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Rh of the 28, also on the East India station. He was placed on half-pay in the following Aug.; and in the early part of 1848 he accepted the Retirement.

He married, in Dec. 1830, Anne, eldest daughter of the Rev. Rich. Studdert Welsh, of Newtown House, co. Limerick, Vicar of Kilfinaghty, in the diocese of Killaloe, by whom he has issue four children. – Burnett and Holmes.

 STUDDERT. 

, born 7 Nov. 1811, is third son of the present Thos. Studdert, Esq., of Bunratty Castle, co. Clare, by Alicia, daughter of Geo. Studdert, Esq., of Kilkishen, by Anna, daughter of John Blood, Esq., of Castle Fergus, a descendant of the celebrated Colonel Blood, who had grants of land from Charles II. in Ireland in 1660. One of his brothers, Robert, is married to a niece of Lieut.-General Hawkshaw; and one of his sisters, Alicia, to Colonel Fred. Maunsell, Lieutenant-Colonel and Inspecting Field-officer of the Recruiting District. He is nephew of

This officer entered the Navy, 17 June, 1824, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 18, commanded by his uncle, Capt. J. F. Studdert, with whom, after cruizing experimentally in the Channel, he sailed for the East Indies; where he took a Midshipman’s part in the closing operations of the Burmese war, and, in June and Aug. 1826, joined the  46 and  76, bearing each the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Jas. Brisbane. In the latter ship, the command of Which was given in succession, on the death of Sir J. Brisbane, to Capts. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas and Wm. Parker, he visited Australia, and was employed on the South American, Lisbon, Mediterranean, and Plymouth stations, until discharged, in Jan. 1829, into the 78, Capts. John Ferris Devonshire and Sam. Pym. In that ship and her tender, the 10, Lieut.-Commander Henry John Worth, he served in the Channel, on the coast of Ireland, and again in the Mediterranean, until Jan. 1831 – the last 12 months in the capacity of Mate. He was next, from 17 May, 1833, until 23 Nov. 1835, and from the latter date until 27 July, 1837, employed afresh on the Mediterranean station, in the 120, Capts. Thos. Brown and Geo. Bohun Martin, and 28, Capt. Peter Richards. He attained his present rank 26 Dec. 1837; served from 3 Feb. 1838 until 8 March, 1843, in the 26, Capt. Robt. Lambert Baynes, on the North America and West India, and Cape of Good Hope and Brazilian stations; and from 9 Sept. 1844 until the summer of 1848 officiated as First-Lieutenant of the 12, Capts. Henry Jas. Matson and Wm. Peel, in the Channel and again in North America and the West Indies. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 STUPART. 

(whose name had been borne in 1781-2 on the books of the 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Roddam at Sheerness) embarked as Midshipman, in July, 1790, on board the  74, Capt. Berkeley, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Herbert Sawyer in the Channel. After serving for four years, chiefly on the West India station, in the frigate, Capt. Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, s[c, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, 28, Capts. Wm. Affleck and Thos. Surridge, and 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Ford, he was there nominated, 16 April, 1795, Acting-Lieutenant of the  32, Capt. Philip Wilkinson. From the latter ship, to which he was confirmed 12 Sept. 1796, he removed, with Capt. Wilkinson, in Feb. 1797, to the 32 commanded afterwards by Capt. Shuldham Peard; and in her he continued employed in the Channel, off the port of Cadiz, and in the Mediterranean, until Dec. 1799. On 9 June in that year he commanded one of three boats, the whole containing 42 men, under the orders of Lieut. Philip Facey, in an attack made, in the harbour of La Seva, near Cape de Creux, on La Belle Aurore, a richly-laden polacre, mounting 9 carriage-guns, which vessel was most gallantly boarded, carried, and brought out, although defended by 113 men, secured with a boarding-netting, and supported by a battery and a large body of men at small arms on the shore. “I am sorry,” says Capt. Peard in his official report to Earl St. Vincent, “to inform your Lordship that our loss has been great, 3 of the gallant fellows having been killed on the spot; and Lieut. Stupart, an officer inferior to none in his Majesty’s service for zeal, courage, and ability, with 9 others, badly wounded.” In forwarding this statement to the Admiralty, the Commander-in-Chief declared it as his opinion that the exploit “was equal to any enterprise recorded in the naval history of Great Britain.” In 1800 Mr. Stupart obtained a small pension for his wounds, which was increased, 2 Dec. 1815, to 250l. per annum. His next appointment was, 23 March, 1801, to the command of armed brig, stationed in the Channel, where he served until the following Nov. He attained the rank of Commander 29 April, 1802; and was appointed in that capacity – in July, 1803, to the Sea Fencible service on the coast of Devon – 23 March, 1804, for seven months, to the  armed ship, in the North Sea – 19 June, 1805, to the  bomb, in the Downs – and 25 Aug. 1806, to the  brig, on the Channel, West India, and North American stations. In 1809 Capt. Stupart, while cruizing off Puerto Rico, succeeded in beating off a French frigate. He left the 17 Feb. 1811, having been advanced to Post-rank 21 Oct. 1810; and accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.

The Rear-Admiral, whose first wife had died in June, 1802, married a second time, 19 Oct. 1812, Miss Hyndham. His eldest son, the Rev. G. T. Stupart, B.A., is Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, and Vicar of Merton, co. Oxford.

 STUPART. 

entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College) 28 Jan. 1830; passed his examination in 1834; and as a reward for the part he had taken during the operations on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His succeeding appointments were – 15 Dec. 1840, to the steamer, Capt. Wm. Honyman Henderson, in the Mediterranean 8 Oct. 1842, after a few months of half-pay, to the 16, Capts. Andrew Drew, Henry Bagot, and Sidney Henry Ussher, with whom he continued employed until the summer of 1845 on the North America and West India and African stations – and, 6 Jan. 1846, as First, to the 12, Capt. Thos. Hope. In the latter vessel he is again serving on the coast of Africa. – Joseph Woodhead.

 STURT. 

entered the Navy, 2 March, 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, employed in the North Sea and also in the Mediterranean, where he took part in Sir Edw. Pellew’s engagement with the Toulon fleet 13 Feb. 1814. In Sept. of the latter year he became Midshipman of the 38, Capts. Jas. Lillicrap and Robt. Bloye, stationed in the Channel; and he next, in Feb. 1816, joined the 50, Capts. Wm. Skipsey and Edw. Chetham; with the latter of whom, after assisting at the bombardment of Algiers, where he was severely wounded, he sailed for Halifax and continued employed on that station under the flag of Sir David Milne until July, 1819. From Aug. 1820 until Jan. 1822 he served at St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope in the 24, Capt. Fred. Edw. Venables Vernon (now Haroourt) and 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Robt. Lambert; he then joined in succession the and  74’s, Capts. Sir Thos. Lavie and Thos.