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Rh , 3 Jan. 1839 and 1 March, 1840; and on 4 Nov. in the latter year was promoted to the rank he now holds, as a reward for his services on the coast of Syria and at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre; with the despatches relative to which latter event he was sent home. He obtained command, 13 March, 1841, of the 26, again in the Mediterranean, whence he returned to England and was paid off in April, 1842; and since 25 Aug. 1847 he has been serving in the  84, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby in the Pacific.

Capt. Stopford married, in 1843, Emily Anna, daughter of the late Capt. Wm. Wilbraham, R.N. (1809). – Messrs. Stilwell.

 STOREY. 

entered the Navy, in March, 1801, as A.B., on board the 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, with whom he was for 16 months employed in the Baltic, off the port of Cadiz, and in the West Indies. He served next, from 27 Oct. 1803 until 7 Aug. 1809, nearly the whole time as Midshipman, in the Impress-tender, Lieut.-Commanders Nathaniel Thos. France, Thos. Flinn, Thos. Dowell, and Robt. Daniell Lancaster, at North Shields and at Sheerness; he then joined the 110, of which ship, bearing the flags in the Mediterranean of Admirals Lord Collingwood and Thos. Fras. Fremantle, he was created a Lieutenant 28 April, 1810; and he was subsequently, between Feb. 1813 and Sept. 1815, employed at Portsmouth in the and, bearing each the flag of Sir Rich. Bickerton,, commanded by himself, and again, flag-ship of Sir R. Bickerton and Sir Edw. Thornbrough. He has since been on half-pay.

 STORY. 

was born 25 July, 1813.

This officer entered the Royal Naval College in Dec. 1826; and embarked, 11 Dec. 1828, as Midshipman, on board the 46, Capt. Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer, stationed in the Mediterranean; where he removed in succession to the bomb, Capt. Stephen Lushington, and  76, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie. He served afterwards in the West Indies until Nov. 1833 (in Aug. of which year he passed his examination) in the 28, Capt. Hon. Wm. Wellesley, 10, Capt. John Garrett,  18, Capt. Peter M‘Quhae, and  46, Capt. Arthur Farquhar. He was next, in Feb. 1837, nominated Mate of the 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry Dillon, in the Mediterranean; he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 28 June, 1838; and he was subsequently appointed – 10 April, 1839, to the 44, Capt. Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill, from which ship, after participating in the earlier operations of the war in China, and assisting at the capture of the enemy’s forts at Tycocktow and Chuenpee, he invalided early in 1841 – 15 Dec. 1842, as First, to the  steamer, Capt. Chas. Hotham, fitting for South America, whence he returned about Oct. 1843 – and 11 Oct. 1845, in a similar capacity, to the steam-frigate, Capt. Stephen Lushington, attached to the Channel squadron. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846; and has since been on half-pay.

 STOTHER. 

was born 14 Sept. 1785. This officer entered the Navy, 13 July, 1801, as L.M., on board the 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, stationed off Cadiz, whence he returned to England and was paid off in July, 1802. In the following Nov. he became Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Sept. 1801) of the 36, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, fitting for the East Indies; during his passage whither he contributed to the capture, among other vessels, of the De Haasje Dutch brig-of-war. Six months after he had left the he was received, in June, 1804, on board the  64, Capts. Chas. Rowley, Corbet Jas. d’Auvergne, Temple Hardy, and John Draper; in which ship he served off the Texel, accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen, and continued employed, off Lisbon and Cadiz, until April, 1808. In June of the latter year he removed as Master’s Mate to the 64, Capt. Jas. Giles Vashon, on the Leith station; where, on 9 Nov. in the same year, he was confirmed a Lieutenant (rather more than three months after he had been ordered to act as such) in the sloop, Capt. Fras. John Nott. He served next, from March, 1810, until Aug. 1815, off the Texel, in the Baltic, off Flushing, and in the Downs and Channel, in the 74, Capt. Temple Hardy,  74, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, 10, Capts. Colin Macdonatd and Alex. Fraser, and 74, Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg; and from 19 Feb. 1826 until July, 1831, he was employed in the Coast Guard. He accepted his present rank 27 Jan. 1846.

Commander Stother is married. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 STOYLE. 

entered the Navy 9 Sept. 1818; passed his examination 7 Oct. 1829; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 4 June, 1841; and was advanced, 23 Nov. following, to the rank of Lieutenant. He has since been on half-pay.

 STRACHEY, K.S.V.

, born 10 Oct. 1778, is son of the late Venerable John Strachey, Archdeacon of Suffolk and Chaplain to George III.; and nephew of the late Sir Henry Strachey, Bart., M.P., of Sutton Court, co. Somerset, who was Private Secretary to Lord Clive in 1764, and subsequently Master of the Household to the King, Joint Secretary of the Treasury, and one of the Under Secretaries of State.

This officer entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1792, as Captain’s Servant, on board the yacht, Capt. Sir Hyde Parker, lying at Deptford. On his return from a voyage to Lisbon in the 38, Capt. Sir Andrew Snape Douglas, he was received, in April, 1794, on board the  100; and in that ship, which bore the flags in the Channel of Lords Howe and Keith, he fought in the actions of 28 and 29 May and 1 June. On 29 May, while stationed at his quarters on the middle deck, he was struck by a splinter and swept over the spare tiller. With the exception of an interval in 1795, during which he was lent to the frigate, he continued in the  until made Lieutenant, 15 March, 1798, into the  24, Capts. Hon. Courtenay Boyle and David Lloyd; he was next, from Jan. 1800 until promoted to the rank of Commander, 29 April, 1802, employed, as he had been in the, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, in the troop-ship, Capt. John Crispo, as First-Lieutenant in the  28, Capt. Phillips, and in the  110, flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis; and on 17 May in the latter year he was appointed to the 18. On 14 June, 1803, he gave chase to, and, aided by the 36 and  18, drove on shore and captured, after an hour’s engagement with the batteries near Blanc-Nez, L’Inabordable schooner and La Commode brig, each carrying 3 24-pounder3 and 1 18-pounder; and he succeeded, at other times, in making many prizes. In Aug. 1804, being then in the Mediterranean, Capt. Strachey was obliged, from the effects of fatigue he had endured while serving in the neighbourhood of Calais, to go on Shore at Malta; and the command of the was in consequence given pro tem, to the present Rear-Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis. In the following year, however, having recovered his health, he went back to his ship; and he continued to command her until she returned to England and was paid off in May, 1806. The death of Nelson in 1805, we may