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1068 while detached in the ’s boats, to fall, 30 July, into the hands of the enemy, by whom he was detained a prisoner until the end of the war. He subsequently, from June until Sept. 1814, served at Portsmouth in the 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham; and on 13 June, 1815, he was promoted to the rank of Commander. His next appointments were, 23 Oct. and 2 Nov. 1818, to the 16 and  18; in the latter of which vessels he served for about three years on the Cork station. On the occasion of his advancement to Post-rank, 10 March, 1827, he obtained command of the 28, on the Halifax station. In 1847 he accepted the Retirement.

Capt. Simeon married, 5 July, 1821, Frances, second daughter of Thos. Woore, Esq., of Inch House, co. Donegal, by whom he has issue.

 SIMKIN. 

was born 18 Feb. 1792. He is brother of

This officer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 18, Capts. Robt. Forbes and Wm. Fisher, employed on the Mediterranean and Home stations, where, from Dec. 1807 until presented in Aug. 1815 with a commission bearing date 28 Feb. in that year, he served, principally in the capacity of Midshipman, in the, flag-ship of Admiral Young, 40, Capts. Rich. Budd Vincent and Fras. Wm. Fane, 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, 16, Capts. Jas. Lilburn, Thos. Ball Clowes, and Hon. Wm. John Napier, 18, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, and  18, Capts. Thos. Dench and John Bradley. In the and  he was in frequent action with the enemy’s batteries on the coasts of France and Catalonia; and while in the, in which vessel he continued from Oct. 1809 until Oct. 1812, he assisted in causing the self-destruction, 25 March, 1811, of the French 40-gun frigate Amazone, near Barfleur light-house, and on 7 Sept. following, when in company with the  24, chased into Calvados seven French gun-brigs (one of which was driven on shore), mounting 3 long 24-pounders and a mortar each, and manned with 75 men. Since he left the he has been on half-pay.

Lieut. Simkin has been three times married, and has seven children.

 SIMKIN. 

is brother of

This officer entered the Navy, 7 Oct. 1800, as A.B., on board the 110, Capt. Sir Thos. Troubridge, flag-ship off Brest of Earl St. Vincent and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis; and from March, 1802, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 Nov. 1806, was employed as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Jan. 1801) in the 32 and  38, both commanded by the present Sir Wm. Parker. In the he conveyed a body of German troops from Lymington to Holland; and in the  he brought the Duke of Kent home from Gibraltar, assisted at the capture of the privateers Le Félix of 16 guns and 96 men and Principe de la Paz of 24 guns, 4 swivels, and 160 men, joined in the very spirited pursuit of a French frigate into Toulon, accompanied Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back in search of the combined squadrons of France and Spain, and took part, 13 March, 1806, in a long running fight, which terminated in the surrender to the  98 and, whose loss extended to 4 men killed and 5 wounded, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. His last appointments afloat were – 19 Nov. 1806, for three years, to the 50, Capts. Thos. Seccombe, Henry Hope, John Clavell, and Geo. Miller Bligh, in the Mediterranean – 11 Dec. 1809, to the 80, Capt. Robt. Plampin, in Basque Roads – and in Feb. 1812 and June, 1813, to the 12, Capt. Jas. Aberdour, and 20, Capts. Robt. Campbell and Edw. Stopford, both on the Newfoundland station, whence he returned in Jan. 1815. From 16 May, 1835, until the early part of 1837 he held command of a station in the Coast Guard. He accepted his present rank 12 Oct. 1841.

 SIMMONS. 

entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 14, commanded at first by Lieuts. Chas. Champion and Nathaniel Ratsey, and next by Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis. In that vessel he served on the Baltic and Home stations until Dec. 1814 – the last 14 months in the capacity of Midshipman. He joined next the 18, Capt. John Skekel, at Newfoundland; passed his examination 18 Sept. 1816; and as a reward for his exertions in the Coast Blockade, as Mate of the  40, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 16 Aug. 1819. Since 17 Dec. 1828 he has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.

He married, 10 July, 1840, Julia Frances Stanley, daughter of the Rev. Rich. Blackett De Chair, of Sheperdswell, co. Kent.

 SIMMONS. 

was born in March, 1790, at Gillingham, co. Kent.

This officer entered the Navy, 21 March, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capts. John Child Purvis and Chas. John Moore Mansfield; under the latter of whom he fought as Midshipman at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and was present, in 1807, at the bombardment of Copenhagen. Being placed, on the surrender of the Danish capital, on board the Neptunos 80, he had the misfortune while in that ship to be wrecked and to lose all he possessed. He joined next, in Dec. 1807, the 32, Capt. Edm. Heywood, on the West India station; where, while under the temporary command of Lieut. Edm. Potenger Greenlaw, he was again wrecked, on a coral reef off the island of Anagada, 24 May, 1808, and a second time lost his all. He served subsequently in the and  frigates, both commanded by Sir Thos. John Cochrane, 44, Capt. Hon. Warwick Lake,  36, Capt. John Allen,  74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas,  42, Capt. Woodley Losack,  frigate, Capt. Sam. Warren, 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford, and again, Capt. W. Losack. In 1809 he assisted, in the, at the capture of Martinique, and (with his name on the books of the ) commanded a gun-boat during the operations in the Scheldt. In the, of which ship he was confirmed a Lieutenant after having acted for upwards of two months as such, 14 May, 1811, he took part, 20 of the latter month (while cruizing off Madagascar, in company with the  and  frigates, about equal in force to the  and 18-gun brig ) in a long and trying action with the French 40-gun frigates Renommée, Clorinde, and Néréide, in which the , besides being much damaged in her hull, masts, and rigging, sustained a loss of 16 men killed and 46 wounded. He afterwards visited the West Indies and Newfoundland He left the in Nov. 1815; and was lastly, from Feb. 1830 until April, 1831, employed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the  74, Capts. Hugh Pigot and David Colly.

The Lieutenant is married. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 SIMMONS. 

entered the Navy, in April, 1803, on board the, Capts. Chas. Henry Lane, Cooke, and John Loring, lying at Portsmouth, where he remained for three years. He then, in May, 1806, joined the 18, Capt. Hon. Geo. Cadogan, on the West India