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1050 Commander Senhouse is Provost-Marshal at Barbadoes. He married, in 1815, Elizabeth Bishop, daughter of John Spooner, Esq., of that island, by whom he has issue. – Burnett and Holmes.

 SENIOR. 

entered the Navy, 21 Sept. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 40, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, in which frigate he served until Oct. 1810 off the coast of Spain, among the Western Islands, and on the Irish station. After his name had been borne for 13 months on the books of the, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis at Spithead, 74, Capt. Jas. Nash, and 100, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Williams in the Channel, he was again, 31 Dec. 1811, placed under the orders of Capt. Capel as Midshipman on board 74, employed at first in the North Sea, and then in North America; where, and on the coast of France, he served – from 19 Aug. 1814 until the receipt, in Aug. 1815, of a commission, bearing date 4 March in that year – in the  74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham. He obtained an appointment, 22 March, 1821, to the 18, Capt. Henry Edw. Napier, fitting for the Halifax station; and since 31 Oct. 1823 has been in command of a station in the Coast Guard.

Lieut. Senior married Margaret, daughter of Thos. Palmer, Esq., of Summer Hill, co. Mayo, and sister of Roger Palmer, Esq., who married a daughter of the Hon. Fred. Cavendish. By that lady he has issue. – Hallett and Robinson.

 SERVANTE. 

is one of the seven sons – six of them devoted to the naval and military services – of Lieut. John Henry Servante, R.N. (1809), who contracted the fever while in command of a Government packet in the West Indies, and died 22 April, 1837, at Plympton, near Plymouth. Two of his brothers also died from the effects of climate.

This officer entered the Navy, 7 Jan. 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 36, Capt. John Bowen, attached to the force in the East Indies, where he continued employed in the capacity of Midshipman until July, 1816. He next, in Sept. 1818, joined the 104, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth at Plymouth; in Jan. 1820 (on 20 Oct. in which year he passed his examination) he removed to the  26, Capt. John Toup Nicolas; and at the commencement of 182.3, after having served, the chief part of the time as Mate, on the Newfoundland and Home stations, he returned, in the  50, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Augustus Westphal, to the East Indies. He was next, from Feb. 1824 until Dec. 1828, employed on the West India station in the 28, Capt. Hugh Patton,  schooner, commanded by Lieut. Jas. Cooper Bennett and for a short time by himself, 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, receiving-ship at Port Royal, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courteney, and 46, Capt. Chas. John Austen. He was actively engaged during that period in the suppression of piracy, and was promoted, 8 March, 1828, to the rank of Lieutenant – a few weeks before he joined the. His appointments have since been – in Oct. 1830, to the 42, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – 5 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard – 24 Sept. 1835, to the command of the Shamkock Revenue vessel on the Irish station – and 10 Oct. 1838, again to the Coast Guard, in which service he continues.

 SERVANTE. 

entered the Navy 10 Feb. 1808; passed his examination in 1817; and on the occasion of his promotion, 26 Feb. 1828, was appointed Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 48, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Fras. Augustus Collier on the coast of Africa, whence he returned in 1830. From 9 June, 1837, until 1845, he filled an appointment in the Coast Guard.

He married, in July, 1832, Susan, daughter of R. Chantrell, Esq., of Bruges. – Case and Loudonsack.

 SETON. 

was born 7 Nov. 1795.

This officer entered the Navy, 24 March, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Donald Campbell; and from 26 Nov. 1811 until July, 1811, was employed in the  74, Capts. Hon. Geo. Byng (the late Viscount Torrington) and John Tremayne Rodd. In the former ship he was engaged as Midshipman in the attack upon Flushing, and was for some time stationed in the river Tagus, where he commanded a boat in co-operation with the army under Lord Wellington. During the term of his servitude in the, the whole of which he passed in the capacity of signal-officer, he assisted at the blockade of various ports in the Channel, North Sea, and Baltic, escorted the Prince of Orange, and Lord Clancarty, the British Ambassador, to Holland in Nov. 1813, was much employed in affording protection to trade, and visited the West Indies. On 10 Sept. 1815, two months after he had been received on promotion on board the receiving-ship at Port Royal, Capt. Alex. Campbell, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the 16, Capt. Wm. Hendry; in which vessel and in the 16, Capt. Chas. Jackson, he continued in the West Indies until June, 1816. He has since been on half-pay. He was confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing date 18 May, 1815.

 SEWARD. 

was born about 1781.

This officer entered the Navy, 22 April, 1794, as Captain’s Servant, on board the 74, Capt. John Bazely, attached to the force in the Channel; where, in May, 1795, 10 months after he had been discharged from the, he became Fst.-cl. Vol. of the 18, Capts. Orrock and Parker. Removing as Midshipman, in July, 1796, to the 74, Capts. Geo. Blagden Westcott, Robt. Cuthbert, and Geo. Hope, he served in that ship as Signal-Midshipman and Aide-de-Camp to Capt. Westcott, and was wounded, at the battle of the Nile 1 Aug. 1798. On his return home after witnessing the re-capture of Naples, he joined, first, in Nov. 1799, the 74, flag-ship of Lord Duncan off the Texel, and next, in June, 1800, the  110, bearing the flag of Lord St. Vincent in the Channel. On the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 31 Aug. 1801, he was placed in command of the gun-brig, lying in the river Coln. He left that vessel 19 Oct. following; and was subsequently appointed – 15 Nov. 1802, to the 50, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith in the North Sea – 28 July, 1803, to the 74, Capts. Chas. Cunningham and Thos. Rogers, also on the Home station – 25 Dec. 1805, again, as First, to the – 19 Feb. 1806, to the  110, flag-ship of Lord St. Vincent and Sir W. S. Smith in the Channel and off Lisbon – 16 Jan. and 5 Feb. 1308, as First, to the  74, and  80, bearing each the flag of Sir W. S. Smith, whom he accompanied, in the latter ship, to the Brazils, whither, in the, he had witnessed the flight of the Royal House of Portugal – 23 Aug. 1809 and 11 July, 1810, in the same capacity, to the  32, Capts. Patrick Tonyn and Robt. Preston, and 74, Capts. Sam. Jas. Ballard and Thos. Harvey, employed on the West India and Channel stations – and in Jan. 1813, to the Transport Service. Owing to the death, at Barbadoes, of Capt. Tonyn, he was for three weeks in command of the ; during which period he performed the arduous duties, preparatory to the attack upon Guadeloupe, of collecting troops at Pigeon Island