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FALKINER—FANSHAWE.  carried, notwithstanding a desperate fight of four hours. He is now on half-pay.

 FALKINER. 

is third son of the late Sir Sam. Falkiner, Bart., by Sarah, daughter of Chas. Leslie, M.D., and grand-daughter of the Very Rev. Dean Leslie. He is a younger brother of the present Sir Riggs Falkiner, Bart., of Anne Mount, co. Cork

This officer entered the Navy, 29 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 32, Capt. Henry Heathcote, whom, having attained the rating of Midshipman 12 months previously, he followed, in April, 1805, into the  36. On 20 Aug. in the same year he joined the 38, Capt. Christopher Laroche, off the coast of France, where he afterwards became attached, in 1807-8, to the  28, Capt. Thos. Smyth, and 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm. While in the latter ship he was often employed in her boats annoying the enemy’s trade; and, on the night of 11 April, 1809, he served in the fire-ship, commanded by her First-Lieutenant, Christopher Nixon, in Lord Cochrane’s attack on the French shipping in Aix Road. For his conduct on that occasion, Mr. Falkiner was promoted, immediately on passing his examination, to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 Jan. 1810, and appointed to the brig, Capt. Robt. Brown Tom. Being appointed, on 15 of the ensuing May, to the, of 50 guns, throwing a broadside weight of 538 lbs., and 306 men, Capt. Philip Bowes Vere Broke, he sailed for the coast of North America, and was there very actively employed for nearly three years. On 1 June, 1813, being off Boston lighthouse, Mr. Falkiner headed the ’s main-deck boarders, and was “most strongly recommended” for the “gallantry, skill, and judgment” of his conduct at the memorable capture of the American ship Chesapeake, of 50 guns, yielding a broadside of 590 lbs., and 376 men – an exploit which was achieved after a close and desperate action of 15 minutes, a loss to the British of 24 men killed and 59 wounded, and to the enemy of 47 killed and 115 wounded. The subject of this sketch, who took the Chesapeake as Prize-Master into Halifax Harbour, and then returned home with the despatches, was rewarded for his behaviour with a Commander’s commission, dated 9 July, 1813; since which period, however, he has been on half-pay.

 FANSHAWE, C.B.

is third and youngest son of the late Capt. Robt. Fanshawe, R.N., Resident Commissioner of Plymouth Dockyard, by Christiana, daughter of John Gennys, Esq.; brother of Capt. Robt. Fanshawe, R.N., who died in 1804, and of Colonel Edw. Fanshawe, R.E., C.B.; brother-in-law of Admirals Wm. Bedford, Sir Thos. Byam Martin, G.C.B., Sir John Chambers White, K.C.B., and Sir Robt. Stopford, G.C.B.; uncle, we believe, of ; and cousin of

This officer entered the Navy, 8 Feb. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, stationed in the Channel; became attached, in Dec. 1806, to the, flag-ship of Admiral Young at Plymouth; and on his removal to the 98, bearing the flag of Lord Gambier, attended the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. 1807. He then rejoined Capt. Martin in the 74; and, on 26 Aug. 1808, took part, as Midshipman, in a gallant action of 20 minutes with the Russian 74-gun ship Sewolod, which was completely silenced, and in the end, with the assistance of the  74, flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood, captured and burnt, in sight of the whole Russian fleet, near Rogerswick, after a total loss to the enemy of 303 men, and to the individually of 6 killed and 26 wounded. In 1809-10 we find Mr. Fanshawe cooperating with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, in the 38, Capt. Wm. Parker, and afterwards serving for two years at the Cape, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the 74,  64, and  38, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Stopford, under whom, in the, he contributed to the reduction of Java, in Aug. 1811. On being officially promoted, 22 April, 1813, he became Flag-Lieutenant, in the 74, to Sir T. B. Martin, then second in command at Plymouth, whence, however, he soon sailed for North America, in the, of 48 guns and 319 men, Capt. Henry Hope. While on that station Mr. Fanshawe, in 1814, served in the boats at the capture of the privateer, of 3 guns and 32 men; he also assisted Capt. Rich. Coote in gallantly destroying, near Pettipague Point, on the river Connecticut, 27 of the enemy’s vessels, three of which were heavy privateers, and the aggregate burden of the whole upwards of 5000 tons; and was again employed in the boats in an unsuccessful attack upon the Prince de Neufchatel American privateer, which cost the British a loss of 28 men killed and 37 badly wounded. On 15 Jan. 1815, he further participated in the capture, after a close action of two hours and a half, with a loss to the of 11 killed and 14 wounded, and to her opponent of 35 killed and 70 wounded, of the President frigate, of 56 guns and 465 men. Being promoted to the rank of Commander, 2 Oct. 1815, Capt. Fanshawe, who for a few weeks had re-officiated as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir T. B. Martin in the 74, was next, in the course of 1816, appointed to the acting-command of the, , and  frigates, in the first of which he made a voyage to the West Indies. His confirmation to Post-rank taking place on 17 Oct. in the same year, he afterwards joined – 26 Nov. 1818, the 60, which ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Edw. Griffith, he paid off, on her return from the Halifax station, in 1822 – 17 July, 1832, the 78, employed off Lisbon, whence he came home in July, 1834 – and, 9 Feb. 1837, the  104, as Flag-Captain to Sir Robt. Stopford, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, to whom, during the campaign on the coast of Syria, he proved of great service in the details and arrangements connected with the different operations, particularly at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, on which occasion he was officially praised for the most able manner in which he fulfilled the duties of his post. Since the paying off of the in 1841, he has been unemployed.

Capt. Fanshawe, as a reward for his Syrian services, was nominated a C.B. 18 Dec. 1840. He married, 10 Aug. 1820, a daughter of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, K.C.B., whose flag-ship he then commanded. – J. Chippendale.

 FANSHAWE. 

is nephew, we believe, of This officer entered the Navy 18 Dec. 1828; passed his examination in 1833; and obtained his first commission 15 Aug. 1835. His ensuing appointments were – 10 Nov. 1835, and 1 March, 1836, to the 74, and  24, commanded off