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DAVIES.  of his having saved the crews of three French vessels, has also conferred on him two gold “medals of merit;” and on the last occasion His Majesty presented him with the order of the Legion of Honour, which, however, the existing regulations did not permit him to accept. In addition to these testimonials of Commander Davies’ high merit, we may further enumerate the presentation of three pieces of plate, and the frequent thanks of the Board of Admiralty and of the Committee at Lloyd’s.

He married, 20 July, 1832, Julia, fourth daughter of Joseph Hume, Esq., for many years head of the Admiralty Department at Somerset House, by whom he has issue five children.

 DAVIES. 

was born 28 Nov. 1784.

This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1795, as Yeoman of the Powder Room, on board the fire-brig, Midshipman-in-command Wm. Beard, stationed off the coast of France; joined, in Feb. 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., the 100, bearing the flag of Sir Alan Gardner; served next, for 14 months, on board the  fire-ship, Capt. Geo. Barker, principally on the Jersey and Guernsey station; and on 20 June, 1798, was appointed Midshipman of the gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Beard, under whom we find him frequently in combat with the Algeciras flotilla, while in escort of convoys to Gibraltar. From Oct. 1798 until Sept. 1802, he afterwards served in the 74, Capt. Hon. Chas Herbert Pierrepont, off Lisbon,  80, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Thos. Pasley, and 36, Capt. Hon. John Colville. Under the latter officer, he appears to have often skirmished with the enemy off the coast of France, and in Samana Bay, St. Domingo. He next joined, 24 March, 1803, the 74, Capts. Thos. Louis and Israel Pellew; and while in that ship, he accompanied Lord Nelson to the West Indies in pursuit of the combined fleets of France and Spain, in the summer of 1805, and was afterwards present in the battle of Trafalgar. On 20 Jan. 1808, while in charge of a prize, Mr. Davies, who had passed his examination in July, 1805, was unfortunately taken prisoner by the French. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 20 Nov. 1812; but remained in captivity until May, 1814; since which period he has not been afloat.

Lieutenant Davies married 28 Sept. 1814; and has issue two sons and one daughter. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 DAVIES. 

entered the Navy, 3 March, 1794, as Captain’s Servant, on board the 28, Capt. John Elphinstone, lying in Portsmouth harbour; and, on soon after removing with the same officer to the  98, bore a part in Lord Howe’s action of the 1st of June. He continued to serve with Capt. Elphinstone – as Midshipman and Master’s Mate of the, , and , flag-ships of the late Lord Keith, and of the 50 – until March, 1800; during which period, while in the , he assisted at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope in 1795, and was present at the surrender of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay, 17 Aug. 1796. Mr. Davies returned home from the East Indies early in 1800, on board 36, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee; and on 24 Dec. in that year, after again serving with Capt. Elphinstone in the 74, and with Lord Keith in the  80, was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the  32, Capt. John Hatley. In the course of 1801 he obtained a medal for his services in Egypt; subsequently to which we find him appointed – in Dec. of the latter year, to the 74, Capt. S. H. Linzee, whom he accompanied to the West Indies – 19 March, 1804, after 18 months of half-pay, to the  64, Capt. Chas. Rowley, employed in the North Sea and off Cadiz – 18 Jan. 1805, to the, as Flag-Lieutenant in the river Thames to Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope – and, 6 Feb. 1806, in the capacity of First-Lieutenant, to the of 46 guns and 265 men, Capt. Thos. Lavie. For his conduct, and the strong recommendation of his commander, at the capture, 19 July following, off the Faeroe Islands, of the Guerrière French frigate, of 50 guns and 317 men, which struck her colours at the close of a warm action, in which the British lost only 4 men wounded, and the enemy 50 killed and wounded, Mr. Davies was rewarded with a Commander’s commission, dated on 28 of the same month. He assumed command, in Jan. 1809, of the 10, on the Channel station, where he removed, 3 Aug. 1811, to the  18; and, on 18 Dec. 1812, he particularly distinguished himself by the gallantry with which, in company with two or three smaller vessels, he pursued and engaged, with a loss to the  of 1 Lieutenant killed and 6 or 7 men wounded, the French 40-gun frigate La Gloire who ultimately efiected her escape. Capt. Davies attained Post-rank 19 Feb. 1814; and, from 9 June following until 10 July, 1815, further commanded the 20, and  56, on Lake Ontario. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.

His only son, the Rev. H. C. Davies, of Sydney College, Cambridge, died 5 Aug. 1836.

 DAVIES. 

was born 3 May, 1781.

This officer entered the Navy, 28 Sept. 1797, as A. B., on board the 12, Capts. Jas. Keith Sheppard and John Wainwright, under whom, during the three following years, he was frequently in action with the enemy’s batteries and flotilla at Havre de Grace. From Aug. 1803 to March, 1808, he next served, in the North Sea and Baltic, on board the 64, Capt. John Temple, and  64, Capts. Jas. Macnamara and Donald Campbell; and, while in the latter ship, was present at the bombardment of Copenhagen in Sept. 1807, and commanded, 9 Aug. 1808, a gun-boat, under Capt. Macnamara, at the attack and capture, previous to the embarkation from Nyeborg of the Marquis de la Romana and his army, of a Danish man-of-war brig, the Fama of 18, and her consort, the Salorman cutter of 12 guns. On leaving the, Mr. Davies rejoined the last-mentioned officer in the 74; from which ship, having passed his examination 3 Feb. 1806, he was promoted, 25 Nov. 1808, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the  bomb, Capt. Nich. Lockyer. He was confirmed by the Admiralty in his new rank 2 Feb. 1809; and was subsequently appointed – 22 May following, again to the – 10 March, 1810, to the  74, Capts. J. Macnamara and Edw. Brace – 16 June, 1812, to the 32, Capts. Chas. Napier and John Strutt Peyton – 26 Feb. 1814, to the 74, Capt. Lord Jas. O’Bryen – and, 25 March, 1815, and 3 July, 1816, to the 98, and  100, flag-ships of Lord Exmouth. When in the, Mr. Davies assisted in causing the destruction, near Barfleur, of the French 40-gun frigate Amazone, 25 March, 1811; and, while Senior of the , he acquired, in 1813, the approbation of his commander by his conduct at the capture, in face of considerable opposition, of the island of Ponza, and cooperated with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, where he served at the arduous reduction of the Col de Balaguer. For his exertions at the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, on which occasion he commanded a gun-boat, Lieutenant Davies was advanced to his present rank, by commission dated 8 Oct. in the same year. He has since been on half-pay.

He married, 10 Oct. 1820, Maria, youngest daughter of Peter Pavin, Esq., of Milford Haven, co. Pembroke, by whom he has issue two children.

