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1250 between them with 4 long 36-pounders, and a fort on Mount Ioni, which threw shells. In this affair the enemy had 3 killed and 21 wounded. Mr. Warrand served also at the blockade of Malta, and in 1801 in the expedition to Egypt, where, among other operations, he aided in landing and in keeping up a communication with the army, fought in the battle of 13 March, and, in command of the ship’s launch, dismantled a battery. He had previously, in the Bay of Naples, been much employed in boats and on shore against the enemy, particularly at Castelamare, Castel Nuovo, and Uovo. He had been at the taking, too (in the ), of Gaeta, and at the re-capture of Ischia, Procida, &c., and the embarkation of the French troops from Civita Vecchia. On finally leaving the, of which ship he had been confirmed a Lieutenant 19 Feb. 1800, Mr. Warrand joined, in Aug. 1801, the 74, Capt. Wm. Skipsey, in which ship he continued employed in the Mediterranean until nominated, in May, 1803, Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Robt. Calder in the 98. In her he took part in the action off Cape Finisterre 22 July, 1805. His next appointments were – 17 Feb. 1806 and 23 May, 1807, to the 110 and, as Signal-Lieutenant, to the  110, flag-ships, the former of Lord St. Vincent, the latter of Lords Gardner and Gambier, in the Channel – and, 11 Aug. 1808 and 4 May, 1812, to the command of the  gun-brig and  schooner, on the Downs, Baltic, and Plymouth stations. The two latter vessels were much employed in escorting convoys, carrying despatches, &c. During the expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren the was the advanced brig in the Scheldt, and her Commander had the duty to perform of victualling 36 gun-boats. On 6 Aug. 1810 she took by boarding, off the North Foreland, the Beccasine privateer of 2 guns and 26 men; she sank next, near Nieuport, a vessel named La Vigilante; and at different periods she made many re-captures. After the battle of Busaco, being at Lisbon, she was sent home with despatches and H.M. mails. In the, carrying but 10 12-pounder carronades and 60 men and boys. Sir. Warrand pursued, 21 July, 1812, and at the end of a close and furious action of 1 hour and 30 minutes (the sides of the combatants touching nearly the whole time) boarded and took the Ville de Caen French privateer of 16 long 4 or 6 pounders and 75 men. The enemy sustained a loss of 15 killed and 16 wounded, the British of 7 killed and 22 wounded. Among the latter was Mr. Warrand, who, for his valour, was promoted to the rank of Commander five days afterwards. Being re-appointed, 15 Aug. following, to the, which had been rated a sloop-of-war, he was in her employed, until the peace, in affording protection to convoys and in conveying men and mails to Passage, Bilboa, St. Andero, Bordeaux, and Douarnenez Bay, officers to join the army under Lord Wellington, and despatches of consequence. Removing, in Nov. 1814, to the 14, Capt. Warrand in that vessel transported half the 14th Regt. from Plymouth to Ostend, between which place and Ramsgate we find him afterwards rendering escort to convoys innumerable. He was for some time likewise employed on secret service off Calais and in other ways. He paid the off in Sept. 1815, and did not again go afloat. He attained Post-rank 27 July, 1825, and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. He was allotted a pension of 150l. per annum for his wounds 2 Dec. 1815.

Capt. Warrand, whose wife had pre-deceased him 30 Dec. 1834, has left issue five sons and one daughter. – Joseph Woodhead.

 WARRE. 

served for about four years in the Mediterranean as Mate in the 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, and 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 9 Oct. 1847.

 WARRE. 

died 3 July, 1847, at Hong-Kong, after a severe and protracted illness, aged 32.

This officer entered the Navy 13 May, 1829; passed his examination in 1836; and was made Lieutenant, 10 Feb. 1841, into the 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn, on the Mediterranean station. His subsequent appointments were – 23 Aug. 1841, to the 84, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge, fitting at Sheerness – 1 Dec. 1841 and 20 March, 1842, to the 26 and  steamer, Capts. Sir Wm. Dickson and Alex. Murray, both on the North America and West India station – 9 April, 1843, and 21 Feb. 1844, to the 16, Capt. Arch. Reed, and 50, Commodore John Brett Purvis, each on the coast of Brazil, where he remained until the spring of 1845 – and 25 Feb. 1846, to the  14, Capt. Wm. Loring, fitting for the East Indies. He continued in the latter vessel until within a short period of his death. – Joseph Woodhead.

 WARRE. 

entered the Navy, in April, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 38, Capt. John Poo Beresford, employed on the Home station; where he served, from the following Aug. until Nov. 1807, the chief part of the time as Midshipman, in the  frigate and  74, both commanded by Capt. John Wm. Spranger. In Jan. 1808 he joined the 74, Capts. Geo. Burlton and Temple Hardy; and in that ship, in which he continued for three years, he cruized off Lisbon and Rochefort, witnessed in 1809 the attack upon the French fleet in Aix Roads and the capture of Flushing, and then proceeded to the Baltic. In Aug. 1811 he was received on board the 74, commanded at first by Capt. Hardy and next by Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, on the Mediterranean station; and on 13 Aug. 1812 he was there, after having acted as Lieutenant, confirmed to that rank in the 38, Capts. Sir Peter Parker and Edw. Dix. In her he subsequently cruized in the Bay of Biscay and visited the coasts of Brazil and America; and he was on board when Sir P. Parker was killed in a land operation at Bellair, near Baltimore, 30 Aug. 1814. He left the in April, 1815; and was lastly, from March until Nov. 1816, employed in the  74, Capts. Henry Weir and Andrew King, in the East Indies. – Messrs. Halford and Co.

 WARREN. 

is son of

This officer was a Midshipman of the 74, Capt. John Acworth Ommanney, at the battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827. He passed his examination in 1830; attained the rank of Lieutenant 26 March, 1839; and was subsequently appointed – 9 May, 1839, to the gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – 10 Aug. following, to the 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, on the Lisbon station – 17 Feb. 1840, to the  24, Capts. Wm. Burnett, Fred. Thos. Michell, and Rich. Laird Warren, in the Mediterranean – and 17 Nov. 1843, to the Coast Guard, in which service he continued until 1848.

He married, 25 Jan. 1844, Henrietta Mary, youngest daughter of  – Messrs. Chard.

 WARREN. 

entered the Navy 20 Aug. 1810; passed his examination in 1817; obtained his commission 24 March, 1828; served in 1828-9 in the Coast Blockade as a Lieutenant of the