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BUXTON—BYASS—BYNG. ensuing, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the 36, Capt. Henry Folkes Edgell, but was soon transferred to the  18, Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen; in command of the boats of which vessel he cut out several piratical proas from the coast of Java. We subsequently find him, while belonging to the 36, Capt. Wm. Jones Lye, assisting at the reduction of the latter island. He returned home in Oct. 1812, with a constitution much impaired from the pestilential effects of the Javese climate; became attached, 9 Oct. 1813, to the 98, flag-ship at Spithead of Sir Rich. Bickerton; and was paid off in April, 1815. Since that period his appointments have been – 29 Nov. 1831, to the 120, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, off Lisbon, whence he returned home and was paid off early in 1833 – 20 Jan. 1836, to the Coast Guard – and, 13 July, 1842, to the command of the steamer, on the Mediterranean station. He was promoted to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846; and still continues in the.

Commander Buttler is married, and has issue six children. – J. Hinxman.

 BUXTON. 

was born, in June, 1795, at Redenhall, co. Norfolk.

This officer entered the Navy, 3 Sept. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, flagship in the North Sea of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell; removed, as Midshipman, in Jan. 1809, to the 18, Capt. John Willoughby Marshall; and, until the conclusion of the war, became in succession attached to the  44, Capt. Richard Curry,  32, Capt. Chas. Sibthorp John Hawtayne, 16, Capt. Jas. Gifford, and 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, on the Home, West India, and American stations. During that period he was engaged on various harassing services; took part in several cutting-out expeditions, particularly, under Capt. Hawtayne, in capturing four French gun-boats; acted on many occasions as Prize-Master; was twice cast away, and once taken prisoner; and, in the, aided at the blockade of New York. He passed his examination 1 Feb. 1815, and from Dec. following until the receipt of his commission, 27 March, 1826, was employed, as Admiralty Mate, chiefly on that arduous service the protection of the Revenue, in the 38, Capt. Philip Carteret,  schooner, Lieut.Commander Henry Jewry, the boats of the  100, Capt. Edm. Boger, 40, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, again, Capt. John Baker Hay,  4, Lieut.-Commander David John Dickson,  again, Capt. M‘Culloch,  38, Capt. Lord Napier,  120, Capt. Wm. Henry Webley Parry, and 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He continued to serve, as Lieutenant, in the last-mentioned ship until 15 April, 1829; was then transferred to a station in the Coast Guard; and, from 1837 until 1846, was next employed in the Quarantine service at Standgate Creek. He is now on half-pay.

Lieut. Buxton is married, and has issue seven children. – Messrs. Goode and Lawrence.

 BYASS. 

was born 5 Sept. 1796.

This officer entered the Navy, 19 Nov. 1808, as Midshipman, on board the 16, Capts. Wm. Barnham Rider and Goddard Blennerhassett, and, after assisting at the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads, and, actively, at the reduction of Flushing, in 1809, was captured, at the close of a running fight of four hours, by a French frigate and armed store-ship, off Ile de France, 12 March, 1811. On regaining his liberty in 1814, he joined the 32, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart, in the Channel; and in the course of 1815 (in Oct. of which year he passed his examination) he successively removed to the 24, and  20, both commanded by Capt. Rich. Spencer; with whom he accompanied Lord Exmouth in his first visit to Algiers in 1816, and then served, at the Cape of Good Hope and off the coast of Ireland, until paid off’ in Dec. 1817. Mr. Byass’ subsequent appointments were – in March, 1818, and Aug. 1823, as Admiralty Midshipman, to the 18, Capts. Jas. Hanway Plumridge, Henry Wm. Bruce, Hon. Henry John Rous, and Jenkin Jones, and frigate, Capt. Sam. John Pechell, employed on the Home and Mediterranean stations – and, between Feb. 1825, and Dec. 1826, as Admiralty Mate, to the 18, Capt. Geo. Gordon, 120, Capt. Philip Pipon,  74, Lieut.-Commander John Mundell,  20, Capt. Chas. Elliot, and 20, Capt. Wm. Hobson, on the Home and West India stations. He was confirmed to a Lieutenancy in the Harlequin 18, Capt. C. Elliot, 28 April, 1827, but was superseded in the ensuing July, and has not since been afloat.

 BYNG. 

is eldest son of

This officer entered the Navy, 18 May, 1827, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 28, stationed off the coast of North, America, where he was soon transferred to the  18, Capt. Jones. He joined, in Feb. 1828, the 42, Capt. John Wilson; removed, as Midshipman, in April following, to the  10, Capt. Hon. Thos. Best, in the West Indies; and, from May, 1829, until Nov. 1833, was further employed, on the same and Cape stations, in the 26, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, 5, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Stopford Tulloh, and 52, and  50, flag-ships of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys and Rear-Admiral Fred. Warren. He then joined the 104, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Thos. Williams; passed his examination in Dec. of the same year, 1833; and, on 17 Nov. 1834, was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant. His subsequent appointments were – 17 April, 1835, to the 28, Capt. Rich. Freeman Rowley, on the Mediterranean station, whence he returned home and was paid off in Aug. 1838 – 14 Sept. 1840, as First-Lieutenant, to the steam-vessel, Capt. Hastings Reginald Henry, from which he was again paid off in July, 1841 – and, 11 June, 1842, to the command of the  steam-vessel, on the North America and West India station. He invalided home in March, 1843; and has since been unemployed. The rank he now holds was conferred on him 9 Nov. 1846.

Commander Byng married, 6 June, 1839, Mary Anne Webb, of Quendon Hall, co. Essex, a descendant of Archbishop Cranmer, and by that lady has issue. – F. Dufaur.

 BYNG. 

is fourth son of the fifth Viscount Torrington, by Bridget, daughter of Commodore Arthur Forrest (who died Commander-in-Chief on the Jamaica station); great-grandson of the first Viscount, the celebrated Admiral Geo. Byng, who was appointed, in 1727, First Lord of the Admiralty, and died in 1733; grand-nephew of the unfortunate Vice-Admiral Hon. John Byng, who was executed 14 March, 1757; brother of the late Vice-Admiral Viscount Torrington; brother-in-law both of the late Rear-Admiral Percy Frazer, who died 9 Dec. 1827, and of Capt. Hon. Chas. Herbert, R.N., who died in 1808; uncle of the present Viscount Torrington, and of ; and cousin of

This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1798, on board the sloop, Capt. Nathaniel Portlock, lying in Portsmouth harbour, and was shortly afterwards severely injured while trying the effects of firing a gun on the non-recoil principle. He next joined, as A.B. and Volunteer, the 64, Capt. Fras. Pender, and 36, Capt. Stephen G. Church, on the Halifax station; became