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CLERK—CLEUGH—CLIFFORD.  sloop, in which he captured, 31 Dec. 1812, near the island of Saba, the American privateer Blockade, of 10 guns and 66 men. In 1814-15 he also shared in the expedition against New Orleans, and on its failure conveyed to Sir Geo. Cockburn off Cumberland Island the despatches announcing the intelligence. Capt. Clephan went on half-pay 23 Aug. 1815, and, unable to procure further employment, accepted his present rank 29 Oct. 1840.

 CLERK. 

entered the Navy 20 Jan. 1810; passed his examination in 1816; obtained his commission 9 July, 1825; and, since 13 July, 1829, has been employed in the Coast Guard.

 CLEUGH. 

entered the Navy, 16 May, 1810; passed his examination in 1816; acquired his present rank 23 June, 1828; and was afterwards appointed, 19 Feb. 1830, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot — and, 15 April, 1831, to the command of a station on the Coast Guard. Since 1834 he has been on half-pay. — Messrs. Stilwell.

 CLIFFORD, Kt. Bart., C.B.

entered the Navy, in May, 1800, as Midshipman (under the auspices of Earl Spencer, then First Lord of the Admiralty), on board the 110, successive flag-ship in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis. He removed, in May, 1802, to the 74, Capt. Bendall Robt. Littlehales; served, from Sept. following until April, 1806, on board the 44, and  80, both commanded by Capt. Benj. Hallowell; next joined the 98, bearing the flag of the Earl of Northesk; and, on 25 June, 1806, was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the  100, flag-ship, off Cadiz, of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. While in the, Mr. Clifford had visited the coast of Africa, and, in June, 1803, assisted at the reduction of Ste. Lucie and Tobago; on board the he had again, in 1805, been to the West Indies, in quest, with Lord Nelson, of the Franco-Spanish fleet. From 12 Nov. 1806, until Feb. 1811, we once more find him with Capt. Hallowell in the ; during which period, independently of his services on shore as Aide-de-Camp to that officer at the reduction of Alexandria and throughout the various other operations of 1807 in Egypt, he served in the boats under Lieut. John Tailour, on the night of 31 Oct. 1809, at the capture and destruction, after a fearful struggle and a loss to the British of 15 killed and 55 wounded, of the French store-ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grondeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a convoy of seven merchant-vessels, defended by numerous strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas. Having obtained his second promotal commission 12 Feb. 1811, and assumed command of the sloop of 18 guns, Capt. Clifford, in June following, contributed to the destruction of 10 large armed feluccas, on the beach, near Cetraro, in the Gulf of Policastro; after which, on the evening of 4 July, he voluntarily, and in a most handsome manner, being at the time in company with the 36-gun frigate, led into the anchorage, between Civita Vecchia and the mouth of the Tiber, and there, having anchored under the fire of a battery of four 9 and 6 pounders, which was quickly silenced, headed the boats of the two ships, and, without the slightest loss, brought out three merchant-vessels, although exposed to a smart fire of musketry from their crews, and from a party of soldiers drawn up on a height above. On 21 of the same month, after victoriously cannonading (in conjunction with the 32) a flotilla of 11 gun-boats, together with a felucca, carrying in the whole 13 guns and 280 men, and moored across the harbour of Porto del Infreschi, as also a round tower and a body of musketry on the adjacent hills, he again took command of the boats and obtained possession of all the vessels of war, of 15 merchantmen, and of 34 spars. Towards the close of Sept., Capt. Clifford brought Lord Wm. Bentinck home from Palermo, and then, returning to the coast of Italy, continued, until posted 23 July, 1812, to discharge many important services, especially on one occasion, when, in unison with the frigate, and  brig, the  was for five hours hotly engaged in an ineffectual attempt to destroy a convoy and some land-batteries, and lost, besides being much shattered, 1 Lieutenant killed and 19 men wounded. He ultimately returned to England with despatches of Lord W. Bentinck, and appears to have been subsequently appointed — 23 Aug. 1814, for a few months, to the 20, on the Irish station — 22 Oct. 1821, to the  42, in which frigate he escorted W. R. Hamilton, Esq., the British Ambassador, to the Court of Naples — 27 May, 1826, to the  yacht, appointed to attend the Duke of Devonshire on the occasion of his Grace’s magnificent embassy to Russia — and, 11 Aug. 1827, to the  46. In that frigate Capt. Clifford was soon afterwards employed in attendance on the Lord High Admiral during his official visit to Chatham and Sheerness, in commemoration of which event, and as a token of the satisfaction he felt at the manner of his reception, his Royal Highness presented him with a sword, and also with a piece of plate, of the value of 50l. Capt. Clifford, who, in 1828, took out his friend Lord Wm. Bentinck, as Governor-General, to India, and brought home Major-General Bourke, late Lieutenant-Governor of the Cape, has not been afloat since 1831. He was created a C.B. 8 Dec. 1815; sat in Parliament for Dungarvon in 1820, and for Bandon Bridge in 1818 and 1831; received the honour of Knighthood 4 Aug. 1830; attained the dignity of a Baronet 30 June, 1838; was appointed, in 1844, to act as Grand Chamberlain, in the absence of Lord Willoughby d’Eresby; and, since 25 July, 1832, has filled the office of Gentleman-Usher of the Black Rod, to which he was nominated by the Duke of Devonshire, at that time Lord Chamberlain.

Sir Augustus Clifford married, 20 Oct. 1815, Elizabeth Frances, second daughter of Lord John Townshend, and has, with three daughters, three sons, of whom the eldest,, is a Commander R.N., and the second, Robert Cavendish Spencer, a Captain in the Grenadier Guards. — Pettet and Newton.

 CLIFFORD. 

entered the Navy, 10 Oct. 1802, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the 50, Capt. Jas. Oughton, bearing the flag on the North American station of Sir Andw. Mitchell; in which ship he attained the rating of Midshipman 21 July, 1804, and assisted, under Capt. John Talbot, at the capture, 23 Feb. 1805, of La Ville de Milan, French frigate, of 46 guns, and the simultaneous re-capture of her prize, the 32. After serving for a few weeks with Capt. John Wight on board the latter vessel, he rejoined the, and, on subsequently removing with Vice Admiral Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley to the 50, Capt. Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, witnessed the surrender to that ship, on 22, 1807, of the United States frigate Chesapeake. The having been appointed, early in 1808, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Vice-Admiral Albemarle Bertie, Mr. Clifford proceeded in her to that station, and, on 21 Dec. following and 6 April, 1810, was successively appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the, Capt. Jas. Tomkinson, and 38, Capt. Josias Rowley. In the course of the latter year he aided at the retaking of the 38, and at the capture, after a spirited action of 10 minutes, and a loss to the  of 2 men wounded, and to the enemy of 9 killed and