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CREYKE—CRICHLOW—CRICHTON—CRIRIE—CRISP. then visiting the Mediterranean. Eeing promoted from the 100, flag-ship off Cadiz of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, to a Lieutenantcy in the 74, Capt. John Bligh, 7 Nov. 1806, Mr. Creyke, after assisting in the operations against Copenhagen in 1807, accompanied home in 1808 the Russian fleet which had surrendered in the Tagus; and with the same Captain, in the  74, he was further present at the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads and the siege of Flushing in 1809, and at the capture of La Confiance (late 40-gun frigate Cannonière), with colonial produce on board to the value of 150,000l. sterling, 3 Feb. 1810. From Aug. in the latter year until advanced to the rank of Commander 17 March, 1812, he next served in the Channel and North Sea on board the 74, Capt. Adam Mackenzie, and  80, and  104, flag-ships of Admiral Young. He assumed command, 7 June, 1814, of the sloop, on the Portsmouth station; attained Post-rank 19 Dec. following; and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.

Capt. Creyke married, in 1818, Harriet Elizabeth, daughter of the late Rev. Jas. Furneaux, of Swilly, co. Devon, and sister of Capt. John Furneaux, R.N. By that lady he has issue a son and daughter. – Hallett and Robinson.

 CREYKE. 

is second son of the late Ralph Creyke, Esq., of Marton and Rawcliffe, co. York; and cousin of the present

This officer entered the Navy 3 July, 1829; passed his examination 13 April, 1836; was employed in 1841, as Mate, on board the Revenue-cutter, Lieut.-Commander John Hains; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 1 July, 1842; and was promoted to his present rank 25 Sept. 1843. He afterwards served, from 18 Nov. 1844 until some time in 1845, on board the 6, Capt. Chas. John Bosanquet, and steam-frigate. Commodore Wm. Jones, off the coast of Africa; and since 7 Jan. 1846 has been employed in the steam-vessel, Capt. Chas. Gepp Robinson, engaged in surveying the coast of Scotland.

He is married, and has issue.

 CRICHLOW. 

entered the Navy, in Dec. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, with whom he served, as Midshipman, at the reduction of the Isle of France in Dec. 1810, and removed, in Oct. 1814, as Master’s Mate, to the 74. After a further employment on the Lisbon, Cork, and Mediterranean stations, he was awarded a commission 19 Sept. 1815; since which period he has been on half-pay. – J. Chippendale.

 CRICHTON. 

entered the Navy, 8 March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 36, Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen; in which frigate and the 38, commanded by the same officer, we find him in constant collision with the Boulogne flotilla until May, 1807. During the next 12 months he served on the South American and Cape stations on board the 74, Capt. John Temple, and  store-ship, Capt. John Joyce; and then rejoining the, attained the rating of Midshipman 3 Sept. 1808. Early in 1809 he returned, in the 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, to the Cape of Good Hope, where, and off the Isle of France, he continued alternately to serve, in the 36, Capt. Robt. Corbett, and  sloops, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon, 36, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, hired armed-ship, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon, and 38, Capt. Lord Viscount Neville, until Juue, 1811. After an intermediate attachment to the 22, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon, on the South American station, he obtained a Lieutenant’s commission, dated 21 March, 1812; and he was subsequently appointed – 19 May, 1813, to the 36, Capts. Robt. Forbes and Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, employed off the coast of Africa – and, 14 Nov. 1814, to the 24, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, on the North American station. While under Capt. Mackenzie he took part, on 23 Jan. 1814, in a drawn action, fought with much spirit for nearly two hours, between the and the French 40-gun frigate Sultane; on which occasion the loss of the British amounted to 10 killed and 26 wounded, and that of the enemy to about 20 killed and 30 wounded. Mr. Crichton left the in Jan. 1817; and has not since been afloat.

 CRIRIE. 

was born about 1783.

This officer entered the Navy, 26 Sept. 1803, as Midshipman, on board the 44, Capt. Edw. Henry Columbine; and on proceeding to the West Indies, was very actively employed in the, Capt. John Nash, and 14, Capt. Wm. King, until wrecked, off Nevis, in Sept. 1804. After a further servitude of two years on the same station, as Master’s Mate, in the 28, Capt. Kenneth Mackenzie, he returned home, and until promoted, 7 Nov. 1809, successively joined, off the coast of France, the  64, Capt. Geo. Eyre,, Capt. Wm. King, 38, Capt. Robt. Barrie, by whom he appears to have been often employed on cutting-out expeditions, and 110, and  120, flag-ships of Lords Gardner and Gambler. For his conduct as Second in command of a fire-vessel at the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads, 11 April, 1809, Mr. Cririe, as above, was awarded a commission immediately on passing his examination. He had previously, however, been in charge also of a gun-boat during the expedition to the Scheldt. Being next appointed, 25 Nov. 1809, to the 22, Capts. E. H. Columbine and John Rich. Lumley, he served for a considerable time on the coast of Africa; and while there commanded the boats for the suppression of the slave traffic up the different rivers until disabled by the yellow fever in 1811. Removing with Capt. Lumley to the 32, as his First-Lieutenant, 29 June, 1812, we subsequently find him commanding the boats on numerous occasions against the American enemy; from whom, on 24 Nov. 1812, he captured, in face of a heavy discharge of grape and langridge, and with a loss to the British of one man killed and another wounded, the Joseph and Mary, a dangerous privateer, of 4 guns and 73 men, between Cuba and St. Domingo – and, on 12 June, 1813, the Surveyor Revenue-cruizer, of 6 guns, pierced for 12, and 25 men, which he brought out from York River, in the Chesapeake. The latter vessel, whose loss amounted to 5 men wounded, was fully prepared for resistance, and was protected from the shore by 4 field-pieces and a body of militia. Before her surrender she occasioned her assailants a loss of 3 men killed and 6 wounded, including Mr. Cririe himself, to whose boat the slaughter was chiefly confined. This officer invalided home from chronic rheumatism in June, 1814; and has since been on half-pay. His commission as Commander bears date 27 May, 1825.

 CRISP. 

entered the Navy, 20 Jan. 1806, as A.B., on board the 38, Capt. Robt. Honyman; in which frigate and, as Midshipman, in the store-ship, Capt. Edw. Killwick he served at the Cape of Good Hope, and in the Rio de la Plata, until after the unsuccessful attempt made by Lieut.- General Whitelocke on Buenos Ayres, in July, 1807. From the following Aug. until April, 1814, he was employed under Lord Geo. Stuart in