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Rh Alicia, youngest daughter of Chas. Martin, Esq. – Frederick Dufaur.

 SIBBALD. 

entered the Navy 5 Sept. 1821; passed his examination in 1828; obtained his iirst commission 10 Jan. 1837; and on 12 of the same month was nominated Additional Lieutenant of the 46, flag-ship of Sir Patrick Campbell at the Cape of Good Hope, where he remained upwards of 12 months. He was next, 3 Aug. 1833, appointed to the 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, employed at Portsmouth and on the North America and West India station; and, from 13 Aug. 1839 until advanced on his return home to the rank of Commander 4 Oct. 1843, he served as Second and First Lieutenant in the bomb, Capt. Jas. Clark Ross, on a voyage of discovery to the Antarctic seas. He has since been on half-pay. – Goode and Lawrence.

 SIBBALD. 

entered the Navy 2 Dec. 1825; and passed his examination in 1832. For his services on the coast of China he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 June, 1841. His subsequent appointments were – 2 Sept. 1841, to the 16, Capt. Wm. Smith (b), fitting at – 13 Oct. following, to the  72, flagship of Sir Chas. Adam on the North America and West India station, whence he returned in 1845 – and, 6 June and 24 Oct. 1846, to the Avenger and steam-frigates, both commanded by Capt. Woodford John Williams, with whom he continued employed on Home service, in the latter vessel as First-Lieutenant, until Oct. 1847.

 SIBLY. 

was born 6 Jan. 1797.

This officer entered the Navy, 16 May, 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 80, Capt. Sir John Gore, employed off Brest and in Basque Roads. During the last two years of the war he served in the West Indies, part of the time as Midshipman, in the and  of 20 guns each, Capts. Thos. Fellowes and Wm. Paterson. With the latter officer we find him in 1815 cruizing in the Channel in the 36, and from 1816 until 1820 stationed in the East Indies in the  74, flagship of Sir Rich. King. While attached to the he was severely injured in the left leg; and before sailing, in the, for India, he accompanied the expedition against Algiers, where he served, during the bombardment, in gun-boat No. 23. After he had left the he joined in succession the  20, Capt. Stewart Blacker,  and  74’s, Capts. Sir Thos. Lavie and Thos. Dundas, 10, Capt. Hon. Geo. Barrington, 50, flag-ship of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted, and 10, Capts. John Jas. Onslow, Wm. Geo. Hyndham Whish, and Joseph O’Brien. The, , , and were employed on the Home station; the  and  in the West Indies, whence, soon after his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 4 Oct. 1825, Mr. Sibly invalided. He has since been on half-pay.

Lieut. Sibly is Governor of the Brixton House of Correction. He married, 22 Oct. 1831, Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of Lieut. John Derby, R.N. (1795), who died Warden of Portsmouth Dockyard. By that lady, who died 19 July, 1847, he has issue one daughter. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 SICKLEMORE. 

, born 28 Nov. 1804, is eldest son of the late John Sicklemore, Esq., of Wetheringsett and Debenham, co. Suffolk, by Ann, third daughter of Robt. Cony, Esq., of Walpole Hall, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Norfolk Militia, who served at the battle of Preston Pans, and was Aide-de-Camp to Sir John Cope. The Sicklemores were of considerable importance during the eventful period of the civil war, when they represented the county of Suffolk and the borough of Ipswich in Parliament.

This officer entered the Navy 12 Feb. 1812; and in the course of that year was employed, while belonging to the 50, in landing and embarking troops on the coast of Spain and Holland. During the war with the United States he served for two years with activity on the North American station, and was present, besides sharing in other operations, in the attack upon Crany Island and at the capture of Hampton. In 1820 he passed his examination; in 1825-6 he was employed in the 26 and  28, in the Persian Gulf, at Rangoon, and in other parts of India; and on 10 April, 1827, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. In 1828-9 he was engaged on particular service in the 8, Capt. Wm. Townsend Dance. From 30 Dec. 1837 until the early part of 1839 he held an appointment in the Coast Guard; to which he was reappointed 2 May, 1848. Since 10 Aug. in that year he has been in command of the revenue-cruizer.

Lieut. Sicklemore married, first, Louisa, second daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Lacy of the Royal Artillery. That lady dying 30 Aug. 1826, he married, secondly, 25 May, 1832, Sarah, eldest daughter of Wm. Hyder, Esq., of Court Lees, co. Kent; and being again left a widower 6 Sept. 1836, he married, a third time, 20 April, 1847, Augusta Charlotte, daughter of Rear-Admiral Searle. – J. Hinxman.

 SIDNEY. 

entered the Navy 17 April, 1833; passed his examination 17 April, 1839; and from 1840 until the summer of 1842 was employed on the Niger expedition in the and  steamers, Capts. Bird Allen and Wm. Allen. He was made Lieutenant into the latter vessel by a commission bearing date 31 Jan. 1842. His next appointments were – 20 Dec. 1842, to the steam surveying-sloop, Capt. Alex. Thos. Emeric Vidal, stationed among the Azores – 14 April, 1845, as Additional, after a few months of half-pay, to the steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge, on the south-east coast of America – and, 1 Dec. following, in a similar capacity, to the 8, Capt. Geo. Lowe, engaged on particular service. He has been on half-pay since the close of 1846.

He married, in 1842, Miss Sydney, of Newport. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 SIMEON. 

is third and youngest son of the late Sir John Simeon, Bart., M.P., and Senior Master of the Court of Chancery, by Rebecca, eldest daughter of John Cornwall, Esq., of Hendon House, Middlesex; brother of the present Sir Rich. Godin Simeon, Bart.; and brother-in-law of Colonel Webber Smith, R.A., and of the late Sir Fred. Fras. Baker, Bart., F.R.S., F.S.A., of Loventor, co. Devon.

This officer entered the Navy, 28 Sept. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and John Halliday; under the former of whom he passed the Dardanells in Feb. 1807, and accompanied the expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren. In May, 1810, he removed as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Aug. 1807) to the 38, Capt. Henry Hope, attached to the force in the Mediterranean; whence, towards the close of 1811, he returned to England in the  74, Capt. J. Halliday. In March, 1812 after his name had been borne for three months on the books of the and  74’s,  28, and  120, he was received on board the  36, Capt. John Tower, again in the Mediterranean. On 2 June, 1812, he was made Lieutenant into the sloop; hut before he could join that vessel he had the misfortune,