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1108 STANDBRIDGE. 

passed his examination 2 Dec. 1829; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 18 Jan. 1840; was promoted therefrom to the rank of Lieutenant 29 June, 1846; and since 4 Aug. following has been serving in the 8, Capt. Granville Hamilton Wood, now on the North America and West India station.

 STANFELL. 

entered the Navy 4 Nov. 1824; passed his examination in 1831; and as a reward for his services on the coast of Syria, where he formed one of the landing party in the attack upon Tortosa, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Nov. 1840. His succeeding appointments were – 15 Dec. 1840, 27 Aug. 1842, and 21 Dec. 1843, to the 72, Capt. Houston Stewart,  18, Capts. Hon. Swynfen Thos. Carnegie, John Jas. Robinson, and Edw. St. Leger Cannon, and 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, all on the Mediterranean station – and, 4 Feb. 1845 (several months after the had been paid off), to the  80, Capts. Geo. Wickens Willes and Geo. Fred. Rich, with whom he was for upwards of three years employed in the Channel and again in the Mediterranean.

 STANHOPE. 

, born 19 Jan. 1823, is second son of

This officer passed his examination 5 Nov. 1842; served as Mate, from that period until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 2 March, 1846, in the 50, Capts. Lord John Hay and Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, on the North America and West India and Mediterranean stations; was appointed, 9 Dec. in the latter year, to the 110, flag-ship of Sir John West at Devonport; and, since 26 Aug. 1847, has been employed in the  84, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby in the Pacific.

 STANHOPE. 

, born 15 Dec. 1793, is only son (by Margaret, daughter of Fras. Malbone, Esq., of Newport, Rhode Island, North America), of Admiral Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope, who commanded the 64 at the capture of the Dutch squadron in  Bay 17 Aug. 1796, was created a Baronet for his services during the expedition against Copenhagen (in which he was second in command) 13 Nov. 1807, and died 20 Dec. 1814. His grandmother was eldest daughter and co-heiress of John Brydges, Marquis of Carnarvon, son of James, first Duke of Chandos.

This officer entered the Navy on board the 28, Capt. Wm. Rogers, bearing the flag of his father in the river Thames; removed as Midshipman, in Feb. 1810, to the 38, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier; became Master’s Mate, in the spring of 1811, of the 38, Capt. Philip Carteret; was made Lieutenant, 9 Oct. following, into the  32, Capt. Chas. Dilkes; and, 27 Aug. 1814, was advanced to the rank of Commander. In 1810 he served in the boats of the at the capture of a brig, under a heavy fire, on the coast of France; and in the, on his return from a voyage to the West Indies, he contributed to the cutting out of three privateers on the coast of Catalonia. Since his attainment of the rank of Commander he has been on half-pay.

Sir Edwyn F. Scudamore Stanhope is Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Gloucester, and has filled the office of High Sheriff for Herefordshire. He married, 20 Jan. 1820, Mary, daughter of Thos. Dowell, Esq., of Parker’s Well, co. Devon, formerly a Major in the E.I.Co.’s Artillery service, by whom he has issue six sons. His second son,, is a Lieutenant R.N. – Collier and Snee.

 STANHOPE. 

, a lineal descendant of Sir Philip Stanhope, first Earl of Chesterfield, is second son of John Stanhope, Esq., Rear-Admiral of the Red, who died in 1800, by Miss Caroline Dent; and grand-nephew of the late Lovel Stanhope, Esq., Under-Secretary of State. His elder brother, Philip John, died a Lieut.-Colonel in the army; and another, Charles George, also deceased, was a Captain in the same service.

This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in Sept. 1802; and embarked, in Sept. 1806, as Midshipman, on board the 38, Capt. Sir Thos. Lavie, under whom he was wrecked on the coast of France, and taken prisoner, 4 March, 1807. In March, 1811, he made an attempt at escape, but, being intercepted, he was a second time placed in close confinement. In the following May, however, he again broke through his bonds, and on 4 June he gained the coast near Flushing, where, after encountering many dangers and hardships, he got, on the night of 28 July, into an open boat, in which, on the following morning, he reached the 36, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Edw. W. C. R. Owen. A few weeks afterwards he joined the 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, stationed in the Downs; he was promoted, 30 Dec. in the same year, to the rank of Lieutenant; and he was next, 4 Jan., 23 March, and 29 May, 1812, and 14 May, 1814, appointed to the  98, Capt. Thos. Burton, 18, Capt. Thos. Mansell, 74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier, and  yacht, Capts. Thos. Eyles and Geo. Scott, all employed on Home service. Attaining the rank of Commander 27 June, 1814, Capt. Stanhope was appointed in that capacity, 8 May, 1820, to the 10, fitting for South America. In Oct. 1821 he removed to the 20, at Buenos Ayres, where he remained as senior officer until Jan. 1822. He then proceeded to Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, and Pernambuco; and in the ensuing May he arrived in England. He acquired Post-rank 26 Dec. 1822; and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.

Captain Stanhope married, 10 April, 1845, Mary, second daughter of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Edw. Jas. Foote, K.C.B.

 STANLEY. 

, born 10 May, 1798, at Barkway, Herts, is eldest son of the late Rev. Jas. Stanley, A.B., Vicar of Ormskirk, by Sarah, daughter of John Edleston, Esq.; and brother (with Lieut. Fred. Stanley, R.N., who was born 10 May, 1799, went to sea under the late Sir John Poo Beresford, and was drowned at the wreck of H.M. sloop, off St. Shot’s, Newfoundland, 23 June, 1822) of Chas. Thos. Stanley, Esq., who married Elizabeth Rosamond, eldest daughter of Jas. Ward, Esq., of Willey, co. Surrey, widow of Commander Robt. Henry Stanhope, R.N. (1828), cousin of Charles, Earl of Harrington, and brother of Lady Southampton. He is brother-in-law of Henry Robt. Crozier, Esq., of H.M. Woods and Forests (whose eldest son, Henry Edward, is a Midshipman R.N.); also of ; and cousin of the Earl of Derby.

This officer entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 18, Capt. Alex. Ronton Sharpe, lying at Chatham; and from the following April until July, 1816, was employed in the Channel, at the Cape of Good Hope, and in the Mediterranean, the greater part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman, in the 36 and  38, Capts. Wm. Wolrige and Phipps Hornby. Volunteering then to accompany the expedition fitting out against Algiers, he was received as a Supernumerary on board the 100, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth, under whom he accordingly assisted and was wounded at the bombardment of that place. The effects of the injury he there sustained he feels to this day. In Sept. 1816 he was again placed under the orders of