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COPPINGER—CORBET—CORBETT. 74, Capt. Norborne Thompson, in the Mediterranean; and, from 9 Nov. 1833, until the summer of 1834, officiating in the Channel as First-Lieutenant of the steamer and  sloop, Capt. Edw. Stanley. He has been in the Coast Guard since 1 Feb. 1837.

He married, 8 Jan. 1840, Eliza, second daughter of Peter Giorgi, Esq., of Smith Street, Chelsea.

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belongs to a good old Irish family, whose chief is the present Wm. Coppinger, Esq., of Ballyvolane and Barryscourt, both in co. Cork.

This officer entered the Navy 1 Nov. 1810; and served during the remainder of the war on board the, , and frigates. He assisted during that period at the capture of several of the enemy’s vessels; and was latterly occupied on Lake Ontario under the orders of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Sir Robt. Hall. Mr. Coppinger, who passed his examination in 1817, was afterwards employed in the West Indies on board the frigate, and held command for some months of the. He obtained a commission 28 June, 1838; became, 5 July following, First-Lieutenant of the steamer, Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey, employed in surveying the coast of Ireland; and since 27 Aug. 1841, has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.

He married a Miss Duncan, of the island of Trinidad. – Messrs. Chard.

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entered the Navy, 30 Sept. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, under whom he appears to have subsequently served at the siege of Cadiz and in -co-operation with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia. In Oct. 1811, he removed, as Midshipman, to the 100, Capt. John Harvey; and on next joining the  38, Capt. Murray Maxwell, was wrecked near Ceylon 2 July, 1813. He returned home from the East Indies on board the frigate, Capt. Sam. Leslie, in 1816; then joined in succession the and  74’s, flag-ships at Chatham and St. Helena of Rear-Admirals Sir Chas. Rowley and Robt. Plampin; officiated, from 7 April to 27 Oct. 1820, as Acting-Lieutenant of the 24, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, on the latter station; and after an additional employment in the  38, flag-ship of Sir C. Rowley in the West Indies, was confirmed to a Lieutenancy in the  24 Sept. 1822. He was placed on half-pay 27 Nov. following, and has not since been afloat. – Holmes and Folkard.

 CORBET. 

is youngest son of the late John Corbet, Esq., of Sundorne Castle, M.P. for Shrewsbury, by his second wife, Anne, daughter of the Rev. Wm. Pigott, of Edgmond, in Salop. This officer entered the Navy, 8 April, 1822, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget; served for upwards of three years with Capt. Rich. Constantine Moorsom, latterly as Midshipman, in the 28,  36, and  120, at the Cape of Good Hope and Chatham; and after a re-attachment to the, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, and serving also for some time on board the  10, Capt. John Balfour Maxwell, and  28, Capt. Lord A. FitzClarence, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 21 June, 1828. He was afterwards appointed – 28 Dec. 1829, again to the, Capts. Fred. Marryat, Geo. Rennie, and Chas. Phillips – 22 Feb. 1832, to the 18, Capt. Chas. Hamlyn Williams – 15 June, 1832, to the 18, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock and, 10 April, 1835, to the 50, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry. During his servitude in the latter ships Commander Corbet, who has been on half-pay since April, 1839, visited the West Indies, the coast of Portugal, and the Mediterranean. He attained his present rank 23 Nov. 1841. - J. Chippendale.

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entered the Navy, 24 April, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 64, Capt. Jonas Rose, on the South American station; and on being transferred, as Midshipman, to the  36, Capt. Lucius Curtis, assisted, in 1810, at the reduction of Isle Bourbon, and took part in a series of unfortunate and sanguinary operations which, by 25 Aug. following, had enforced the self-destruction, at the entrance of Port Sud-Est, Isle of France, of the latter ship and the Sirius, part of a squadron under the orders of Capt. Sam. Pym, and the surrender of their respective crews to the enemy. After nearly four months of captivity, he returned home in the 36, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild; and further served, until the conclusion of the war, on board the 74, Capt. Donald Campbell,  98, Capt. Thos. Burton, 74, Capt. Geo. M‘Kinley, 33, Capt. Joseph Digby,  20, Capts. Pitt Burnaby Greene and Aug. Wm. Jas. Clifford, and 22, Capt. Edw. Henry A’Court, which ships appear to have been variously employed on the Home, St. Helena, West India, and North American stations. Since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 March, 1815, this officer has been on half-pay. – Hallett and Robinson.

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served in the 26, Capt. Henry Byam Martin, throughout the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, Including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre; and was present at the blockade of Alexandria. He passed his examination 1 June, 1842; was appointed, in 1843, to the 110, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, to whom he afterwards, in the 84, officiated as Signal Mate; and while serving as Senior of the  gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, was promoted to the rank he now holds 4 May, 1846. He is still employed in the.

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, born 16 Nov. 1790, is second son of the late Jas. Corbett Porterfield, Esq., of Porterfield.

This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capts. Graham Moore and Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett; under the latter of whom, after serving on the Home and West India stations, he assisted at the defence of Rosas, a citadel at the north-eastern extremity of Spain, in Nov. 1808. From Aug. 1809, until March, 1810, he next served in the Mediterranean on board the 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell,  74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, and 74, Capt. Edw. Griffith; and then joined, as Midshipman, the 36, Capts. Keith Maxwell and John Hancock, in command of a prize belonging to which frigate he was taken prisoner by the Russians in Sept. 1810, and handed over to the Danes, by whom he was subjected, for eight months, to a very trying captivity in Lapland. Having been confirmed, 12 July, 1813, to a Lieutenancy in the 18, Capt. Fred. Hickey, the subject of this sketch next accompanied an expedition to the Chesapeake under Sir John Borlase Warren, was at the attack on Craney Island, and suffered a perilous shipwreck on the Sisters Rocks, off Halifax lighthouse, 10 Nov. in the same year. His subsequent appointments appear to have been – 15 Aug. 1814, and 1 Oct. 1818, as First-Lieutenant, to the 10, and  18, Capts. Geo. Greensill and Wm. Aug. Baumgardt, on the Newfoundland and West India stations – and, 12 Nov. 1819, to the 28, Capt. Arthur Batt Bingham,