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1158 the 28, Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, also in the Mediterranean; and he was next, 1 March, 1829, appointed, a few months after his return to England, to the 74, Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, fitting at Portsmouth. He attained the rank of Commander 7 Sept. following; and he served in that capacity – for a short time, we believe, in the 120, Capt. Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, again in the Mediterranean – from 20 May, 1831, until the summer of 1832, in the  10, on the same station – and, from 18 March, 1834, until the spring of 1836, in the Coast Guard. He has been employed afresh in the latter service since 31 March, 1845.

Commander Talbot married, 5 Nov. 1833, Christian, eldest daughter of the late Wm. Kidd, Esq.

 TANCOCK. 

was born 14 Nov. 1769.

This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1793, as Midshipman, on board the of 42 guns and 257 men, Capt. Jas. Saumarez; and on 20 of the following Oct. assisted at the capture, after a close action of two hours, of La Réunion of 36 guns and 320 men, 120 of whom were either killed or wounded, without any casualty whatever to the British. He next accompanied an expedition sent under the orders of Earl Moira and Rear-Admiral M‘Bride to co-operate with the French royalists on the coasts of Normandy and Brittany; and on 8 June, 1794, he was present when the, by a bold and masterly manoeuvre, efFected her escape from a French squadron, consisting of two cut-down 74’s, each mounting 54 guns, two frigates, and a brig. Following Sir Jas. Saumarez (who had been knighted for the capture of La Réunion), as Master’s Mate, into the 74, Mr. Tancock was afforded an opportunity of sharing in that ship in Lord Bridport’s action 23 June, 1795, in the battle fought off Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797, and in the victory of the Nile 1 Aug. 1798. He also, in command of the ’s launch, afforded very gallant support to Sir Horatio Nelson in an attack made upon the Cadiz flotilla 3 July, 1797. Having, through the recommendation of Sir Jas. Saumarez, been ordered to act as Lieutenant of the immediately subsequent to the St. Vincent action, he was confirmed in that rank 9 March, 1799. After serving at Sheerness and in the North Sea and Baltic in the fire-ship and  frigate, in one of whose boats he assisted at the capture of a Danish privateer of 10 guns and 30 men, he was appointed, in Jan. 1801, to the  80, bearing the flag, off Cadiz, of his friend and patron Sir Jas. Saumarez, with whom he continued employed as Signal-Lieutenant, on the Home station, in the 64,  sloop,  50,  50,  32, and  again, from 1802 until made Commander, 15 Aug. 1806, into the  sloop. In the he was present, 6 and 12 July, 1801, in the actions fought off Algeciras and in the Gut of Gibraltar; he co-operated, in the, in the bombardment of Granville in Sept. 1803; and while attached to the other ships he commanded for a short period the  brig, and effected one recapture. During his servitude in the Capt. Tancock made prize, on the West India station, of several small Spanish vessels, detained a Danish ship which was condemned as a droit of Admiralty, and re-took a British merchantman, laden with bale-goods, from Glasgow bound to St. Thomas’. He was also, 25 Dec. 1807, present at the surrender of the Danish island of Ste. Croix to the military and naval forces under General Bowyer and Sir Alex. Cochrane. An attack of yellow fever obliging him, in 1808, to invalid, he next, for a few months in 1809, obtained command of the 10; in which vessel he was very actively employed in the Sound in affording protection to the trade between Malmo and Gottenborg. In May, 1810, and Nov. 1811 he was appointed to the troop-ship and  brig; he attained Post-rank 1 Feb. 1812; and he served afterwards – in Aug. and Sept. 1814, in the  20, fitting at Chatham – from 1 Oct. 1814 until 22 Sept. 1816, in the  24 – and from the latter date until Feb. 1818 in the  42. While commanding the he escorted a large convoy to a certain latitude, was for some time senior officer at Madeira, and, after cruizing in the Channel for the interception of Napoleon Buonaparte, sailed for India; where, on his removal as above to the, he was for several months employed at Bombay in superintending the equipment of the , a new 74. He brought the home in Dec. 1817, and left her, as stated, in Feb. 1818. He accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846.

The Rear-Admiral married, in Aug. 1805, Elizabeth Catharine, eldest daughter of Sam. Goodwin, Esq., Merchant, of the island of Guernsey, by whom he has issue.

 TANCOCK. 

entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1806, as L.M., on board the gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders Jos. Marrett and Joshua Kneeshaw. In that vessel, of which he was nominated Midshipman in the following May, he served for five years on the coasts of Spain and France, and in the North Sea and Baltic, and accompanied in 1809 the expedition to the Walcheren. He was afterwards, from Feb. 1811 until Nov. 1815, employed on the West India, North American, and Home stations, as Master’s Mate, in the troop-ship, Capts. John Tancock, Clement Milward, Amos Freeman Westropp, and Geo. Kippen, 18 and  50, armée en flûte, both commanded by Capt. G. Kippen,  14, Capt. Joshua Kneeshaw, and  24, Capt. John Tancock. In the he assisted, 6 Feb. 1813, at the capture, after an anxious chase of 15 hours and a running fight of some length, of the American privateer-ship John, of 16 guns and 100 men. On leaving the he was presented with a commission bearing date 15 March, 1815. From 9 May, 1837, until the spring of 1840 he served in the 110, flag-ship at Plymouth of Rear-Admiral Fred. Warren, Admiral-Superintendent; and since 22 Aug. in the latter year he has been employed as Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel.

 TANDY. 

died 26 Jan. 1848, at Topsham, co. Devon, in his 75th year.

This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1782, as Fst-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Robt. Linzee; and in the course of the same year was present in Rodney’s action and at the capture, after a gallant action, of the French frigates La Concorde and L’Aimable. The being paid off in June, 1783, he served next, between Jan. 1784 and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Nov. 1790, at Portsmouth and on the African, Jamaica, and Channel stations, the last three years in the capacity of Midshipman, in the  16, Capt. Geo. Tripp, 32, Capt. Peter Rainier,  50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Peter Affleck,  28, Capt. John Sutton, and  and  74’s, Capts. R. Linzee and Peter Rainier. He was subsequently, from 1791 until April, 1802, employed, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, in the 74, Capt. Henry Harvey,  16, Capts. D. Mackay, Geo. Hope, and Jas. Lecky, 74, Capt. Chas. P. Hamilton, 98, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Keith Elphinstone, 74, Capt. John Thos. Duckworth, 32, Capts. Edw. O’Bryen and Wm. Shield, 74, armée en flûte, Capt. John Gore,  18, Capt. John Temple,  80, Capt. John Pakenham, and  100, bearing the flags (in the Channel) of Sir Alan Gardner and Sir Henry Harvey. While returning home from the Mediterranean in the, Mr. Tandy was captured in