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GILL—GILLMOR—GILMORE—GILMOUR. whose promotion was confirmed on his arrival home by commission dated 8 May, 1804, subsequently served, until promoted to the rank of Commander at the conclusion of the war, 15 June, 1814, in the 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, 20, Capt. A. Bissell,  28, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, 18, Capt. Wm. Hepenstall, 74, Capt. Augustus Brine, and  36, Capt. Chas. Richardson. He also for short periods, in 1804-6-9, commanded the Revenue-cutter, the  (as Acting-Captain), and the  prison-ship. While Lieutenant of the, under Capt. Elliot, he participated in an action of three hours with some Spanish gun-boats near Tarifa, three of which were captured. He likewise either conducted in person, or bore a prominent share in, a variety of boat operations on the coast of Italy, and on every occasion displayed a gallant and characteristic bearing, particularly in the month of December, 1806, when, in command of two boats belonging to the, he chased an armed felucca on shore, then landed at the head of a party of 40 officers, seamen, and marines, secured the prize, plundered a neighbouring village, and ultimately brought off the spoil, although the enemy had rallied, and had brought together a force of 500 men to oppose him. On 27 June, 1808, he was again wounded at the capture, after a smart action of nearly 30 minutes, of the letter-of-marque Le Hercule, of 12 guns and 57 men, which vessel he subsequently conducted into Malta. Capt. Gill’s appointments, after his promotion to the rank of Commander, were, we find – 28 April, 1829, to the 19, on the West India station – and, 22 July, 1830, as Acting-Captain, to the, receiving-ship at Port Royal, Jamaica, whence he invalided 19 Feb. 1831. He was promoted to the rank he now holds 10 Jan. 1837; and has since been unemployed.

Capt. Gill married, 16 Aug. 1816, and has issue, with six daughters, three sons, of whom the eldest Thos. Cadman Roberts, is a Mate, R.N. – Hallett and Robinson.

 GILL. 

entered the Navy 17 Sept. 1808; served as Mate of the 74, Capt. John Coode, at the battle of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816; and obtained his commission 13 July, 1824. He was afterwards appointed – 26 July, 1830, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – 15 Oct. 1831, to the Coast Guard – 2 July, 1840, to the Revenue-vessel – and, 4 March, 1843, as First, to the  steamer, Capt. Alex. Thos. Emerie Vidal, employed in surveying the Azores. He has been on half-day since 1845.

Lieut. Gill is married, and has issue. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 GILLMOR. 

, born 5 April, 1773, is youngest son of Wm. Gillmor, Esq., who was High Sheriff for co. Sligo in 1789.

This officer entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1794, as A.B., on board the 32, Capt. Geo. Duff, with whom he served, in the same ship, and in the 36, on the North Sea and Irish stations, until promoted to a Lieutenancy, 13 Feb. 1801, in the  16, Capt. Thos. Roberts. On the 30 Oct. in the latter year he joined for a few months the 40, Capt. Chas. Wm. Paterson, and we afterwards find him serving, from 8 April, 1803, to 27 Jan. 1806, on board the 64,  50, and  64, all commanded by Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, under whom, in the last-mentioned ship, he assisted at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope. After an attachment of some months in 1807 to the, flag-ship at the Nore of Vice-Admiral Thos. Wells, Mr. Gillmor joined the 74, Capt. Graham Moore; and while in that ship, he escorted the Royal Family of Portugal to the Brazils, and attended the expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren. Being next appointed, 14 July, 1810, to the frigate, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, he for some time commanded the Naval Brigade, consisting of 500 men, employed in co-operation with the army under the Duke of Wellington at the lines of Torres Vedras, and materially assisted in battering the town of Santarem, and in destroying all the boats with which General Massena’s army was to have crossed the Tagus. The subject, of this memoir, who has not been employed since the summer of 1811, became a Retired Commander on the Junior List 1 Dec. 1830, and on the Senior 17 Nov. 1845.

He is married, and has issue. His son, the Rev. Clotworthy Gillmor, M.A., is Vicar of Dartford, co. Kent; and his youngest daughter is the wife of Capt. C. H. Thomas, Hon.E.I.Co.’s service.

 GILMORE. 

entered the Navy, in July, 1806, as A.B., on board the 98, Capt. Geo. Losack, and, on his return from a visit to the West Indies, successively joined, in 1807-8, the gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Paisley, and, as Midshipman, the  36, Capt. Geo. Reynolds. On 12 May, 1810, we find the latter frigate very gallantly beating off, on the coast of Norway, after a smart action of two hours and a quarter, in which she lost 9 men killed and 15 wounded, four Danish man-of-war brigs, carrying altogether 74 guns. Mr. Gilmore, who continued to serve in the until July, 1813, then joined the  98, and, next, the  80, flag-ships of Admirals Young and Sir Alex. Cochrane, under the latter of whom he saw much active service on the coast of North America. Among other operations he appears, on 14 Dec. 1814, to have served with the boats of a squadron at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of five American gun-boats under Commodore Jones, which did not surrender until the British, after a desperate conflict, had been occasioned a loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. From Dec. 1814 until 4 June, 1815, he commanded, as Acting-Lieutenant, the and  gun-vessels, in the Gulf of Mexico. He then assumed his present rank by commission dated back to 28 Peb. 1815, and since that period has been on half-pay. – Hallett and Robinson.

 GILMOUR. 

entered the Navy, in 1779, as A.B., on board the cutter, Lieut.-Commanders Brown and Rich. Donell; on his transference from which vessel to a Midshipman’s berth in the, Capt. Jonathan Faulknor, he was captured, in April, 1780, and detained for 14 months a prisoner of war in Spain. From the period of his release, until promoted to a Lieutenancy, 4 Dec. 1795, in the 98, Capt. John Thomas, he then served, on the Home and West India stations, in the, , , , , , , , and. His after appointments, until 1807, were, to the 80,  74,  98,  frigate, and  50. In the, commanded by Sir Jas. Saumarez, he participated in the glories of 14 Feb. 1797, and 1 Aug. 1798; and, in the, Capts. Joseph Edmonds and Hugh Downman, he witnessed the capture of the Cape in Jan. 1806, and of Monte Video in Feb. 1807. We subsequently find him commanding the and, prison-ships at Portsmouth, from 19 Jan. 1808 to Nov. 1812, and, for some months in 1814, the Signal station at Beechey Head. Not having been since employed, he at length accepted the rank of Retired Commander on the Senior List 26 Nov. 1830.