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Rh expedition to Lisbon – from June, 1827, until Aug. 1830, in command of the Revenue-vessel, on the Irish station, where his conduct in rescuing the crew of a French hrigbrig [sic] wrecked on the Isle of Man procured him a silver medal from the Royal National Shipwreck Institution – and, from June, 1839, until June, 1844, in charge of the Admiralty Semaphores at Putney and Chelsea. He has filled the appointment, since 13 Feb. 1845, of Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel.

From 1834 until 1838 Lieut. Strugnell was a Stipendiary Magistrate at Trinidad under the Act for the Abolition of Slavery. He married, 17 March, 1821, Miss Emma Bishop, and was left a widower, with nine children, in 1843.

 STUART. 

(a) died in Aug. 1847, at Jersey, aged 68.

This officer entered the Navy, 5 May, 1808, as a Supemumerai-y, on board the, guard-ship at Gibraltar. From Sept. following until March, 1811, he was employed under the flags of Sir Rich. Strachan, Hon. Robt. Stopford, and Wm. Albany Otway in the 80; he then went back for a few weeks to the ; and on 30 Aug. 1814, after he had made a voyage to the Pacific in the  64, Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, and had served on the Mediterranean station in the 42, Capts. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew and Andrew King, and in the and  under the flag of Rear-Admiral Fleeming, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the  24, Capt. Rich. Arthur. While attached, in 1809, to the, he assisted at the destruction of three French frigates beneath the batteries of Sable d’Olonne; witnessed Lord Cochrane’s celebrated attack upon the French shipping in Aix Roads; and took part in the operations connected with the expedition to the Walcheren. In the he was present at the surrender of Genoa in April, 1814. He was confirmed a Lieutenant of the 11 Oct. in that year, but was paid off in Jan. 1816, and was subsequently appointed – 30 Nov. 1826 and 19 Feb. 1830, as Supernumerary, to the  and  74’s, Coast-Blockade ships, both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot – 16 March, 1831, as Senior, to the  50, also commanded by Capt. Pigot, on particular service – 30 Aug. 1831, to the Coast Guard – 14 Oct. 1833, to the command of the  Revenue-vessel – 12 Oct. 1836, again to the Coast Guard – and, 11 Jan. 1845, a second time to the. As a reward for long and active service in the Revenue he was promoted, 5 Jan. 1846, to the rank of Commander.

 STUART. 

(b) was born 13 April, 1788. This officer entered the Navy, 24 Feb. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol, on board the 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, under whom he assisted at the capture of Monte Video and Maldonado, and took part in other operations in the Rio de la Plata. On his return to England in the summer of 1807 he joined the 74, Capt. Thos. Graves, part of the force employed in the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen; and he served afterwards, between Dec. of the same year and Dec. 1814, on the Lisbon, Mediterranean, and Home stations, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the 74 and  120, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Cotton, frigate, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, and  sloops, both commanded by Capt. John Bellamy,  yacht, Capts. Sir John Poo Beresford and Sir Edw. Berry, and 74, flag-ship of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming. While attached to the he was lent to the  14, Lieut.-Commander Henry Baugh; and on 18 May, 1808, he was on board that vessel when she was sunk by the batteries in the river Tagus, in an attempted attack upon two feluccas. His conduct on this and on other occasions exhibited, as we learn from a certificate given to him by Lieut. Baugh, a spirit of great bravery and enterprise. He was afterwards taken in a prize belonging to the and carried into North Bergen, where he appears to have been the first prisoner detained since the days of Admiral Wager, in the reign of Charles II. We may here mention that a testimonial bearing the signature of Capt. Clay describes him as being at that time, 1810, “a young man truly deserving promotion.” He was created a Lieutenant of the sloop, Capt. Nich. Dobree, three weeks after he had been ordered to act as such, 23 Dec. 1814; was paid off in March, 1815; and has not been since afloat. It may be added that he was frequently, during the war, engaged in cutting out vessels along the coasts of France and Italy.

 STUART. 

entered the Navy, 27 Jan. 1801, as A.B., on board the sloop, Capt. Robt. O’Brien, lying off Lymington. He removed, in the following month, to the 36, Capts. Sir Edw. Hamilton and Chas. Brisbane, employed at first on the coast of France and then in the West Indies, where, and in the Channel, we find him, from April, 1802, until Jan. 1808, employed as Midshipman (a rating he had previously attained) and Master’s Mate in the 74, Capts. C. Brisbane and Robt. Barton, 36, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, and 80, flag-ship of Sir Rich. John Strachan. In the he witnessed the capture, 28 June, 1803, and 11 and 18 Aug. 1805, of La Mignonne of 16 guns and 80 men. La Faune of 16, and La Torche of 18 guns. He was nominated, 23 Jan. 1808, Acting-Lieutenant of the 74, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, on the Mediterranean station; was confirmed to that ship 14 June, 1809; and was subsequently appointed – 21 Aug. and 26 Dec. 1811, to the  74 and  18, Capts. Donald Campbell and David Braimer, employed in the North Sea and Downs and on the coast of Ireland – 12 March, 1814, to the 18, Capt. Daniel Barber, whom he accompanied to the coast of North America – 6 Oct. following, to the  50, commanded at first by Capt. David Scott, as flag-ship on the latter station of Rear-Admiral Edw. Griffith, and next, from 27 March, 1815, until 13 July, 1816, by himself – and, 10 Jan. 1825, to the command of the 10 on the Portsmouth station. On the night of 31 Oct. 1809 Mr. Stuart, then in the, served with the boats of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour at the capture and destruction, after a fearful struggle and a loss to the British of 15 killed and 55 (inclnding himself slightly) wounded, of the French store-ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grandeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a convoy of seven merchant-vessels, defended by numerous batteries, in the Bay of Rosas. In the he contributed, in company with the  and  sloops, to the capture, under the fire of a battery near Boulogne, of the (lately British) brig-of-war Apelles. He was promoted from the to the rank of Commander 12 March, 1827, and has since been on half-pay. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 STUART. 

was born in 1792.

This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 36, Capt. Jas. Walker, with whom, after having served, chiefly in the capacity of Midshipman, on the North Sea, East India, North American, and Guernsey stations, he removed, in Oct. 1807, to the 74, commanded for some time by Capt. Adam Mackenzie. In that ship he escorted the Royal Family of Portugal in its flight to the Brazils, and was present in 1809, in the attack upon Flushing. On leaving the Bedford, in Dec. 1811, he joined in 