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CROZIER—CRUTCHLEY—CUDLIP—CULL. and Nich. Lockyer, employed off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, and, 23 Dec. 1835, as First-Lieutenant, to the, Capt. Jas. Clark Ross. On his subsequent return from Davis Strait and Baffin Bay, whither he had gone in quest of some missing whalers, he assumed the rank of Commander 10 Jan. 1837; and, on 11 May, 1839, was appointed to the, in which vessel he soon afterwards sailed with an expedition, under Capt. James Clark Ross, for the purposes of magnetic research and geographical discovery in the Antarctic Ocean. Capt. Crozier, who during his absence was advanced to Post-rank, 16 Aug. 1841, arrived in England in 1843; and – having recommissioned the, 8 March, 1845 – is now co-operating with Sir John Franklin in a fresh attempt to explore the North-West Passage through Lancaster Sound and Bering Strait. – Joseph Woodhead.

 CROZIER. 

, born 26 Aug. 180.3, is eldest son of R. B. Crozier, Esq., a retired military officer, of West Hill, Isle of Wight; brother of the present ; grandson of the gallant Sir Rich. Pearson, Knight, who, in Sept. 1799, beat off an American squadron of twice his own force under the notorious Paul Jones, by which achievement a convoy valued at upwards of 600,000l. was saved to the country, and who afterwards died Lieut.-Governor of Greenwich Hospital in Jan. 1806; and nephew of the late Capt. Rich. Harrison Pearson, R.N. (1798).

This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, commanded by his uncle, Capt. R. H. Pearson, in which ship he cruized on the West India station until Oct. 1814. In Feb. 1817, he became a student at the Royal Naval College, where he remained until April, 1819. He then re-embarked on board the 46, Capts. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon and Andrew King, employed successively on the North American and Mediterranean stations; attained the rating of Midshipman 20 April, 1820; and after a further attachment, on the Home station, to the tender, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Witham, and and  yachts, Capts. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget and Chas. Adam, obtained his first commission 6 Sept. 1823. As a Lieutenant, Mr. Crozier’s appointments appear to have been – 22 March, 1823, and 25 Feb. 1826, to the 46, Capt. Wm. Elliott, and 26, Capt. Adolphus FitzClarenee, in which frigates he served on the Lisbon, West India, and Mediterranean stations. Being awarded the rank of Commander, 30 April, 1827, he subsequently officiated, for a few months in 1831, as Second Captain of the 120, flag-ship in the Channel and off Lisbon of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker – and was appointed, 20 Dec. 1834, to the 16. During upwards of four years that he continued in the latter vessel, Capt. Crozier cruised against the pirates in the Straits of Malacca,, and visited Australia, New Zealand, and the islands of the South Pacific. Since his Post-promotion, 26 March, 1839, he has not been afloat.

For his contributory services, when Lieutenant of the, in protecting and restoring Don John to the throne of Portugal, Capt. Crozier was by that monarch rireated a Knight of the Tower and Sword in May, 1824. He married, 18 June, 1839, Julia, fourth daughter of Geo. Stone, Esq., of Chislehurst, co. Kent, by whom he has issue a son and daughter. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 CROZIER. 

is a younger brother of

This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1823, on board the 46, Capt. Wm. Elliott, of which frigate his brother was at the time a Lieutenant. He passed his examination in 1830; obtained his commission 1 Sept. 1837; and being appointed, 21 Oct. following, to the 16, Capts. Hon. Dudley Worsley Anthony Pelham and Geo. Mansel, was the only Lieutenant on board that sloop at the taking of Sidon, and attack on the fortifications of St. Jean d’Acre, 26 Sept. and 3 Nov. 1840. He was subsequently invested with the command – 30 Aug. 1841, of the 10, lying at Portsmouth – and 21 June, 1842, and 19 Dec. 1843, of the  and  steam-vessels, in which he appears to have been employed on the Canadian Lakes, and on the West India and Home stations. He has been attached, since 30 June, 1845, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the steam-yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarenee. – Stilwell.

 CRUTCHLEY. 

entered the Navy, 20 June, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 98, Capt. Wm. Cuming, bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Robt. Calder. In Oct. 1804, he removed to the 64, Capts. Jas. Newman Newman and Andrew Fitzherbert Evans, under the latter of whom he was for some time employed, as Midshipman, in the West Indies. He then came home in the 36, Capt. Henry Vansittart; and afterwards served, between Sept. 1806, and June, 1809, on board the  98, flag-ship at Cadiz of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis,  38, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, for passage home, 74, Capt. J. N. Newman, in the North Sea, and  33, Capt. Edw. Brace, on the Irish station. In Oct. 1811, he became attached to the 38, Capt. Sam. Pym, off St. Helena. He joined, in Sept. 1813, the 38, Capts. Fras. Mason and Arch. Duff, on the coast of ireland; and from March, 1815, until the autumn of 1816, again served with Capt. Brace, as Master’s Mate, in the 74, and  104. For his conduct in the latter ship at the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, on which occasion she bore the flag of Rear-Admiral David Milne, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 16 Sept. 1816. He was subsequently employed in the 78, Capts. Sir Michael Seymour and Thos. Harvey, guard-ship in the river Medway, from 9 Sept. 1818, until the summer of 1821; and since the latter date has been on half-pay. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 CUDLIP. 

was born in April, 1809.

This officer entered the Navy 14 Feb. 1824; passed his examination in 1830; obtained his commission 3 July, 1840; and then joined the surveying vessel, Capt. Wm. Hewett. He has been serving, since 22 March, 1841, in the and, steam and surveying vessels, both commanded by Capt. John Washington, on the Home station. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 CULL. 

(a) died, 22 Sept. 1846, at Plympton, Devon, aged 71.

This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1794, as Ordinary, on board the 18, Capt. Edw. Leveson Gower, stationed in the North Sea. Joining, as Midshipman, in April, 1795, the 20, Capts. Edw. Codrington and Wm. Grenville Lobb, he sailed for the West Indies, where he continued principally to serve, until 1802, as Master’s Mate of 32, Capt. W. G. Lobb, and  38, and  74, both commanded by Capt. Sir F. Laforey. When in the, cruizing in company with the cutter, and  bomb, Mr. Cull, on 1 May, 1798, witnessed the destruction, after an engagement of three-quarters of an hour, of La Confiante, French frigate of 36 guns and 300 men, and the simultaneous defeat of La Vésuve, corvette of 20 guns. He re-embarked, in May, 1803, on board the 18, Capt. Terence O’Neill;