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DAWES—DAWKINS—DAWSON. to his present rank, 15 July, 1814, he was again employed under his patron, Vice-Admiral Martin, as his Flag-Lieutenant, in the, , and , line-of-battle ships, off Lisbon and Cadiz. Commander Davy has not, since the latter date, been afloat.

He married, in Feb. 1832, Katherine, eldest daughter of the late Rich. Davy, Esq., of Toxford, co. Suffolk, and has issue a son and four daughters. – J. Hinxman.

 DAWES. 

entered the Navy, 20 Dec. 1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, on the Home station, where he became. In July, 1825, Midshipman of the 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst. From 1826 until his return home in 1831, on board the 84, Capt. Peter Fisher, he next served with Capts. Jas. Stirling, John FitzGerald Studdert, and Wm. Clarke Jervoise, in the 28, on the East India station. Having passed his examination, 6 June, 1832, Mr. Dawes, in Aug. 1833, joined, as Mate, the gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings, with whom he continued until transferred, in Feb. 1835, to the 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley in the Mediterranean. From Dec. 1837, until May, 1841, he was further employed on board the 26, Capts. Henry Smith and Geo. Elliot; and during that period was at the capture of Aden in 1839, and witnessed the commencement of the hostilities in China. He was afterwards attached, from Oct. 1841, until March, 1842, to the steam surveying-vessel, Capt. Alex. Thos. Emeric Vidal, on the coast of Africa; and was then discharged, having been promoted to the rank he now holds on 23 Nov. 1841. Mr. Dawes’ next appointment was, 14 Nov. 1843, to the 18, Capt. John Wm. Douglas Brisbane, also on the African station, whence he invalided in. Aug. 1844. He resumed his professional duties, 26 June, 1846, in the 16, commanded, on the East India station, by Capts. Jas. Rich. Booth and Chas. Conrad Grey. – Collier and Snee.

 DAWKINS. 

entered the Navy 23 Aug. 1820; passed his examination in 1829; and, after serving for two months as Acting-Lieutenant of the 50, was confirmed by the Admiralty 14 June, 1830. He was subsequently appointed – 21 Nov. 1831, to the 28, Capt. Rich. Dickinson, at the Cape of Good Hope – 25 April, 1835, to the 80, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, in the Mediterranean – 12 Feb. 1839, to the  steam-vessel, Capt. Anthony Wm. Milward, lying at Chatham – and, 19 April following, to the 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, fitting for the East Indies. As a reward for his services at the capture of Canton, he was promoted, after having officiated for seven years as a Lieutenant, to the rank of Commander, 8 Oct. 1841. Since that period, however, he has not been employed. – Hallett and Robinson.

 DAWSON. 

, born 14 April, 1800, is youngest son of the late Fras. Dawson, Esq., of Fordham Abbey, near Newmarket; brother of Commander John Francis Dawson, R.N., who was killed, while in command of a division of the British flotilla during the Burmese war, 2 Dec. 1825; and first-cousin, maternally, of Viscount Canterbury.

This officer entered the Navy, 18 March, 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capts. Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood and Lord Jas. O’Bryen; and, on eventually proceeding to North America, removed as Midshipman, in 1814, to the 36, Capt. Andrew King. From 1816 to 1820 we next find him in the East Indies on board the 28, Capt. John Reynolds, and  50, flag-ship of Sir H. Blackwood. He then for a brief period joined the, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed; and, for about three years, was afterwards employed in the West Indies as a passed Midshipman of the 18, Capt. John Walter Roberts, and  cutter, Lieut.-Commander John Cawley. On 31 March, 1823, in command, we believe, of the boats of the and, he captured the Zaragozana, a piratical schooner. He obtained his commission 28 June, 1824; and was subsequently appointed, chiefly in the West Indies – 6 July following, to the 46, Capt. Lord Napier – next, to the  10, Capt. Williams Sandon – 11 Feb. 1826, as First-Lieutenant, to the  10, Capt. Fred. Chamier – 18 Sept. 1828, to the 20, Capt. Sam. Radford – and, 9 Oct. 1829, to the 18, Capt. Robt. Milborne Jackson. Since 1832, in which year he invalided home, Lieut. Dawson has not been ofiicially afloat. The subject of this sketch, since he left the, has been in command of various merchantships and steam-boats. From 1840 to 1841 he was employed as a Police Magistrate in New Zealand. He married, first, Marguerite Jane, daughter of John Paddock, Esq., Staff Surgeon in the Army; and secondly, 29 Nov. 1841, Harriott Heywood, daughter of W. H. Styles, Esq., of New House Farm, North Fleet, co. Kent. He has issue four children.

 DAWSON. 

entered the Navy, 25 July, 1801, as A.B., on board the 64, Capt. Wm. Hargood, stationed in the East Indies, where he attained the rating of Midshipman, 1 Oct. 1801. On his return home he joined, in April, 1803, the 64, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng; under whom (if we except a few months, from 28 June to 6 Nov. 1807, when he officiated as Acting-Master of the gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen) he continued to serve, in the  64,  50,  64, and  74, until Dec. 1811. During that period he accompanied, in the, the expedition against the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 1806; contributed, in the same ship, to the capture and destruction, on 27 Nov. following, of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs of war, and about 20 armed and other merchant-vessels, in Batavia Roads; and was officially praised for his brave conduct, as Acting-Lieutenant (order dated 13 Oct. 1809), in the boats of the and , at the destruction of three gun-vessels, under a heavy fire from the batteries at Bantam, in 1810. Mr. Dawson, whose appointment to the Belliqueux was confirmed 27 Aug. 1811, rejoined his patron (after an intermediate servitude in the 18, Capt. David Braimer) in the  on 22 Aug. 1812. He invalided, however, in Nov. 1813; and has since been on half-pay.

This officer has been perfectly blind for the last five-and-twenty years.

 DAWSON. 

(a) entered the Navy, 24 June, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the of 46 guns, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, attached to the fleet, in the Mediterranean. On 12 Feb. 1811, he assisted, as Midshipman, in the boats under Lieut. Jas. Dickinson, at the capture of a convoy, fearfully protected, in the harbour of Ortona; subsequently to which, on 13 March following, we find him enacting a part in the memorable action off Lissa, when a British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men, completely routed, after a conflict of six hours, and a loss to the of 4 men killed and 24 wounded, a Franco-Venetian squadron, whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. From July, 1811, to Sept. 1814, he next served on the Irish and West India stations in the 38, Capts. Anselm John Griffiths, Fred.