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CONNOLLY—CONNOR—CONSITT—COODE.  72, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane.

 CONNOLLY. 

, born 10 July, 1785, at Portsmouth, is a younger brother of

This officer entered the Navy, 26 Sept. 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Herbert Browell, flag-ship afterwards of Sir Horatio Nelson; in which we find him sharing, during the month of July, 1797, in the bombardment of Cadiz and the expedition to Teneriffe; as also in the battle of the Nile, 1 Aug. 1798. On next joining the 36, Capt. Thos. Moutray Waller, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the blockade of Alexandria; after which he served, until Feb. 1805, in the 98, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Calder, 74, Capt. Solomon Ferris,, , and , all commanded by Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane, and, flag-ship of Lord Gardner, on the West India, Halifax, and Home stations. Being then appointed Sub-Lieutenant of the gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Nathaniel Greensword, he came frequently into contact with the Boulogne flotilla; and on one occasion was so severely wounded as to elicit a pecuniary reward from the Patriotic Fund. Having been created, 29 Jan. 1807, full Lieutenant of the 18, Capt. Geo. Barne Trollope, on the Mediterranean station, Mr. Connolly next witnessed the evacuation, in Feb. 1808, of the small fortress of Scylla, in Lower Calabria; and, on 25 March following, was wrecked at the entrance of Port Augusta, between Syracuse and Messina. He appears to have been subsequently appointed – 18 Sept. 1811, to the 74, Capt. Sir Home Riggs Popham, off Cherbourg – 15 Feb. 1813, to the  84, flag-ship at Spithead of Sir Rich. Bickerton – 27 July, 1813, and 23 Nov. 1814, as First-Lieutenant, to the 98, Capt. Geo. Fowke, and 50, flag-ship off Flushing and Halifax of Rear-Admirals Sir Thos. Byam Martin and Edw. Grifflth – and, 11 Sept. 1818, to the 74, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Campbell. Commander Connolly, who has been on half-pay since 1821, assumed his present rank 21 Feb. 1845.

 CONNOLLY. 

is brother of

This officer passed his examination 17 Dec. 1839; studied in 1841 at the Royal Naval College; then joined the 84, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge and Sir Chas. Sullivan, flag-ship afterwards of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, on the Mediterranean station; removed, in 1844, to the steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Pretyman, employed on Home service; and was appointed, towards the close of 1845, to the 50, fitting for the flag of Rear-Admiral Jas. Richard Dacres, Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope. He was advanced to his present rank 15 Jan. 1846; and still serves at the Cape, on board the 22, Capt. Rundle Purges Watson.

 CONNOR. 

entered the Navy, about the commencement of the present century, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the sloop, Capts. Wm. Bolton and Rich. Budd Vincent, on the Home station; where, on removing to the 36, Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen, he assisted at the bombardment, in 1803, of Dieppe and St. Valery-en-Caux. He then rejoined Capt. Bolton in the 32; and, while afterwards serving with that officer in the West Indies on board the  38, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 23 Feb. 1807. Until placed on half-pay in Nov. 1815, Mr. Connor was next appointed – 19 April, 1808, to the 10, Capt. D. Wynter May, 1809, to the  80, Capts. Henry Lidgbird Ball and Robt. Plampin – 28 July, 1810, to the brig, Capt. John Parish – and, 4 Feb. 1815, as First-Lieutenant, to the  16, Capt. Edm. Waller, all employed on home service. He subsequently obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard, 30 June, 1826; was on half-pay from 1831 until 26 Aug. 1834; and then returned to the Coast Guard, in which he has ever since continued, with the exception of a few months in 1840-1, when he held command of the Revenue vessel.

Lieut. Connor, who is married, is father-in-law of Lieut. Chas. Bamber Warren, R.N., and of Lieut. Phineas Priest, R.M.

 CONSITT. 

entered the Navy, in Aug. 1793, as Midshipman, on board the 74, Capts. Jas. Gambler, Thos. Wells, Wm. Brown, and John Peyton; in which ship we find him bearing a part in Lord Howe’s action of 1 June, 1794, and afterwards, as Master’s Mate, in the battle of the Nile, 1 Aug. 1798. On the latter occasion he was successively placed on board Le Conquérant and Le Franklin two of the captured 74’s; and, on the last-mentioned ship being added to the British Navy as the, and commissioned by Capt. Bartholomew James, was appointed, 22 Oct. following, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in her. Having been confirmed into the 18, Capt. Henry Vansittart, 7 Sept. 1799, Mr. Consitt next joined, in Feb. and May, 1800, the  and  frigates, Capts. Hon. Chas. Paget and Robt. Carthew Reynolds, on the Lisbon and Home stations. He invalided in Jan. 1801; subsequently held an appointment in the Impress service at Sunderland, from 28 April, 1803, until July, 1810; became a Retired Commander on the lower list, 4 Nov. 1830; and was promoted, 16 March, 1844, to the list of 1816.

He is married, and has issue.

 COODE. 

was born 2 May, 1798.

This officer entered the Navy, 17 Aug. 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. John Broughton; and, until the conclusion of the war, was employed in that ship and, as Midshipman, in the  36, Capt. Sir Edw. Tucker, blockading Flushing, the Texel, and Brest, and protecting the trade on the coast of Brazil. He afterwards served, latterly as Admiralty-Mate, on the West India, Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the 50, Capt. Geo. Sayer, 10, Capt. John Wm. Montagu, 42, Capts. Fras. Newcombe and Robt. Gambler, and 76, Capt. Fred. Warren. Having passed his examination 2 June, 1819, he was promoted, 26 Aug. 1829, to a Lieutenancy in the 10, Capt. Chas. Bentham; and, after a further servitude on board the 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, and  20, Capt. John Frazer, was placed on half-pay in 1836. Since that period Mr. Coode has been unemployed.

 COODE, C.B., K.F.M., K.W.N.

was born, 11 Feb. 1779, at Penryn, in Cornwall.

This officer entered the Navy, 16 June, 1793, as A.B., on board the 20, Capt. Geo. Palmer; but, in the following month, became Midshipmap of the 74, Capt. Thos. Pasley; and continued, until Jan. 1795, to serve in that capacity, with Capt. Fras. Pender and the late Sir Geo. Murray, on board the 20,  98, and  74, on the Home and Halifax stations. For upwards of four years Mr. Coode was next employed, as Acting-Lieutenant, in 18, Capt. Jonas Rose,  18, Capt. Geo. , – under whom he was wrecked in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Aug. 1798, – 18, Capt. Geo. Tobin, and 64, Capts. Pender and John Okes Hardy. Having been confirmed in the latter