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FLETCHER—FLOUD—FOLEY. and Home stations. While in the, Mr. Fletcher assisted at the capture of two men-of-war and 14 merchant-vessels at Corrijou, on the coast of Bretagne, 18 July, 1815. He further served for three years and a half as Mate and Acting-Lieutenant of the 44, commanded in South America by Capt. Henry Prescott; and he next, until the receipt of his first commission, bearing date 8 Sept. 1827, again officiated in the two last-mentioned capacities on board the  104, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Martin, 42, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, 42, Capt. Henry Hundas,  5, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Holland, and 18, Capt. Wm. Hobson, at Portsmouth and in the West Indies. His ensuing appointments were, on the latter and on the Home and East India stations – 24 Nov. 1827, to the 10, Capts. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, Dennis O’Brien, and Fras. Blair – 18 July, 1829, to the 46, Capt. Williams Sandom, which ship he left on 5 of the following Oct. – 16 May, 1831, to the  120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admlral Wm. Parker – 4 July, 1831, to the 26, Capt. David Dunn – 21 Aug. 1835, to the  38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey – and 27 Sept. 1836, as First, to the 28, Capt. Chas. Kamsay Drinkwater Bethune. Shortly after his assumption of the rank of Commander, which took place 28 June, 1838, he obtained the Acting-Second-Captaincy, 7 July following, of the 74, Capt. Thos. Maitland, bearing for some time the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer, to which ship he was officially appointed 29 April, 1839. Joining afterwards in the hostilities against China, he there commenced his services by conveying, in company with Lord Jocelyn, the summons of surrender to the Commander-in-Chief of Chnsan which preceded the capture of the island by the British; and on that occasion, 5 July, 1840, he displayed much zeal and alacrity. He was next praised in the highest manner for his zealous exertions at the capture of Tycocktow and Chuenpee, and was also recommended for his conduct in superintending the landing of the forces at the capture of North Wantong in Jan. and Feb. 1841. During the operations of Aug. against Amoy, Capt. Fletcher (who had witnessed the fall of Canton) was for two days detached in the steamer, in which vessel he completely disabled, with a zeal very commendable, the guns on every battery on the north-east and south-west sides of the Bay, and the fortified island at the entrance; and when the town was assaulted by the troops he afforded them the able and prompt co-operation of himself and a party of seamen who had landed under his command. His ardour and activity appear to have further contributed to the capture of Chinghae. He went on half-pay 24 Oct. 1841, having been promoted to the rank he now holds on 8 of the previous June; and has not since been employed. – Case and Loudonsack.

 FLETCHER. 

died at the close of 1846.

This officer entered the Navy, 31 Aug. 1803, as Midshipman, on board the 40, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, with whom he served the whole of his time in the same ship, and in the  44, and  74. During that period he took part, in the, in Sir Richard Strachan’s action, 4 Nov. 1805; and on Feb. 1809, was present at the destruction of three frigates under the batteries of Sable d’Olonne, where the , besides being much cut up in her masts and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 25 wounded. On 31 Oct. in the latter year he obtained a Lieutenancy in the 18, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, under whom he continued to serve, in the Channel, until 23 April, 1811, when he rejoined Capt. Hotham in the 74, in which ship he subsequently assisted, in company with the  gun-brig, at the gallant destruction, 22 May, 1812, near L’Orient, of the French 40-gun frigates L’Arienne and L’Andromaque, and 16-gun brig Mamelouck; whose united fire, conjointly with that of a heavy battery, killed 5, and, including himself, wounded 28 of the ’s people. As Lieutenant, Mr. Fletcher was afterwards appointed – 14 Jan. 1813, to the 74, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, in the Baltic – 21 Jan. 1814, to the 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, flag-ship afterwards on the American and French coasts of Hon. Sir H. Hotham, by whom he was intrusted with the despatches announcing the surrender of Buonaparte – 31 April, 1816, to the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth – and, 17 July, 1820, to the yacht, Capt. Hon. C. Paget. Attaining the rank of Commander, 30 Nov. 1820, he next served for some time in the Coast Guard, and on 8 Dec. 1827, and 18 Jan. 1828, was successively appointed to the bomb, and  yacht – in the latter of which vessels he served, as Second Captain, under the late Sir John Chambers White. From the date of his last promotion, which took place 4 March, 1829, he remained on half-pay.

Capt. Fletcher married, in 1826, Elizabeth, second daughter of John Luscombe Luscombe, Esq., of Coombe Royal, co. Devon, and niece of Sir Wm. Knighton, Bart., and of Admirals Hawker, Boyles, Osborne, and Sir Michael Seymour, Bart.

 FLOUD. 

entered the Navy 19 Sept. 1829; passed his examination in 1835; and for his services on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His appointments have since been – 15 Dec. 1840, to the 18, Capt. Hon. Chas. Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, in the Mediterranean – 21 Aug. 1841, to the 26, commanded by the same officer, on the North America and West India station – and, 9 Dec. 1845, to the  20, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, with whom he is at present serving on the coast of Africa as First-Lieutenant. – J. Hinxman.

 FOLEY. 

, born 5 Sept. 1823, is youngest son of the late Lord Foley, by the fifth daughter of the second Duke of Leinster; brother of the present Lord Foley, of Lieut.-Col. Hon. Augustus Fred. Foley, of the Grenadier Guards, and of Capt. Hon. St. George Gerald Foley, of the 44th Regt.; and brother-in-law of Sir Chas. Rushout Cockerell, Bart.

This officer passed his examination 29 April, 1843; and at the period of his promotion, which took place 15 Jan. 1846, was serving on board the gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads. Since 14 Feb. in the latter year he has been employed in the 50, Capt. Sir Thos. Herbert, on the south-east coast of America.

 FOLEY. 

is nephew of Admiral of the White the late Sir Thos. Foley, G.C.B.

This officer entered the Navy, 4 July, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 38, Capt. Hyde Parker, in which frigate he witnessed the ’s capture of the American ship President, 15 Jan. 1815. In Sept. of the latter year he became