a similar fate while in charge of a prize, in Nov. 1825.
CHARLES BELFIELD LOUIS, Esq.
[Commander.]
Youngest son of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Louis, Bart., K.F.M., &c., and brother to the present Captain Sir John Louis, Bart., one of H.M. naval aides-de-camp.
This officer was educated at the Royal Naval College, made a lieutenant in Aug. 1811; and promoted to the rank of commander on the 12th Aug. 1819. He married, in 1825, Mary, eldest daughter of the Rev. P. Mallock, of Cockington Court, co. Devon.
HENRY BOTELER, Esq.
[Commander.]
Second surviving son of the late William Boteler, Esq., F.S.A., of Eastry, co. Kent, by his second wife, Mary, daughter of Captain John Harvey, who commanded the Brunswick 74, and was mortally wounded on the glorious 1st of June, 1794.[1]
- ↑ See Vol. I. Part II, note [1] at p. 613. The Botelers were resident at Eastry for many generations until in 1814, only four years previous to his demise, the above mentioned gentleman, who was the last heir male of the family, both of Heronden and Eastry, went to reside at Canterbury. Throughout his life, he was much attached to the study of antiquities, and, he made considerable collections for the history of his native parish, and the neighbourhing parts of East Kent. The substance of these collections was communicated by him to Mr. Hasted, who acknowledged, in the most handsome manner, the assistance he received from him in the compilation of his “History of Kent.” As a further testimony of such assistance, Mr. Hasted dedicated the ninth volume of the second edition of that work to Mr. Boteler, stating that it was to him that the public
