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DAEBY—DAREL—DARKE—DARLEY—DARNELL—DARRACOTT. been employed, since 26 May, 1845, as Admiralty Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel.

This officer has been, we understand, 16 times in action with the enemy; and has had the good fortune to rescue 46 persons from shipwreck. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 DARBY. 

entered the Navy 17 March, 1810; passed his examination in 1817; and obtained his commission 28 April, 1828. He was afterwards appointed – 13 Jan. 1830, to a station in the Coast Guard – 3 Oct. 1831, to the command of the revenue vessel – 4 Oct. 1834, again to the Coast Guard, in which service he remained but a few months – and, 11 Feb. 1840, and 26 Jan. 1843, to the command of the  and  steam-packets, on the Pembroke and Weymouth stations. He paid the latter vessel off in 1845; and since 26 June, 1846, has been in cdmmand of the, another Pembroke steam-packet.

Lieut. Darby married, in Aug. 1835, Anna, daughter of Mathias Sisk, Esq., Master R.N., and became a widower in 1843. Agents – Messrs. Chard.

 DAREL. 

, born 10 Dec. 1820, is fourth son of Edw. Darel, Esq., of Colehill, co. Kent, by Mary Anne, daughter of Thos. Bullock, Esq., of Muscoats, co. York; and nephew of Sir Edw. Hales, Bart. His family is of very ancient extraction.

This officer served as Midshipman of the 36, Capt. Edw. Boxer, at the taking of Caiffa, Tsour, and St. Jean d’Acre in 1840. He passed his examination 7 Nov. 1843; served for nearly two years as Mate in the 120, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Chas. Rowley; joined, next, the 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the Channel station; and on 9 Nov. 1846, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He has been attached, since 19 March, 1847, to the 44, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, on the North America and West India station.

 DARKE. 

died in 1845.

This officer entered the Navy, 23 July, 1807, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the 100, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, bearing the flag at the blockade of Brest of Sir John Thos. Duckworth; under whom, and Rear-Admiral Eras. Pickmore, he afterwards served in the 110, until April, 1811. While attached to the latter ship he was lent to the gun-boat service at the siege of Flushing and the defence of Cadiz. We subsequently find him joining – the 22, Capts. Thos. Garth, Geo. Price, and Wm. King, employed in conveying away the wounded from Tarragona, and otherwise – the, flagship at Plymouth of Sir Robt. Calder – the 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, in which ship he beheld, in Aug. 1813, the siege of St. Sebastian, where he commanded the ship’s cutter at the storming of Sta. Clara – and the 74, and  98, flag-ships at Rio Janeiro and at Plymouth of Sir John Poo Beresford and Sir J. T. Duckworth. Having passed his examination in Dec. 1813, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 28 Oct. 1815, in the 10, Capt. John Theed, at the Cape of Good Hope, but he invalided home in Nov. 1816, and remained on half-pay until appointed, 26 Sept. 1836, to the  110, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Fred. Warren, Admiral-Superintendent at Plymouth. He continued in that ship for three years; and from 25 April, 1842, until the date of his death, further officiated, with the exception of a few months in 1843, as Admiralty-Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel.

He married, 20 Dec. 1830, Emily, second daughter of the late Geronimo Greco, Esq., of Dublin. – Messrs. Chard.

 DARLEY. 

entered the Navy, 20 April, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 110, Capt. Jas. Brown, flag-ship in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent. From the following May until Jan, 1813, he next, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, served, with Capts. Robt. Winthrop and Clotworthy Upton, in the 38; and during that period, attended the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug, 1813, and cruised much on the Irish station. Be then officiated for a few months as Acting-Lieutenant of the sloop, Capt. Robt. Lisle Coulson; after which he sailed for Newfoundland in his old ship the, and was there confirmed, 11 Aug, 1813, to a Lieutenancy in the 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, with whom he returned to England in 1815 on board the 50. On 7 Feb. 1819, Mr. Darley assumed command of the revenue-cruiser, on the Irish station. He next joined, in Nov. 1823, the yacht, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, and obtained command, 27 May, 1826, of the. The subject of tms narrative, who obtained a second promotal commission 21 Nov. 1827, afterwards commanded the 18, on the North America and West India station, from 16 Dec. 1841, until paid off in 1845. He has since been unemployed. His advancement to the rank he now holds took place 9 Nov. 1846. – Copland and Burnett.

 DARNELL. 

served as Midshipman of the 18, Capt. Hon. Chas. G. J. B. Elliot, at the blockade of Alexandria, and throughout the whole of the operations on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre. He was also on shore at Tyre, for the protection of the town, under Lieut. Stewart. He afterwards served for four years with the Hon. Capt. Elliot in the 26, on the North America and West India station; joined next, 5 Sept. 1845, the  gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads; and on 4 May, 1846 (having passed his examination 21 Feb. 1843), was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He has been nearly ever since employed in the steam-frigate, and  84, both commanded, the latter on particular service, by Capt. Stephen Lushington.

 DARRACOTT. 

entered the Navy, 18 Feb. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 38, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, stationed in the Channel; attained the rating of Midshipman in July of the same year; removed, in July, 1806, to the 38, Capt. Jas. Carthew; and in the course of 1808 joined the 64, Capt. Wm, Cumberland,  gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Elletson King, and 20, Capt. John Thompson. From 18 Feb. 1809, until May, 1814, he was afterwards a prisoner of war in France. He obtained his commission 3 Feb. 1815; was appointed, 31 March following, to the 74, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, in the Mediterranean; and since 1816 has been on half-pay. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 DASHWOOD, K.C.B., G.C.T.S.

, born in 1765, is son of the late Robt. Dashwood, Esq., of Valla Wood, co. Somerset, who represented the senior branch of the family of Dashwood, from which also descend the present Sir Geo. Dashwood, Bart., and Sir John Dashwood King, Bart. He is grand-uncle of Lieut, K. D. Fowler, R.N.<section end="Dashwood, Charles"/>