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GOSSET—GOSTLING.  of 12 guns and 70 men) removed, on 4 Feb. 1306, to the 74. In that ship, after having gone to the West Indies in pursuit of Jerome Buonaparte, and been dismasted in a hurricane, he appears to have been employed, first in escorting the army under Sir John Moore to and from Gottenborg, next in conveying that officer and Lieut.Generals Sir Harry Burrard and Sir John Hope to the shores of Portugal, whither he took charge also of the transports, and finally in superintending the embarkation of the army after the battle of Corunna. Capt. Gosselin’s unremitted exertions on the latter occasion procured him the thanks of Sir John Hope, whom he brought home, and also of both Houses of Parliament. He had previously, when ordered to Sweden, carried out Major-General Sir Edw. Paget and Sir John Murray; and he had had the honour, on his return from that country, of affording a passage to Sir John Moore and the above-named Sir John Hope. He left the in March, 1809. Although subsequently appointed to the 74, his health prevented him from joining, and he has since been on half-pay. He became a Rear-Admiral 4 June, 1814; a Vice-Admiral 27 May, 1825; and a full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.

Admiral Gosselin, a Magistrate for Hertfordshire, married, 18 March, 1809, Sarah, daughter of Jeremiah Rayment Hadsley, Esq., of Ware Priory, in that co., by whom he has issue a son and three daughters. The son is married to the eldest daughter of

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entered the Navy, 12 May, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 38, Capt. Bridges Watkinson Taylor; while under whose command he assisted as Midshipman at the capture, 13 Feb. 1812, of the French frigate-built store-ship Mérinos, at 20 guns and 126 men, under the batteries of Corsica, and was further present at the reduction of the Tower of St. Cataldo, and of the islands of Curzola, Paxo, and Anti-Paxo. From March, 1814, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 26 March, 1819, he served, on the Adriatic, Home, West and East India, and South American stations, occasionally as Acting-Lieutenant, in the 74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore,  20, Capt. Chas. Sotheby, 36, Capt. Andw. King, 18, Capt. Lardner Dennys,  32, Commodore Wm. Bowles, 10, Capt. Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, again, Commodore Bowles,  26, Capts. Gordon Thos. Falcon and Hon. C. O. Bridgeman, and once more in the, Capt. Wm. Bateman Dashwood. He was then employed for some time in the 26, Capt. Hercules Robinson, on the Brazilian station. Since the paying off of that vessel, however, be has not been afloat.

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is son of Matthew Gosset, Esq., by Grace, youngest daughter of Admiral Sir Thos. Frankland, Bart.; and first-cousin both of, and of

This officer entered the Navy, 15 June, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 36, Capt. Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas. After attending the ensuing expedition to Flushing he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where he frequently came into contact with divisions of the Toulon fleet, and where, on his removal with Capt. Dundas to the 74, he witnessed, as Midshipman, in 1813-14, the capture of Port D’Anzo and Via Reggio, the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn, the occupation of Santa Maria and of the enemy’s other forts in the Gulf of Spezia, and the taking of Genoa. Being subsequently appointed to the 36, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, he took part in many of the anti-American operations in the Chesapeake – was present during the hostilities against Baltimore – and on one occasion, while in the ’s barge, assisted in boarding and carrying the armed schooner Franklin, in charge at the time of a Lieutenant and 34 seamen belonging to the U.S. frigate Constitution. He afterwards, on returning to Europe, contributed to the cutting out, 18 July, 1815, of a convoy and several armed vessels lying under the protection of a fort at Corrijou, near Brest. Towards the close of the same year Mr. Gosset escorted Napoleon Buonaparte to St. Helena, where he served for some time under Sir Geo. Cockburn in the 74. On 18 March, 1816, he joined the Naval Establishment on the island of Ascension, in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant. His first commission was dated on 30 of the following Dec, but he did not quit Ascension until July, 1817; subsequently to which period he became attached, on the Cork and Jamaica stations – 22 July, 1821, to the 18, Capts. Chas. Christ. Parker and John Weeks – and, 22 March, 1823, to the 46, Capt. Geo. Harris. He was advanced to the command, 10 July, 1826, of the sloop, also employed in the West Indies, and was next appointed on that station to the  and. He was confirmed to Post-rank, 1 Jan. 1829, in the 26, but invalided home immediately afterwards, and has not since been afloat.

Capt. Gosset is Senior of 1829.

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is third son of Nathaniel Gostling, Esq., of Doctor’s Commons, a Proctor and Registrar in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. His grandfather and uncle each held the office of Admiralty Proctor and Registrar; and his brother, Francis, who was ultimately killed in a gallant affair off the coast of Manfredonia, fipeqnently distinguished himself while serving as a Lieutenant with the late Sir Wm. Hoste in H.M.S..

This officer entered the Navy, 15 Dec. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 32, Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman; previously to accompanying whom into the  38, he participated, as Midshipman, in many boat operations of great spirit on the coast of France, assisted in embarking the army after the battle of Corunna, and witnessed Lord Cochrane’s destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads. While in the, commanded latterly by Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, Mr. Gostling was earnestly employed in intercepting the enemy’s coasting-trade, and on one occasion we find him succeeding to the command of the boats in an attack upon an armed lugger, in consequence of the death of Lieut. Townley, his cousin, who was killed while in the act of boarding. From Oct. 1810, until promoted by the Admiralty to the rank of Lieutenant, 25 April, 1815, he was employed, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, in the 38, Capts. Thos. Garth and Geo. Digby, 64, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay; 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, and 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page; of which ships the appears to have taken part in reducing the Castle of Medas, in the Bay of Rosas, and the  to have shared in Sir Edw. Pellew’a partial actions of 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814, with the Toulon fleet. Being then appointed to the 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, Mr. Gostling, in the following summer, attended a most successful expedition up the Gironde, which terminated in the royal colours being hoisted on the Castle of Bordeaux, and in all the surrounding districts. He afterwards, on accompanying Capt Aylmer into the 50, contributed to the famed demolition of the Algerine fortifications, 27 Aug. 1816. Being paid off in Feb. 1817, he subsequently joined – 6 Feb. 1821, and 18 Jan. 1823, the 104, and  120, flag-ships of Sir Alex. Cochrane and Lord De Saumarez at Plymouth, where, after officiating for a short time as Flag-Lieutenant to the former officer, he was invested with the command of the tender