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CRANG—CRAUFURD—CRAWFORD.  a very severe accident in the loss of the first joint of his great toe. The effects ultimately obliged him, on his return from the Brazils, as First of the last-mentioned ship, to seek half-pay in Jan, 1814. Commander Crane accepted the rank he now holds 13 Oct. 1840.

He married, 16 Oct. 1817, Miss Margaret Kirk, and has issue a son and daughter.

 CRANG. 

was born 6 Oct. 1811.

This officer entered the Navy, 16 June, 1825, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. John Acworth Ommanney; in which ship he served as Midshipman at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827. He joined next the 76, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie; passed his examination 9 June, 1832; and until promoted 9 Oct. 1840, further served, on the Home, Mediterranean, Halifax, and Lisbon stations – on board the  6, Lieut.-Commander Henry James,  2, Lieut.-Commander John Middleton Waugh,  52, and  50, each commanded by Capt. John M‘Kerlie,  104, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, and  74, and  120, both under the command of Capt. John Drake. He then joined the 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Sir Edw. Durnford King; and on 18 June, 1841, was appointed to the 16, Capts. Stephen Grenville Fremantle and Edw. Norwich Troubridge. In the foUowing year we find him enacting a part in the hostilities against China, where he served in the Yang-tse-Kiang, was present on shore in the attack on the batteries of Woosung, and assisted at the taking of Shanghae. His appointments have since been – 6 Oct. 1842, to the 72, Capt. Sir Thos. Herbert, for passage home – 26 Oct. 1843, as First, to the troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Maclean, employed on general service – 13 June, 1845, in a similar capacity, to the 16, Capt. Harry Edm. Edgell, in the Mediterranean – and, 1 Oct. 1845, to the command of the steam-sloop, now employed on the latter station. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 CRAUFURD. 

, born, 16 March, 1822, at Rome, is second son of John Craufurd, Esq., of Auchinames and Crosbie, co. Ayr, by Sophia Marianna, daughter of Major-General Horace Churchill, and great-grand-daughter of Sir Robt. Walpole. He is cousin of

This officer entered the Navy, 26 June, 1836, on board the, Capt. Henry Wm. Bruce, fitting for the South American station, whence he returned in Dec. 1839. Joining, then, the 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, he took part in all the operations of the Syrian campaign, including the bombardment of Beyrout, the attack on Tortosa, and the siege of Acre; and on 15 Jan. 1841, he was officially mentioned for his conduct in an affair with the enemy near Ascalon, while serving on shore as Extra Aide-de-Camp to General Michell. He next studied on board the gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; and, entering the Naval College in 1842, was rewarded, 28 June, 1843, -with a Lieutenant’s commission, for having passed the best examination. Since 19 Oct. 1843, Mr. Craufurd has been serving in the East Indies on board the 42, Commodore Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood. He holds a certificate of proficiency in steam navigation.

 CRAUFURD. 

is cousin of

This officer entered the Navy 3 April, 1821; passed his examination in 1827; and rose to the rank of Lieutenant 2 March, 1828. His appointments, in the latter capacity, were – 8 May, 1828, to the 18, Capt. Michael Quin, in the Mediterranean – and 26 Nov. 1831, to the  74, Capt. Henry Hart, whom he accompanied to the East Indies. Attaining his present rank 13 July, 1835, he assumed command, 13 Nov. 1837, of the 18, and served in that sloop on the North America and West India station until 1839. He has since been on half-pay.

 CRAUFURD. 

entered the Navy, 25 July, 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 98, Capt. Bourmaster, stationed in the Channel; removed, as Midshipman, in Nov. 1795, to the  98, Capt. Theophilus Jones; and proceeded, early in 1796, to the West Indies on board the  74, Capt. Wm. Cayley. In April of the latter year he was wounded at the reduction of Ste. Lucie; and, in the course of 1797, he was further present at the taking of Trinidad, and in the unsuccessful attack on Porto Rico. After contributing to the capture of in Aug. 1799, he became attached for some months to the  gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Sam. Fowell, on the Home station; and then, joining the 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Borlase Warren, attended the expedition to Egypt in 1801. In Aug. of the same year he received an order to act as Lieutenant of the brig, Capt. Jas. Hawes, but he was not promoted by the Admiralty until 4 Sept. 1805 – previously to which he had further served for 18 months with Lord Nelson as Midshipman of the 100, and for a shorter period with Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle as Acting-Lieutenant of the Amphitrite frigate. In Oct. 1805 Mr. Craufurd was next appointed to the 98, Capt. Fras. Fayerman, forming part of the Channel fleet after which he assumed command, 12 Dec. 1806, of the cutter, and was employed at the blockade of Danzig, and the bombardment of Copenhagen, in 1807. His subsequent appointments were – 1 Feb. 1809, to the bomb, Capt. Robt. Balfour, in the Baltic – 14 Nov. 1810, to the 98, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, off Lisbon – 11 April, 1812, to the 98, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, in the Mediterranean – and, 12 June in the same year, to the command of the Triton in the river Tagus. He was finally placed on half-pay 14 Dec. following; and on 17 Jan. 1838, was advanced to his present rank.

 CRAWFORD. 

, born in Oct. 1788, is youngest Son of the late Rev. Thos. Crawford, of Lismore, co. Waterford; and brother of Lieut. Rich. Crawford, R.N., who was lost in a hurricane while commanding the schooner, 15 Aug. 1815.

This officer entered the Navy, 19 May, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 38, Capts. Edw. Griffith and Thos. Elphinstone, in which ship he assisted at the capture of many of the enemy’s vessels, armed and otherwise. While next serving, under Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen, in the and  frigates, he appears, as Midshipman, to have been almost daily in action, from June, 1802, until Aug. 1806, with detachments of the Boulogne flotilla, several of which were at different times taken, and himself on one occasion wounded. On next joining the 100, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, he was present, in Feb. 1807, at the passage of the Dardanells, and beheld the destruction of a Turkish squadron off Point Pesquies. Being promoted, 25 Nov. 1807, to a Lieutenancy in the 74, Capts. Edw. Griffith and John West, the subject of this sketch subsequently assisted in cutting out numerous vessels from different ports in the Gulf of Genoa, and joined in a pursuit which led to the self-destruction of the two French line-of-battle ships Robuste and Lion, 25 Oct. 1809. We afterwards find Mr. 