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1028 Commander Sangster is married, and has issue a son and daughter.

 SANKEY. 

, born 23 July, 1807, is only surviving son of the late Matthew Villiers Sankey, Esq., of Coolmore, by Mary Ellington, sister of Major Elrington, Major of the Tower of London. His grandfather, Jacob Sankey, Esq., of Coolmore, married a sister of Admiral Sir Benjamin Caldwell. The Sankey family is of ancient and high standing.

This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1820, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, where he continued to serve as Midshipman, until 1827, in the 20, Capt. Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill,  10, Capt. Johnson,  again, Capt. Hamilton, and  76, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard. He was actively employed during that period in the Archipelago in destroying pirates, with whom he came repeatedly into sharp conflict. In 1827, having passed his examination 20 Aug. 1826, he became Mate of the 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, at Portsmouth; in 1828 he returned to the Mediterranean in the 46, Capt. Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer; and on 10 Dec. 1835, after having been for some months employed on the Home and South American stations in the 50, Capt. Sir Francis Augustus Collier, and  76, Capt. Robt. Tait, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments were – 30 April, 1836, to the 74, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe, with whom he served on the Lisbon station until the early part of 1837 – 25 May, 1838, to the 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, fitting at Portsmouth – and 7 July following, to the  36, Capts. Daniel Pring and Fred. Thos. Michell. He continued in the latter ship on the West India and Mediterranean stations, part of the time as First-Lieutenant, until paid off in March, 1843. He has not been since afloat. His promotion to the rank he now holds took place 27 Aug. 1844.

Commander Sankey married, 8 Feb. 1844, Melita Anne, only daughter of the late Capt. G. W. Hamilton, R.N., C.B., by whom he has issue.

 SANSUM. 

entered the Navy 3 Aug. 1826; passed his examination in 1832; and obtained his commission 10 May, 1839. His appointments have since been – 22 May, 1839, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the receiving-ship at Jamaica, Commodore Peter John Douglas – 16 Feb. 1840, to the  surveying-vessel, Capt. Edw. Barnett, on the North America and West India station – 27 July, 1841, as First, to the 18, Capts. Joseph Paffard Dickson Larcom and Hon. Jas. Robt. Drummond, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in 1845 – and 16 Feb. 1846, in a similar capacity, to the 18, Capt. Henry John Worth, now in the Pacific.

 SARGENT. 

passed his examination 28 July, 1843; and since 15 April, 1845, has been serving in the discovery-ship, Capt. Sir John Franklin. His commission as Lieutenant bears date 15 Aug. 1846.

 SARSFIELD. 

was born 18 Jan. 1790. He is a descendant of the celebrated Irish General, Sarsfield, Lord Lucan.

This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1804, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the 50, Capts. J. A. Norway and Michael McCarthy, on the Falmouth station. In 1807 he became Midshipman of the 18, commanded in the Channel and North Sea by Capts. Edw. Bass and Henry Higman; the latter of whom he followed, as a passed Midshipman, in Sept. 1811, into the 16, attached to the force in the Baltic. In the course of the same year he was sent in charge of a Danish prize to Gottenborg. While there, the being driven off the coast in a gale, he was placed, for a passage to join her, on board the  18, Capt. Henry Fanshawe; and he was in that vessel when, in order to avoid sharing the fate of her unfortunate consort the  74, she was under the necessity of surrendering to the Dutch fleet in the Texel. He remained in consequence a prisoner of war in France from Dec. 1811 until the end of the war. Towards the close of 1814 he successively joined the 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, and 10, Capt. Thos. Barker Devon, both on the Home station; and in July, 1815, he was presented with a commission bearing date 14 of the preceding Feb. He has since been on half-pay.

Lieut. Sarsfield is now Marine Manager for the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company. For 20 years prior to this appointment he was in command of steamers, both government and private, employed principally in the conveyance of mails between Liverpool and Dublin. He married, 14 Oct. 1815, Mary, eldest daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Balcomb, by whom he has issue four children.

 SARTORIUS, Kt., K.S.B.D’A., K.C.T.S.

, born in 1790, is eldest son of John Conrad Sartorius, Esq., Col. of Engineers, Hon.E.I.Co.’s service, by a daughter of ___ Rose, Esq.

This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1801, as a Volunteer, on board the yacht, Capt. Sir Harry Burrard Neale; served, from May, 1802, until Oct. 1804, part of the time as Midshipman, in the  and  frigates, commanded, on the Home station, by Capt. Jas. Wallis; and then joined the 80, Capts. Wm. Henry Jervis and Chas. Tyler, under the latter of whom he fought at Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. Immediately after the battle he was placed with Lieut. Jas. Stuart on board the Bahama, one of the Spanish 74’s taken on the occasion. In June, 1806, he removed to the 20, Capt. Fras. Mason; and after assisting in that ship at the capture of Monte Video and participating in the various operations which preceded the evacuation of Spanish America, he was made Lieutenant, 5 March, 1808, into the 32, Capt. John Ayscough. In the course of the same and of the two following years we find him employed in affording protection to the Greenland fisheries, in assisting at the reduction of Ischia and Procida, and in co-operating in the defence of Sicily against the threatened invasion of Murat. On 4 April, 1810, he commanded the boats of the and  brig, at the destruction, with a loss to the British of 2 men killed, of two vessels laden with oil, under a heavy fire of great guns and musketry, on the beach, near Castiglione, and on 25 of the same month he assisted at the capture of an armed ship and three barks close to the castle of Terracina. After serving with the flotilla at the defence of Cadiz he was promoted, 1 Feb. 1812, to the rank of Commander. His next appointments were, 15 Aug. 1812 and 22 July, 1813, to the 12 and  18, both on the Home station; where, attaining Post-rank 6 June, 1814, he commanded, from 14 Dec. in that year until Aug. 1815, the  20, and was present at the surrender of Napoleon Buonaparte to Capt. Maitland of the. His last appointment was to the 72, in which ship, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, he remained from 19 Aug. 1841 until paid off in 1844. On 21 Aug. in the former year he received the honour of Knighthood; and on 9 Nov. 1846 he was nominated a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen.

In 1832 Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius assumed command, with the rank of Admiral, of Don Pedro’s fleet, whose movements he continued to direct until succeeded, in 1833, by Sir Charles Napier. His name in consequence was struck off the list of British Captains; but in 1836 it was restored. For