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CLAYTON—CLEAVELAND—CLEMENTS—CLEPHAN. and, after serving for some time on board the 38, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, in which we believe he was wrecked on the Govivas Rock, in the Teigneuse Passage, 31 .Jan. 1812, was promoted, 21 March following, to the rank of Lieutenant. Between Aug. 1812, and May, 1815, he was next employed, in the 14, Capt. Alex. M‘Vicar, and 12, Capt. Wm. Slaughter, on the Home and Bermuda stations; after which he served on the Coast Blockade, from 31 May, 1823, to 1827, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 74, and  42, Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch, Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and Hugh Pigot. Since 14 May, 1828 (excepting from 26 March, 1836, to 26 March, 1839, when he held charge of the Revenue-cutter), Mr. Clayton has been in command of a Coast Guard station. While in the ,, he plunged overboard and saved the life of a seaman.

He married Jane, eldest daughter of Wm. Cornish, Esq., of Merazion, a Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Cornwall, grand-niece, maternally, of the late Capt. Sir Christopher Cole, R.N., K.C.B., and sister-in-law of Lieut. Geo. Gahan, R.N., by whom he has issue.

 CLAYTON. 

, born in Aug. 1796, is third son of the late Sir Wm. Clayton, Bart., of Harleyford, Bucks, by Mary, only daughter of Sir Wm. East, Bart., of Hall Place, Berks; and brother of the present Sir Wm. Robt. Clayton, Bart., as also of Sir East Geo. Clayton East, Bart., LL.D.

This officer entered the Navy, 27 April, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Sir John Poo Beresford, under whom he attained the rating of Midshipman 19 May, 1811, and served, on the Home and American stations, until Feb. 1814. He then successively joined the 80, Capt. Lord Cochrane, and  74, Capt. Ross Donnelly; was in the  yacht, Capt. Sir J. P. Beresford, when she conveyed Louis XVII. to Calais; and, on his return from Quebec, whither he had gone in the 50, Capt. John Hancock, became attached, in Feb. 1815, to the  74, Capt. Geo. Mundy, on the Mediterranean station; where, having removed to the 100, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth, he appears to have taken part in the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, and to have received, on the quarter-deck, the thanks of his Chief for his gallantry in sinking a burning vessel which had been rapidly approaching the flag-ship. After an interval of 16 months Mr. Clayton, in Feb. 1818, rejoined Lord Exmouth in the 104, at Plymouth; subsequently to which we find him appointed to the  and  yachts, Capts. Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen and Hon. Chas. Paget – under the former of whom, in the, he escorted to this country the present Queen Dowager, the Dukes and Duchesses of Kent, Cumberland, Cambridge, and Hesse Homburg, and the Grand Duke Michael of Russia. Since 9 Nov. 1818, the date of his promotion, he has not been afloat.

Lieut. Clayton is a magistrate for co. Middlesex and the liberties of Westminster. He married, in April, 1832, Louisa Sophia, only daughter of Chas. Littledale, Esq., of Portland Place, and by that lady, who died in March, 1841, has one son. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 CLEAVELAND. 

, born 9 Sept. 1818, is nephew of Capt. Sir Robt. Oliver, R.N., K.H.

This officer entered the Navy, 25 June, 1832, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the steam-vessel, commanded by his uncle, Capt. Robt. Oliver, in the North Sea; became Midshipman, 27 June, 1834, of the 120, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, in the Mediterranean; and, until July, 1841, continued to serve, on the latter station, on board the  steamer, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin, 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Aug. Montagu, and, the last three years as Mate, on board the 104, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Stopford, under whom he shared, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, in the various operations of the Syrian campaign. He then joined, at Portsmouth, the 110, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen; and, on 7 Feb. 1842, obtained his commission. His appointments have since been – 18 March, 1842, to the steam-vessel, Capt. Alex. Thos. Emeric Vidal, employed in surveying the Azores – 8 Feb. 1843, and 28 March, 1844, to the and  steam surveying-vessels, commanded on the coast of Ireland by Capts. Fred. Bullock and Jas. Paterson Bower – and, 4 March, 1845, to the 104, now flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 CLEMENTS. 

entered the Navy, 21 Aug. 1806, as Clerk, on board the 12, Lieut.-Commander John Jas. Rorie, on the Jamaica station, where he attained the rating of Midshipman, 1 Jan. 1807, and assisted at the capture of the Babillon Spanish privateer of 2 guns and 45 men. On removing, next, to the 64, Capt. Wm. Pryce Cumby, he witnessed, 6 July, 1809, the surrender of the city of St. Domingo; subsequently to which he came home in the sloop, Capt. Benj. Clement, experiencing en route the effects of a fearful hurricane. After an intermediate servitude on board the and, he joined the  38, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, in which he was wrecked on the Govivas Rock, in the Teigneuse Passage, 31 Jan. 1812. From that period Mr. Clements remained a prisoner of war in France until May, 1814. He was advanced to his present rank, on his return home, 15 March, 1815; but has not since been afloat.

 CLEPHAN. 

was born in Fifeshire, N.B. This officer entered the Navy (through the hands of a press-gang, after having served his time as an apprentice in the merchant-service), 23 July, 1794, as A.B., on board the 28, Capt. Hon. Chas. Jones, afterwards Viscount Ranelagh, with whom he joined, 7 Oct. 1795, as Master’s Mate, the 36, in which frigate he continued to serve, in the North Sea and on the Irish station, latterly under Capts. John Halliday and Chas. Brisbane, until July, 1801. On the night of 21 of the latter month we find him assisting, in the boats of the and of the  and  frigates, all commanded by Lieut. Keith Maxwell, at the cutting-out of La Chevrette corvette, of 20 long nine-pounders and 350 men, under the batteries in Camaret Bay, near Brest, a position deemed almost impregnable, after a deadly conflict, in which the enemy lost their Captain, 6 other officers, and 85 men killed, and 1 Lieutenant, 4 Midshipmen, and 57 men wounded – and the British 1 Lieutenant, R.M., 1 Midshipman, and 9 men slain, and 2 Lieutenants, 1 Master’s Mate, 3 Midshipmen, and 51 men wounded. For his distinguished gallantry on that memorable occasion, when, although knocked overboard while ascending her side, he was the first to gain the enemy’s deck, and there received several slight wounds, Mr. Clephan was promoted, on 31 of the same month, to a well-earned Lieutenancy in the 98, Capt. Hon. Michael De Courcy. While belonging next, from 11 March, 1803, to Dec. 1809, to the 74, Capts. Geo. Murray, John Manley, and Sir Fras. Laforey, he visited the Mediterranean, took part in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and was for four years employed as her First-Lieutenant in the West Indies. Having been promoted to the rank of Commander, from the 74, flag-ship of Sir F. Laforey, 20 April, 1811, the subject of this notice was, on 15 June following, appointed to the 