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DASHWOOD—DATHAN. Barrister-at-law, of Gloucester Place, Portman Square, by whom he has issue. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 DASHWOOD. 

entered the Navy, in May, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 36, Capts. Chas. Dashwood and John Allen, lying at Portsmouth. Under the former officer he afterwards served, as Midshipman, from Jan. 1811, to May, 1813, in the 38, and  74. In June, 1813, on his return with convoy from the West Indies, he became attached to the 38, Capt. Sam. Pym, on the North American station. He afterwards rejoined Capt. Dashwood, on board the 74, in time to accompany the expedition against New Orleans; and, from Oct. 1815, until the receipt of his commission from the Admiralty, 2 Feb. 1820, he served, off the coast of Africa and in the West Indies, occasionally as Acting-Lieutenant, in the  36, Commodore Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, 36, Capts. Jas. Haldane Tait and John M‘Kellar, 10, Capt. John Fakenham,  again,  50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Donald Campbell, and  42, Capts. Thos. Huskisson and Wilson Braddyll Bigland. He continued In the latter vessel until 1821; and was subsequently appointed, in April, 1823, to the 18, Capts. Jas. Montagu and Wm. Webb, on the Halifax station. He has been on half-pay since 1825. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 DASHWOOD. 

entered the Navy 7 Oct. 1819; passed his examination in 1825; obtained his commission 3 Dec. 1833; and served from 25 Sept. 1835, until 1837, latterly as First-Lieutenant, in the surveying-vessel, Capts. Fred. Wm. Beechey and Edw. Belcher, on the South American station. He has since been unemployed.

 DASHWOOD, K.T.S.

is second son of

This officer entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1814, as Midshipman, on board the 74, commanded by his father, whom he attended in the ensuing expedition against New Orleans. From 9 June, 1816, to 9 June, 1818, we next find him studying at the Royal Naval College. He then re-embarked on board the 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon; sailed soon afterwards for the West Indies in the 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan; and – after a re-attachment of three years, as Admiralty Midshipman, to the  38, commanded on the North American and Channel stations by Capts. Dillon and Wm. Augustus Montagu – rejoined his father in a similar capacity on board the of 74 guns, 24 Sept. 1822. He attained the rank of Lieutenant 1 Jan. 1824; and was next appointed, 22 Aug. 1825, to the 42, Capts. Hon. Robt. Rodney, and Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton, employed on the Channel, Cork, and Mediterranean stations. _ He was placed on half-pay in 1829; and has not since been afloat.

Lieut. Dashwood, who is Senior of 1824, was created a K.T.S. by John VI. of Portugal, 18 April, 1825, in commemoration of his having taken shelter on board the, when off Lisbon, in 1824. He married, 22 May, 1839, Henrietta Willoughby, only daughter of the late S. G. Barrett, Esq., of the island of Jamaica. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 DASHWOOD. 

was born 1 Sept. 1790.

This officer entered the Navy, 3 Aug. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol on board the 74, Capts. Thos. Revell Shivers and Rich. Retalick, flag-ship afterwards of Rear-Admiral Thos. Graves, under whom he served at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. On 22 June, 1802, he became Midshipman of the 50, bearing the flag in succession of the late Lord Gambler, of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, and of Sir Erasmus Gower, at Newfoundland, where he continued until Feb. 1805; after which he joined, consecutively, the 44, Capt. Wm. Grenville Lobb, off Lisbon, 74, Capt. Geo. Cockburn, at Spithead, and 36, Capt. Geo. Elliott. On 15 Aug. 1807, being then in the East Indies, Mr. Dashwood was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the 74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, from which we find him officially promoted, 28 Jan. 1808, into his former ship, the. Invaliding home in July, 1809, he next, on 12 June, 1810, joined the 74, Capt. Jas. Sanders, and was for some time employed in the gun-boat service at the siege of Cadiz. Prior to his appointment, as First-Lieutenant, to the of 46 guns, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, which took place in Oct. 1811, Mr. Dashwood further served for a few months with Capt. Clephane, on board the and  74’s. On 29 Nov. in the latter year, he shared in a hard-fought action of an hour and forty minutes, which, in rendering the captor of La Pomone, of 44 guns and 332 men, 50 of whom were killed and wounded, cost her a loss of 8 killed and 27 wounded; and on that occasion he had the misfortune to have his right arm shot off, a few minutes after the disablement of Capt. Gordon, who lost a leg. Being promoted to the rank of Commander 19 May, 1812, and appointed, 23 July, 1813, to the 16, Capt. Dashwood now cruized off the coast of France, where, on 1 Nov., he fell in with five privateer luggers, one of which, Le Lion, of 16 guns and 69 men, he brought to close action, and in ten minutes captured. On 15 Nov. 1814, he removed to the sloop, and after hovering about the Bay of Biscay for some time in the summer of 1815, with a view to the interception of Napoleon Buonaparte, sailed for the Mediterranean; on which station he assisted at the bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. Previously to that event he had succeeded in bringing away, disguised as midshipmen, the wife and daughter of the British Consul, Mr. M‘Donell. Capt. Dashwood, who paid the off in Nov. 1816, was subsequently appointed to the Acting command, 23 July, 1818, of the  36, fitting for South America, where he attained Post-rank, 21 Oct. following, in the  32. He went on half-pay in May, 1819; and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.

Capt. Dashwood is Senior of 1818. In consideration of his wound he enjoys a pension of 200l. He married, 17 April, 1820, Louisa Henrietta, only daughter of Fred. Bode, Esq., by whom he has issue. – Hallett and Robinson.

 DATHAN. 

is son of an old officer in the army, who, after 36 years of service, was taken prisoner with General Matthews at Hyderabad, and never heard of more. This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1779, as Captain’s Servant, on borad the 74, Capt. Hon. Keith Stewart, in which ship he sailed for the West Indies. In Aug. 1780, he removed to the 74, Capt. Alex. Gardner, flag-ship subsequently of Sir Edw. Hughes, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, where he appears to have been wounded while participating in five sanguinary actions fought, between 17 Feb. 1782, and 20 June, 1783, with the French fleet under M. de Suffrein. After an interval of five years he re-embarked, 29 May, 1790, on board the 50, Capt. Wm.