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FEGEN—FELLOWES.  Abdiel Orfeur, frigate, Capt. John Serrell,  gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Sir Geo. Mouat Keith, 80, Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball,  16, Capts. Geo. Rose Sartorius and Wm. Bateman Dashwood, and 74, Capt. John Halliday. The, on 1 Nov. 1813, fell in, off the coast of France, with five privateer luggers, one of which, Le Lion of 16 guns and 69 men, she brought to close action, and in a few minutes captured. Mr. Featherstone obtained his commission 2 Feb. 1815, but has not since been employed.

 FEGEN. 

passed his examination 6 Sept. 1837; served for a considerable period in the Mediterranean and Sonth America, as Mate of the 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, and surveying-vessel, Capt. Bartholomew Jas. Sulivan; obtained his commission 8 Aug. 1845; and since 28 June, 1846, has been employed in the 16, Capt. Arch. Reed, on the South-East coast of America.

 FEGEN. 

entered the Navy, in March, 1794, as Midshipman, on board the packet, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Fegen; removed, in 1798, to the 32, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng; and on joining the 38, Capt. Thos. Western, assisted, in 1799, at the reduction of the Dutch colony of, and the capture, after a close action of 10 minutes, of the French 28-gun frigate Républicaine. Removing, next, to the store-ship, Capt. Bridges Watkinson Taylor, he served in the boats at the destruction of a ship under the batteries of Guadeloupe, and the capture of a schooner-of-war; and, on 10 Aug. 1800, he was wrecked in the Bocca, near the island of Trinidad. Until March, 1806, Mr. Fegen was afterwards employed, on the West India and Home stations, in the 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Duckworth,  44, Capt. Taylor, and, , and  gun-brigs, Lieut.-Commanders John Lake, Mauritius Adolphus Newton De Starck, and John Leach. After a further servitude of eight months as Sub-Lieutenant in the, Lieut.Commander Jas. Gordon, he obtained a full Lieutenancy, 8 Nov. 1806, in the sloop, Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibly, under whom, in the year following, he attended the expedition to Monte Video. In the course of 1808 Mr. Fegen further joined the 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, and, Capt. Pengelly; and, then assuming command of the  cutter, he co-operated in the attack upon Flushing in Aug. 1809. During the remainder of the war he served (principally on the Home station, although for some time in the West Indies) in command of the scp, and on board the, Capt. Benj. Clements,, Capt. Jas. Stevenson,, Capt. Lloyd, and , flag-ship of Sir Rich. Bickerton. His subsequent appointments were – 14 June, 1819, and 23 Nov. 1822, to the and  Revenue-cutters, in which he made some valuable captures – 28 Nov. 1822, to the Preventive Water-Guard Service – and, 19 Dec. 1826, to the command of the  5, on the Jamaica station. Since his attainment of the rank he now holds, 9 Feb. 1828, Commander Fegen has been on half-pay.

He married, 13 May, 1831, Miss Banks, of Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, and has issue.

 FELLOWES. 

passed his examination 19 Oct. 1842; and served as Mate, on the Plymouth, North America and West India, and Pacific stations, on board the 120, and  72, flagships of Sir David Milne and Sir Chas. Adam, and in the 50., Capt. Hon. John Gordon. On the attainment of his present rank, 29 June, 1846, he joined, as Additional-Lieutenant, the 80, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour, Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific. He was appointed, 17 Oct. following, to the 110, Capt. Sir Henry John Leeke, at Devonport; and, since 5 Jan. 1847, has been attached to the  80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, part of the Channel squadron.

 FELLOWES. 

, born 31 July, 1813, is fourth and youngest son of the late Wm. Henry Fellowes, Esq., of Ramsey Abbey, M.P. for Huntingdonshire, by Emma, fourth daughter of Rich. Benyon, Esq., of Englefield House, co. Berks; brother of the present Edw. Fellowes, Esq., of Ramsey Abbey, co. Huntingdon, and of Haverland Hall, co. Norfolk, a Deputy-Lieutenant for the shire; and nephew of Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Edw. Fellowes, who commanded the 26, at the reduction of Ste. Lucie in 1796, and the  32, at the conquest of Trinidad in 1797, and died in 1841, in the 70th year of his age.

This officer entered the Navy 3 Aug. 1826; passed his examination in 1832; obtained his commission 28 June, 1838; and was afterwards appointed, 5 July, 1838, and 5 Dec. 1839, to the 74, flag-ship in North America and the West Indies of Sir Chas. Paget, and 36, Capt. Edw. Boxer, in the Mediterranean. Since 1841 he has been unemployed. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 FELLOWES, Kt., C.B., K.C.C., K.L.H., K.S.A., K.R.G.

, born in 1778, at Minorca, is fifth and youngest son of the late Dr. Wm. Fellowes. of Bath, Physician Extraordinary to George IV. when Prince Regent, by the eldest daughter of Peregrine Butler, Esq., of Dungarvon, co. Waterford. He is brother of Sir Jas. Fellowes, Kt., M.D., F.R.S., who served as Inspector of Hospitals to the British army during the Peninsular war; and of Wm. Dorset Fellowes, Esq., formerly Commander in the Navy, who officiated as Secretary to the Lord Great Chamberlain at the Coronation of George IV. His eldest sister, on the latter occasion, led the royal procession to Westminster Abbey in the character of Principal Herb Woman.

This officer (who had previously been a Midshipman in the Hon.E.I.Co.’s service) entered the Navy, towards the close of 1797, as Master’s Mate, on board the 100, Capt. Wm. Domett, bearing the flag in the Channel of Lord Bridport. After cruizing for some time on the Irish station as Acting-Lieutenant of the 38, Capt. Jonathan Faulknor, he proceeded to the West Indies as Master’s Mate of the  36, Capt. Wm. Grenville Lobb, and there, within sight of a Spanish line-of-battle ship and frigate, assisted at the capture, 15 Nov. 1799, of the corvette El Galgo of 16 guns. Until discharged at the peace, Mr. Fellowes further served on the same station as Master’s Mate of the 98, and  80, flag-ships of Sir Hyde Parker and Lord Hugh Seymour, and as Acting-Lieutenant of the  74, Capt. Wm. Henry Bayntun, sloop, Capt. Wm. Roberts, and 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Robt. Montagu. From the recommencement of hostilities until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 June, 1807, we find him employed in the East and West Indies on board the 74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, frigate, Capt. Edw. Ratsey, and  50’s, Capts. Chas. Jas. Johnston and Alex. Fraser, and 40, Capt. Philip Beaver. He then for a short period joined the 74, bearing the flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane; and during a subsequent attachment of several months to the sloop, Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm. King, assisted at the reduction of the Danish West India islands. Being next appointed to the command of the gun-brig, Lieut. Fellowes, in March, 1808, contributed to the capture of the