Captain Sir Archibald C. Dickson, attached to the Baltic fleet; in which ship he continued until June 1809, when he sailed from Spithead, in the Donegal 74, Captain E. P. Brenton, to rejoin his uncle, then commanding the Leviathan 74, off Cadiz. In Oct. following he witnessed the destruction, by their own crews, of two French line-of-battle ships, between Cette and Frontignan.[1] In Mar. 1811, he followed Captain Harvey into the Royal Sovereign, first rate, employed in the blockade of Toulon; and on that ship being ordered home, in Nov. following, he was received on board the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Edward Pellew (afterwards Viscount Exmouth), from whom he received his first commission, bearing date Sept. 18th, 1812.
After serving for a short time as supernumerary lieutenant under the flag of Sir Edward, Mr. Boteler joined the Scout 18, Captain Alex. R. Sharpe, in which sloop he continued until Aug. 1813; and then exchanged with the first lieutenant of the Nautilus 18, Captain Thomas Dench. In Dec. same year, his health requiring change of climate, he again exchanged, into the Eclair 18, Captain John Bellamy, in which sloop he returned home, and was subsequently employed on the Irish station. His last employment afloat was, Aug. 22d, 1815, to be senior lieutenant of the Antelope 50, fitting out at Portsmouth, for the flag of his uncle, then about to assume the chief command on the Leeward Islands station, from whence he returned to England, and was put out of commission, in April 1819, at which period he had been rather more than fourteen years and a half in constant and active employment. He obtained his present rank on the 12th Aug. 1819; and is now an Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard.
This officer married, in Dec. 1829, Henrietta, youngest daughter of the late Alan Bellingham, Esq., of Castle Bellingham, county Louth, Ireland. One of his brothers, Lieut.-Colonel Richard Boteler, R.E., served under the Duke of Wellington throughout the whole of the Peninsular war,
