Page:A Naval Biographical Dictionary.djvu/44

AYLMER—AYNSLEY—AYRE—AYSCOUGH. same year; but from that period he appears to have remained on half-pay until 1 June, 1809, when we find him assuming command of the 32. In the early part of 1810, Capt. Aylmer, while cruizing in the Channel, captured two privateers, the Duguay Trouin, and Aimable Josephine, carrying between them 28 guns and 180 men; and, in the course of the ensuing summer, he united with Sir Robt. Mends in a series of very active operations on the north coast of Spain, where he commanded the naval brigade in concert with the patriot forces under General Porlier, came frequently into victorious contact with the enemy between Santona and Santander, and evinced all the zeal and ability of an excellent officer. In Jan. 1812, he next joined the 36, in which he cruized for four months on the Irish station. After an interval of half-pay he was appointed, on 14 of the following Sept., to the 38, and while in that frigate, in the summer of 1815, he conducted an eminently successful expedition to the Gironde in support of the French King, which terminated in the royal colours being hoisted on the castle of Bordeaux and in the surrounding districts. Previously to the latter event, the, besides escorting the Duke of Cambridge to Cuxhaven, and his late Majesty to the Scheldt, had, we believe, assisted at the bombardment of Stonington, in America. Capt. Aylmer, whose last appointment was to the, of 50 guns, commanded that ship at the memorable battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, and was in consequence nominated a C.B. The insignia of a K.F.M. were also conferred upon him, in consideration of his having conveyed to Naples the whole of the emancipated Italian slaves and 357,000 dollars, which the Dey of Algiers had been compelled to return to the King of the Two Sicilies. He was appointed Naval Aide-de-Camp to William IV. 4 Aug. 1830; and on 10 Jan. 1837, was promoted to Flag-rank. – Messrs. Halford and Co.

 AYLMER. 

was discharged from the Royal Naval College 10 April, 1786. He was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 9 Oct. 1801, in the 74, Capt. John Aylmer, then in the Mediterranean; and was afterwards successively appointed, on the Home and West India stations, to the  sloop. 38, 98,  frigate,  32,  38,  74,  20, and  74, Capts. Rainsford, Elphinstone, Albemarle Bertie, Alex. Campbell, Sir Wm. Bolton, Lord Mark Robt. Kerr, Jas. Rich. Dacres, Arthur Farquhar, and another. During the period of his attachment to the, we find Mr. Aylmer assisting at the capture, in 1807, of the French privateers Le Trente et Quarante, of 16 guns and 65 men, and Le Chasseur, of 2 guns and 36 men. Having been on half-pay since 30 May, 1808, he at length accepted his present rank, 15 April, 1836. – Hallett and Robinson.

 AYNSLEY. 

entered the Navy in 1835; passed his examination 24 July, 1841; and after an intermediate servitude as Mate, on the South America and Mediterranean stations, of the 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones, and  18, Capt. Hon. Jas. Robt. Drummond, was awarded a commission, dated 6 Dec. 1845. He has been since serving in the steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Ramsay, attached to the Channel squadron.

 AYRE. 

entered the Navy, 5 April, 1807, as Master’s Mate, on board the sloop, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, and in that vessel was present at the embarkation of the Marquis de la Romana’s army at Nyeborg, in Aug. 1803. From Oct. 1809, until April, 1812, he served off Cherbourg and in the Downs on board the 38, Capts. Henry Hill and PhiUp Carteret; and then joining the 38, Capts. Jas. Sanders and Clotworthy Upton, proceeded, as Acting-Lieutenant to North America, where he took part in many of the operations in the Chesapeake, and contributed to a victory gained by the, , and , over 15 of the enemy’s gun-boats whose discomfiture was accomplished after an action of three hours, in which the had 2 men killed and 3 wounded, 20 June, 1813. He subsequently served on board the sloop, Capt. Hen. Litchfield, and was Acting-Lieutenant of transports under Capt. Thos. Delafons, in the expedition to New Orleans. He obtained his official promotion 2 Nov. 1815, but has not since been afloat. – Chippendale.

 AYSCOUGH. 

is son of.

This officer was educated at the Royal Naval College He served for some time on the West India station, under the flag of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys; was employed in the North Sea during the revolution in the Netherlands; and, having passed his examination in 1834, was presented with a comission by Sir Geo. Cockburn, on that officer striking his flag as Commander-in-Chief in North America and the West Indies, 14 June, 1836. On 28 Dec. following (after an attachment of a few months to the 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley in the Mediterranean, and  84, commanded by Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, on the coast of Spain, during the Carlist insurrection), Mr. Ayscough joined the  50, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, in which ship he continued until 10 May, 1838. He has since been on half-pay.

 AYSCOUGH. 

, born on board, during a desperate action fought by that vessel while on her passage home from North America, is son of the late Capt. John Ayscough, R.N., who was in command of the on the occasion, and lost the use of a leg; brother of Commander Jas. Ayscough, R.N., an officer who distinguished himself as Lieutenant of the 74, at Copenhagen, in 1801, was afterwards presented by the Patriotic Society with a sword worth 50l., for his gallantry in storming a battery of six 24-pounders, on the island of Martinique, and ultimately fell a victim to the climate of the West Indies, while commanding the  sloop, 8 April, 1808; grand-nephew of the Rev. Fras. Ayscough, D.D., Dean of Bristol, and Preceptor to King George III.; and cousin of Admiral Sir Geo. Cockburn, G.C.B.

This officer entered the Navy (under the auspices of the late Admiral Sir Jas. Wallace), 12 Aug. 1787, as Captain’s Servant, on board the 74, Capts. Archibald Dickson and Sir Andrew Snape Douglas. We afterwards find him serving, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, on board the and  frigates, and, , and  74’s, and employed in the first of those vessels, under Capt. Sam. Hood, in attendance on the King off Weymouth. On 6 Nov. 1793, he obtained a Lieutenancy in the, flag-ship, on the Newfoundland station, of his patron. Sir Jas. Wallace, with whom he continued to serve, the last two years as First of the 50, until April, 1797. He then joined the 100, bearing the flag in the Channel of Lord Howe; and, on 12 of the following May, was promoted to the rank of Commander. Being appointed, 6 July, 1799, to the troop-ship, Capt. Ayscough attended the ensuing expedition to Holland, where he served as