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GAHAN—GALE—GALLAWAY—GALLICHAN. on the Lisbon station, from 9 April, 1834, to 17 Dec. 1837.

Sir Wm. Hall Gage, who has not since been afloat, and had been knighted and nominated a G.C.H. 19 April, 1834, became a Vice-Admiral 10 Jan. 1837, and a full Admiral 9 Nov. 1846. From 3 Feb. 1842, until 1846, he occupied a seat at the Board of Admiralty.

 GAHAN. 

, born 12 Aug. 1794, at Plymouth, is of an Irish family of very ancient descent, and nearly allied to many of the nobility of the present day. His father, an old officer in the Navy, was Master’s Mate of the in Bridport’s action, afterwards commanded the  gun-vessel at Plymouth for several years, and was on board the  in Jan. 1808, when that sloop was destroyed by the enemy on the coast of Calabria, on which occasion he was taken prisoner. His grandfather served as an Ensign under George II. at the battle of Dettingen in 1743, and died Commandant of the Isles of Scilly in 1785.

This officer entered the Navy, 7 Aug. 1805, as L.M., on board the, guard-ship at Scilly, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Williams; joined, in May, 1807, the, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Admiral Wm. Young; and while next attached, from Aug. 1809 to June, 1812, to the sloop, Capt. Henry Gage Morris, assisted at the capture, 29 Jan. 1810, of Le Charles privateer, of 14 guns and 90 men, and was much employed in escorting convoys to the West Indies. He then removed to the 18, Capts. John Bedford and John Brand Umfreville, with whom he successively served until Aug. 1815; during which period he appears to have seen much active service, and on 15 Sept. 1814 to have taken part in an unsuccessful attack on Fort Bowyer, Mobile, where the, one of the British squadron, was destroyed. Wo also find Mr. Gahan frequently officiating as prize-master of captured merchantmen. In Dec. 1815, being then on board the 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, at Plymouth, he was promoted for his services to the rank he now holds by commission dated back to 5 of the previous Oct., the day after that on which he had passed his examination. He joined the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 74, Capts. Hugh Pigot and David Colby, 9 July, 1830. In consequence of injury brought on by his zeal, activity, and perseverance in the suppression of smuggling, he was obliged, on 16 Nov. 1832, to resign an appointment in the Coast Guard, to which service he had been transferred, and enter a naval hospital, where he was confined for the space of nine months. He was, however, re-appointed 22 Sept. 1835, and in Sept. 1837 was invested with a three years’ command of the Revenue-vessel. Since 3 Jan. 1843 he has again been in the Coast Guard.

Lieut. Gahan, who bears a very high character for successful activity, has been presented with a silver medal from the Royal Humane Society for his exertions in saving the lives of three men who had been cast away near Winterton. He married, first, in 1819, his cousin, Elizabeth Gahan, by whom he had one daughter, now living; and, secondly, 18 May, 1838, Honor Cole, third daughter of Wm. Cornish, Esq., of Merazion, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Cornwall, grand-niece of the late Capt. Sir Christopher Cole, R.N., K.C.B., and sister-in-law of, by whom he has issue two sons.

 GALE. 

entered the Navy, 14 Feb. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capts. Wm. Lukin, Jas. Ivaton, John Surman Garden, and Henry Raper, bearing the flag at first of Rear-Admiral Rich. Goodwin Keats, on the Baltic station; where, and on the coasts of Spain, Portugal, and America, he continued to serve, in the same ship and in the 38, Capts. Wm. Augustus Montagu and Henry Colins Deacon, nearly the whole time as Midshipman, until 1815. He then successively joined the 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, and 10, Capt. John Pakenham; which latter vessel, while on her passage from the Gulf of Mexico, was lost near Tampico Bar, 16 Nov. 1816. From the occurrence of that event, and until again wrecked in Kingstown Harbour, Dublin, 3 March, 1824, Mr. Gale further served, on the Home, West India, and Mediterranean stations, in the 36; Capt. Robt. Henderson, 38, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, 42, Capt. Fras. Newcombe, 40, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, and, Capt. Nicholas Gould. During the period of his being borne on the books of the Severn, from 1820 to 1822, he appears to have been employed in the Coast Blockade. During the latter months of 1824 we find him serving on board the and, Capts. Jas. Scott and Thos. Favell. He was then promoted by commission dated back to 21 Jan. in that year. Since 2 July, 1840, he has been in command of a station in the Coast Guard. – Messrs. Chard.

 GALLAWAY. 

, born 28 May, 1792, at Gisborough, co. York, is son of a Boatswain in the Royal Navy.

This officer entered the Navy, 28 Feb. 1800, as a Boy, on board the frigate, Capt. Geo. Church, and in the following May became Fst.-cl. Vol. of the 74, flag-ship in the Channel and Mediterranean of Sir John Borlase Warren. While next attached, from May, 1805, to Nov. 1808, to the 74, Capts. Wm. Lechmere, John Stockham, and John Talbot, he assisted, as Midshipman, in Sir Robt. Calder’s action, was wounded at the battle of Trafalgar, served at the siege of Gaeta, was again wounded at the passage of the Dardanells, and attended the expedition to Egypt. Until officially promoted, 21 March, 1812, he afterwards, occasionally as Acting-Lieutenant, served, on the Home and Jamaica stations, in the, Capt. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy,, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, Cordelia again, Capt. T. F. Kennedy, (under whom he served during the expedition to the Walcheren,) , Capt. Wm. Hellard, 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley,, Capt. Wm. Black, and 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland. From 15 March, 1813, to 18 April, 1815, he officiated as Lieutenant, on the Baltic and Jamaica stations, of the sloop, Capt. John Carter. He has since been employed in the Merchant Service.

Lieut. Gallaway was pecuniarily rewarded for his wounds by the Patriotic Society. He married, 28 July, 1812, and has issue four children. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 GALLICHAN. 

entered the Navy, 7 April, 1798, as L.M., on board the 64, Capts. John Inglis and Rowley Bulteel, under the latter of whom, in Aug. 1799, he attended the expedition to the Holder. During the last two years of the French revolutionary war he served, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the brig; and on next joining the, Capt. Philip Pipon, he cooperated in the bombardment of Granville in Sept. 1803. He was afterwards employed for five years in the 80, Capts. Sir Rich. John Strachan, Thos. Geo. Shortland, Chas. Richardson, and Wm. Granger. He was consequently present at the capture of the four line-of-battle ships which had effected their escape from Trafalgar, 4 Nov. 1805; the destruction, off Cape Henry, of the 74-gun ship L’Impétueux, 14 Sept. 1806; the destruction also of three French frigates under the batteries of Sable d’Olonne, and of the shipping in Aix Roads, in 1809; and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the expedition to the Walcheren. Since his official promotion, which