THOMAS METHVEN, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant early in 1798, and promoted to his present rank on the 21st Feb. 1812; previous to which he had served in the Invincible 74, Captain (now Vice-Admiral) Ross Donnelly; and as first of the Resistance frigate, Captain Philip L. G. Rosenhagen, on the Mediterranean station. He married, in 1829, Janet Grant, youngest daughter of the late David Hunter, of Blackness, Esq.